Each box of halwa sohan in Rampur tells stories of lost food legacies
Each box of halwa sohan in Rampur tells stories of lost food legacies
The halwa sold today is not the halwa of my childhood. It has been revised, adapted, diminished, like so many sweetmeats of times past. Tarana Husain Khan
My childhood winters could not be considered complete without Rampur halwa sohan from the shop of Amanat Bhai. The halwa used to come in a crimson and gold box with, appropriately enough, the words “mausam e sarma ka tohfa”, meaning the gift of winters, written across it.