This week, James and Luke went to Al Hyderabadi, on the Uxbridge Road, a busy thoroughfare which stretches from Uxbridge all the way to Southall. While Hyderabad – centre of the Mughal Empire in India’s Deccan South – is famous for the biriyani, we discovered that its dishes also owe a great deal to centuries of pan-oceanic trading and migration, and a particular connection to Yemen.

**Introduction**- (0:00 - 7:03)

(Starter)

James and Luke explain the expansive relationship of migration between the Arab world and South Asia, forming rich histories of cultural hybridity creating foods like an Indo-Arabian cuisine.

**Interview** (7:04 – 20:51)

(Main)

Sid discusses how select foods act as a symbol of national and home identity.

Mujeeb explains the Hyderabadi and ancient Mughal connection of the dishes.

**Post interview discussion** (20:52- 27:29)

(Dessert)

James and Luke discuss how Al Hyderabadi replicates Muslim Hyderabadi eating practices, with the menu and commensality reflecting this.

**Closing Remarks and acknowledgments** (27:30 – 28:07)

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Restaurant location: Al Hyderabadi Mandi Biryani 1074 Uxbridge Road, Hayes UB4 0RJ England

Menu dishes eaten:

Sweet Chilli Chips

Masala Fish

Lamb Mandi

Chicken Biryani

Menu: https://alhyderabadi.co.uk/

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Literature mentioned:

Brouwer, C. G. 2004. Pepper merchants in the booming port of al-Mukha: Dutch evidence for an oceanwide trading network. Die Welt Des Islams, 44(2), 214-280

Schoff, W. H. 1912. Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Mukherjee, A. 2017. Gulf Migration and the Flows of Social Remittances: A Study of Barkas in Hyderabad, Sociological Bulletin, 66(1), 91-103

Willis, J. M. 2009. Making Yemen Indian: Rewriting the boundaries of Imperial Arabia, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 41, 23-38

Osella, C. & Osella, F. 2010. Food, Memory, Community: Kerala as both ‘Indian Ocean’ Zone and as Agricultural Homeland, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 31(1), 170-198

For a list of academic literature on these topics and more, please see the list of extended bibliography on the references page or click here.

Guest speakers:

Siddiqui Mohammed Shoeb

Mujeeb Mohammed

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