Asian Food and Cookery

May News from Asian Food and Cookery

As some of you now know, I returned from a trip to northern India in April, so rather than produce several articles or recipes in the coming months, I'm writing a series of longer ones giving my impressions, not only of the food, but the cities I visited as well as the Indianside and the people.

Here is the second installment of my journey, so please come travel with me.

Happy cooking!

Liz

India 2007 - Days 4 to 6 - Bijaypur and Jaipur by Liz Canham

The drive from Udaipur to Bijaypur was nothing if not interesting. En route, we visited Chittaugarh Fort, a huge fortification with a whole town within it. Built on a one hundred and fifty metre high plateau in the Aravalli Hills, it is in ruins but well-restored. The entrance is on the north west side and the road winds up through seven individually named gates, each with its own guardhouse. The first gate is known as Padal Pol (lowest gate) followed by Bhairav Pol (Bhairav being an attendant of the Goddess Durga), Hanuman Pol (this gate has a temple and a shrine dedicated to the Monkey God Hanuman), Ganesh Pol (for the Elephant God), Jorla Pol, Lakshman Pol and finally Ram Pol (Gate of the God Ram) which was built in AD 1459. The gateway located on the eastern side of the fort is known as Suraj Pol (Sun Gate).

posted by Liz Canham @ 4:40 PM