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Kochi Marriott presents the Grand Awadhi Festival, from April 27 to May 6
A journey through the legendary delicacies of Lucknow with Chef Asif Qureshi. Experience the royalty of Awadhi Cuisine at Kochi Marriott Hotel
Text Credit: Shibul Pavithran
Popularly known as one of the culinary capitals of India, Lucknow features the unique “courtly cuisine”, the Awadhi food consisting of distinctive kormas, biryanis, and kebabs. Kochi Marriott will be celebrating this cuisine with Chef Mohammed Asif Qureshi from Courtyard by Marriott Bhopal, with a unique food festival starting from April 27 to May 6, 2018 at Kochi Kitchen. The dinner will be scheduled between 07:00 pm to 11:00pm and for Awadhi special Sunday Brunch on 29th April and 6th May the timings will be, 12:30 pm till 04:00 pm. The festival will feature Chef Quereshi, who has more than 13 years of experience in the culinary field with a specialty in Indian Curry, Tandoor & Awadhi.
Chef Qureshi would feature dishes like Awadhi Galouti Kebab, Makai Chuimui, Paneer Pasanda, Band Gosht, the ever popular Awadhi Biriyani, Murgh Barra, Lucknowi Nehari and the end on a sweet note with an array of desserts including Pakiza.
Awadhi food, is far more than roti and boti (bread and meat). Overpowering flavours are not used in Awadhi courtly food; instead, a balance of flavours is achieved by intricately combining different types of spices. A cookery class is also organized with Chef Qureshi on May 2 at the hotel.
About Awadhi Cuisine:
Uttar Pradesh, was christened by the British as the “United Provinces of Agra and Oudh”. ‘Oudh’ or Avadh, with its capital in Faizabad was an important Mughal outpost with considerable territory and cultural dominance. As Avadh grew in importance, a distinct, refined courtly culture developed influenced by the sophistication of the Persians. Hindu and Muslim influences came together to foster a highly stylized culture including a stylized cuisine, marked by the skill and creativity of cooks and the hyperbolic lavishness of plates. Food played an important role in diplomacy, with the cooks of the nawabs creating newer dishes from older Mughal ones, not merely to impress their patrons (the Muslim nobility as well as the Kayastha administrators) but also the British residents and visitors from other princely states who had to be entertained.
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