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eid week - food, identity and the ismaili khojas

This project is an excursion in the study of food - a reflective activity in what is pieced together in our kitchens, what ends up on our dining tables, what seems like a unit of survival but also transcends boundaries of mere sustenance. Food, as a cultural construct, offers impetus for cultural identification, one that allows for selective categorisation - those units of people around us whom are ours, and those who are not, based on what they consume and how much it aligns with our pattern of consumption.

What drew my interest to the study of food, and more specifically, the study of Ismaili Khoja food, was the peculiarity of nomenclature. More specifically, it is the nomenclature of muthiya - one, that if you do a quick Google search, will offer a multitude of recipes and images of green steamed dumplings. The recipe on Tarla Dalal’s website, just three searches in, starts with a description of this dumpling. It is, “a fist-shaped steamed snack that is much loved by the Gujaratis” and “doodhi (gourd) and onions when combined with an apt combination of semolina and flours (...) yield delicious Doodhi Muthias”. The muthiya I’d grown up with, however, looked awfully dissimilar, for what I’ve grown up turning my nose up at, and what my mother has called muthiya, is a particular kind of meat stew from Western India. A stew, and this I realised only two years ago, that is called by a different name by Hindu Gujaratis of Surat - undhiyu. Undhiyu is essentially the same, just without the meat characterising the Ismaili Khoja version of it. A search of “undhiyu” on Google yields a few hundred results - muthiya with meat, and various iterations of that do not lead to a recipe of the dish I’m familiar with. 

I attempt to pose questions regarding identity, fluidity and belonging through this project. Who are the Ismaili Khojas of Gujarat, and how does their historically multivalent identity translate to the kitchen? What about their food is so distinctly “Khoja”? What about their food is so “Gujarati”? In a constantly evolving world, in the light of evolving cultures and essentializing identities, how does food play a role in community solidarity? These are questions that have guided my line of inquiry. 

Documentation of this nature implies a sense of static, immovability of culture. Khoja identity over the past hundred years has evolved drastically.  An oft-used methodology in studying food as a critical method for examining broader sociocultural questions is combining ethnography with a review of historical literature, methods I’ve used as guiding tools for my project.  

Specifically, I’ve attempted a formulation my argument using well established theories from the field, like that of Sidney Mintz’ in his critical study of food and cuisine, Arjun Appadurai’s analysis of cookbooks in India and Tony K. Stewart’s translation theory, which historian Ali S. Asani utilised in describing the evolution of Satpanthi from Khoja (and which I will also build upon in my review of pre-existing literature). I will attempt to highlight the role played by oral transmission of recipes, fluidity of caste identity and the role of rituals as opposed to a recognised coherent cuisine, and their significance in the construction of a distinct Ismaili Khoja cuisine for women of the community, who’ve lived in the cities of Mumbai and Pune, two cities with a prominent Ismaili Khoja population.

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Gujarati Undhiyu Recipe in pressure cooker| Surti Undhiyu Recipe | Authentic Kathiyawadi Recipe

Gujarati Undhiyu Recipe in pressure cooker| Surti Undhiyu Recipe | Authentic Kathiyawadi Recipe

Gujarati Undhiyu Recipe in pressure cooker| Surti Undhiyu Recipe | Authentic Kathiyawadi Recipe

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This popular and traditional Gujarati dish is prepared with so many fresh vegetables and dhokli muthiya. This deliciously rich curry is usually enjoyed in the…

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A lot of us connect Gujarat only with dhokla, khakra or even the drool-worthy Gujarati Thali. However, there is more to Gujarati meals than that. Northern Gujarat, Kacch, Kathiyawad as well as Surti Gujarat are four major areas of Gujarat and each of these deliver their own originality to Gujarati food.

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1. Khaman

The Sponge Food

Khaman, Gujarati Food items, Gujarati Meals

A scrumptious and sound steamed bite produced using crisply floor lentils and chickpea flour, it is fundamentally the same as its unassuming relative, the world-well-known?dhokla?. To set up the khaman, the khaman flour blend is bubbled alongside turmeric, salt and preparing pop to make it light and soft. It is then cut up into blocks and as a rule decorated with mustard seeds, coriander leaves, sev and hacked onions. Generally served on a huge green leaf called the Kesuda, the advanced, urban form is served in daily papers in farsan (nibble) shops with tart chutneys and a few bits of green chillies. Mainstream adjustments of the khaman incorporate Ameri khaman (pounded up khaman embellished with sev and pomegranate), Nylon khaman (milder and quick cooking khaman) and Masala (khaman presented with hot and zesty nippy powder)

2. Thepla

A tidbit that each Gujarati Endorse!

Thepla, Gujarati Meals, Gujarati Dishes

No Gujarati ventures, picnics, outside treks or even business trips are finished without this omnipresent tidbit. Produced using gram flour, entire wheat flour, crisp fenugreek leaves and flavors, these flatbreads are sound nibbling choices with a long timeframe of realistic usability. Generally served sizzling with new curd, pickles or chundo, they make healthy dinners. At the point when joined by some steaming hot tea, they likewise make a luxurious breakfast or an awesome nibble amid the rainstorm. In spite of the fact that the methi (fenugreek) ones are the most widely recognized, different assortments incorporate palak (spinach), amaranth or muli (raddish) theplas-uniquely suggested for particular eaters.

3. Khandvi

The luscious Gujarati Naashta

Khandvi, Gujarati Food, Gujarati Dishes, Gujarati cooking styles Thin layers of gram flour cooked with buttermilk and moved up in soft goodness, prepared with sautéed sesame seeds and a couple of different flavors, that?s khandvi for you. The straightforward however fragrant decorating of curry leaves, coriander, sautéed cumin, mustard and coconut makes it basically compelling. Additionally called 'suralichya wadya' in Maharashtra, it is a well known nibble among Gujaratis and Maharashtrians alike. Albeit adored by all, nobody can deny that this dish is somewhat precarious to cook, particularly getting the consistency of the player right. Light on the stomach and satisfying on the tongue, khandvi can be an impeccable breakfast thing or a scrumptious night nibble.

4. Undhiyu

The Winter Delicacy

Undhiyu, Gujarati Food, Gujarati Dishes, Gujarati cooking styles

The lord of Gujarati dishes Undhiyu (and obviously Uttarayan) is the motivation behind why a Gujarati enthusiastically anticipates winter. It gets its name from the Gujarati word?undhu?, which means rearranged, it is an established Gujarati dish made in a reversed earth pot. It is a unique winter delicacy produced using the choicest of new deliver promptly accessible in winter. Basic fixings incorporate eggplant, crunchy muthiyas (broiled chickpea flour dumplings), potatoes, yam, green peas, bananas and beans, ease back cooked to flawlessness with buttermilk, coconut and flavors. Undhiyu presented with puris and shrikhand is a typical event amid Gujarati weddings.

5. Muthiya

The nibble a person couldn't state no to!

Muthia, Gujarati Food, Gujarati Dishes, Gujarati cooking styles

Referred to as after the activity that is utilized to shape the mixture, these clench hands cakes make for an amazing breakfast or night nibble. To set up these, a blend of chickpea flour, bottle gourd and flavors is readied, steamed, seared and prepared. On the off chance that you skirt the searing, it turns into an incredible supper for the wellbeing cognizant people. Different assortments incorporate utilization of spinach, fenugreek, amaranth or considerably severe gourd.

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Succulent and soft within, brilliant and firm outwardly, nobody can ever say no to a bowlful of muta hiya. Best savored with a dash of mint-coriander chutney or ketchup, and some steaming hot tea.