Good morning, and welcome to Vittles! Today, Maryam Jillani writes about voice notes as repositories of culinary knowledge in South Asia; thinking about the subcontinent’s relationship between cookbooks, and the oral tradition of transmitting recipes. Alongside are recipes in voice notes sourced from people across South Asia, which you can play as you r…
‘Then, of course, you add turmeric and chilli powder’
How WhatsApp voice notes revolutionised recipe transmission in South Asia. Words by Maryam Jillani. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla. Plus voice notes in Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, and English.
