Here Are The 5 Oldest Recipe Books From India

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Cookbooks From India

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Treasure Trove

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Oldest Indian Cookbooks

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1. Charaka Samhita

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2.Manasollassa

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3. Nimmatnama

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4. Soopa Shastra (1508)

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5. Ain-i-Akbari (1590)

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