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| name = ''Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada''<br />
| image = File:Dalit_Kitchens_of_Marathwada.jpg<br />
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| author = Shahu Patole<br />
| translator = Bhushan Korgaonkar<br />
| title_orig = ''Anna He Apoorna Brahma''<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = English (translation); originally [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
| subject = Dalit foodways, caste and cuisine, regional culinary history<br />
| genre = Cookbook/memoir/food writing/ethnography<br />
| publisher = HarperCollins India<br />
| pub_date = 2024<br />
| pages = 386<br />
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'''''Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada''''' is a 2024 book by Shahu Patole, translated into English by Bhushan Korgaonkar and published by HarperCollins India. The book documents the food practices, recipes, and culinary histories of [[Dalit]] communities (notably the [[Mahar]] and [[Mang (caste)|Mang]] communities) in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, and interweaves recipes with memoir, ethnographic detail and critique of caste-based exclusion in Indian culinary history.<ref name="HT">{{cite news |last=Yengde |first=Suraj |title=Review: Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada by Shahu Patole |work=Hindustan Times |date=17 January 2025 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-dalit-kitchens-of-marathwada-by-shahu-patole-101737132186203.html}}</ref><ref name="IndiaForum">{{cite web |last=Kumar |first=Vinay |title=Food and Identity |work=The India Forum |date=8 April 2025 |url=https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/food-and-identity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-17 |title=Review: Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada by Shahu Patole |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-dalit-kitchens-of-marathwada-by-shahu-patole-101737132186203.html |access-date=2025-10-23 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
The book was first published in Marathi under the title ''Anna He Apoorna Brahma'' and later translated into English by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Patole — a Marathi-language writer — compiled recipes, oral histories and reflections to record culinary practices that have historically been marginalized in mainstream representations of Indian food.<ref name="HT"/><ref name="Harper">{{cite web |title=Read an excerpt from 'Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada' |work=HarperCollins India |date=16 July 2024 |url=https://harpercollins.co.in/blog/book-excerpts/read-an-excerpt-from-dalit-kitchens-of-marathwada-by-shahu-patole/}}</ref><br />
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==Contents==<br />
The book combines recipes with personal recollections and social analysis. Chapters cover regional breads (jowar/bajra rotis), vegetable preparations, meats (including [[offal]] and sacrificial meat practices), kitchen tools, rituals, and the ways caste shapes access to ingredients and notions of purity. Patole frames these [[foodways]] as acts of resilience and community memory rather than culinary curiosities.<ref name="IndiaForum"/><ref name="Gastro">{{cite journal |last=Ghosh |first=Kashyapi |title=Review: Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, by Shahu Patole |journal=Gastronomica |date=1 November 2024 |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica/article/24/4/68/204712/Review-Dalit-Kitchens-of-Marathwada-by-Shahu}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
The book received attention from mainstream Indian press and specialist reviewers. [[Suraj Yengde]] (Hindustan Times) praised its combination of dietary history, recipes and social record, calling it "excellent and very engaging" and noting the importance of documenting Dalit culinary traditions.<ref name="HT"/><br />
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The India Forum reviewer described the book as an ethnographic account that uses the cookbook form to archive Dalit life, food rituals and the social structures that shape them.<ref name="IndiaForum"/><br />
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[[Business Standard]] published a feature/review highlighting the book's interrogation of how caste shapes the culinary canon and observed the work's significance in broadening public understanding of neglected food traditions.<ref name="BS">{{cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Amritesh |title=Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada: Shahu Patole's book on the taste of casteism |work=Business Standard |date=1 August 2025 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/book/dalit-kitchens-of-marathwada-shahu-patole-s-book-on-the-taste-of-casteism-125080101976_1.html}}</ref><br />
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Academic and specialist reviews also discussed the book's importance; for example, a review in ''Gastronomica'' positioned it as notable for its contribution to food studies and the documentation of marginalized culinary practices.<ref name="Gastro"/><br />
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==Significance==<br />
Commentators have noted that ''Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada'' fills a gap in the published record by centering Dalit food histories and challenging Brahminical and mainstream exclusions in the culinary imagination. Reviewers have emphasized the book’s role as both cultural archive and political commentary on food and caste.<ref name="HT"/><ref name="IndiaForum"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Maharashtrian cuisine|Cuisine of Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[Dalit literature]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Excerpt from the book (publisher).<ref>{{cite web |title=Read an excerpt from 'Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada' |work=HarperCollins India |url=https://harpercollins.co.in/blog/book-excerpts/read-an-excerpt-from-dalit-kitchens-of-marathwada-by-shahu-patole/}}</ref><br />
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