'Shaam-E-Awadh': The royal feast of by-gone era

The delectable royal spread from the city of nawabs -- Lucknow -- has now made it to the plates of Delhi food connoisseurs with "Sham-E-Awadh" food festival.

Silken kebabs, tender mutton gravies, dum-pukht Biryani and more is on offer at the food festival, all churned out from the kitchen of chef Sadab Qureshi, at Westin, Gurgaon.

"... When I landed in Delhi, I went to a few of the renowned places to try out the Awadhi food. While there was quite a lot of variety, the true Awadhi flavour was missing.

"The food was either very spicy or the meat was undercooked and that's not all, some places had changed the recipe entirely and given it a modern twist. There are several things we've taken for granted, it seems, that are variations on the original dish," Qureshi, who was recently appointed as the Indian masterchef for the hotel chain, told PTI.

The extensive buffet spread encompasses a variety of decadent Awadhi-era delights like Gosht Dum Biryani, Murgh Changezi, Murgh Adraki Korma, Nalli Nihari; well complimented with the sumptuous array of all-time favourite kebabs such as Galawat ke Kebab, Murgh HariMirch ke Seekh and much more.

According to the chef, "no tampering" whatsoever was done with the flavours, and
But how can a meal be qualified as a "cherished meal" without a good dose of mouth-watering sinful desserts, right?