Instead, it was called the Nizam’s Roll. Jealous people who did not want to give Nizam’s the credit, they said darkly, called Nizam’s Rolls, Kathi Kebab Rolls. And yet, even as the world has embraced wraps, India never gets a look in. I asked chef Manjit Gill, my guru in matters relating to the history of Indian food, if he could think of any other Indian wraps. The Nizam’s Roll is usually dated to the mid-1930s, which, I suspect, is when things began to change.

Source: Hindustan Times July 12, 2020 02:03 UTC