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….’the holy trinity of Indian cooking’….and Indira Gandhi

posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 11:36 AM

Author: Sanjay Kumar, Brighton

Thus a totally new type of meat heavy diet appeared which has been described as ‘military camp food with a long shelf life’. Many of the new culinary terms – kebab, kalia, kofta and qorma - have now become interwoven into India’s vast and rich culinary heritage. The cultural and religious impact made by the invasion of the Islamic invaders in contemporary Indian cuisine cannot be overstated really.

Above all the Moguls introduced the taste of onion and garlic to Indian cuisine. Together with the local green ginger this represents the holy trinity of contemporary Indian cooking. Even today the market price of these three commodities is potentially a volatile political issue and is carefully controlled by the state government.

The original Iron Lady, Mrs Indira Gandhi famously used the soaring prices of onions as a vote pulling issue and won the 1972 election handsomely.

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