The film���s procession that takes the food to the Emperor in covered dishes was also a regular feature (though perhaps not to the accompaniment of a Bollywood song). There was even a special officer in charge of betel.��� It might seem unlikely that Jodhaa could sweep into the bawarchikhana and supersede this elaborate structure, but one could see it happening for her to make the point, as she retorts to Maham Anga, Akbar���s possessive foster mother, that it was a wife���s privilege to make food for her husband. In The Mughal Age, Abraham Eraly���s lucid compendium of facts on the Mughals, he describes the hierarchy of the court kitchens, which was headed by the Mir Bakawal, or Master of the Kitchen, who had the rank of the commander in the army: ���Mir Bakawal had under him an army of cooks, tasters and attendants. Other food aspects of the film did seem to be in line with what we know of Mughal court dining.
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