Baked With Love – a poem by Leela Soma
Baked with Love
An eighteenth century recipe
handed down with an intriguing tale
of passion, incarceration in a tiger’s cage.
A bloody vengeful murder of Khani Begum
the fair young lover of Aga Bakar by Jainul.
Devastated by her death the young master baker
Came up with a recipe for Bakharkhani bread,
a tribute to his love.
The flat bread with cheese,
nuts, dried fruits ghee, almost a cake still survives.
Leela Soma, April, 2020
Note: The tragic love story of Baker Khan and Khani Begum in Mughal times, inspired the bakers’ to name his favourite bread Bakerkhani.
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