royal cuisine

Manzilat: The food entrepreneur keeping alive Nawab Wajid Ali Shah’s culinary legacy

Manzilat Fatima, the descendant of Awadh’s last Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, is mainstreaming the royal Awadhi cuisine through her eponymous restaurant in Kolkata. Earning Rs35 lakh in revenues, she uses 167-year-old recipes to keep alive the culinary heritage