Straight from home, to the hearts!

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The Home Cook festival held as part of Sanatkada Lucknow Festival at Salempur House, behind the main venue Qaiserbagh Baradari, kickstarted with team members giving a ceremonial ‘tadka’ to a dish. Dot at 1 pm the festival started and in 20 odd minutes, lal mirch ka qeema dished out by Noor Khan and mutton stew by Sufia Kidwai were sold out.

Sufia Kidwai with mutton stew and rasbhari qeema
Sufia Kidwai with mutton stew and rasbhari qeema

Khan, a former principal of Karamat Husain Girls’ College and author-teacher Kidwai have been participating since the inception of the festival 14 years back and are part of the core team. Kidwai prepared another novelty dish this time. “Stew and raan-mussalam has been my signature dish so this time I added rasbhari qeema which also got sold out quickly,” she says.

Noor Khan serving Lal Mirchi Ka Keema
Noor Khan serving Lal Mirchi Ka Keema

Last year both curated the book Lucknowi Bawarch Khane: Food from Lucknow Homes comprising authentic recipes.

Farzana Shabab’s aloo gosht were also the favourite amongst foodies as were series of delicacies dished out by Anjum Hasan which included achaar gosht and machli, gosht ki nihari and zafrani murg.

Himani Sharma, who is a chef and runs Sassy Canteen food joint, was here to try Awadhi Cuisine. “Though I am a chef, I was here as a foodie to try authentic Awadhi cuisines prepared with love by home cooks. Where will you get items like pasande and gole ka kabab, dhaage wale kebab, kadhai gosht and yakhni pulao under one roof,” she says.

Vegetarians too enjoyed a variety of cuisines. Awadhi thali by Naaz Raza and Atiya Naqvi, Marwadi Thali by Rashmi Vaid, Punjabi Thali by Madhu Wadhva and Bundeli Thali by Apni Rasoi were sold like hot cakes. To end the lunch on a sweet note, delicacies like shahi tukda, chane ki daal ka halwa, kali gazar ka halwa, and shakarqand ki kheer were served to the visitors.

Eye surgeon and foodie Shobhit Chawla, while rushing towards the counter said, “I am little late and so many items have vanished! Let’s quicky grab a few things else this day will come after a year.”

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