Sonia Gandhi says arhar ki dal is the only dal cooked in the Gandhi household. (Photos: Instagram/@soniagandhi and iStock)
\n\nSonia Gandhi came to India from Italy as a young bride after her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi, and the food took some getting used to. In a video on her Instagram page, she spoke about that journey, from early struggle to a well-stocked list of favourites.
\n\n“I love Indian food. Bengali food I love. Believe it or not, I love Gujarati food from Surat,” she said. She admitted, however, that her love for Indian food did not happen overnight. “It took me time to get used to Indian food,” she said, adding that it was difficult to enjoy at the beginning. She also did not know how to cook when she arrived. “But later, slowly, I learned.”
\n\nAsked to name her favourites, she did not hesitate. Kebabs, chicken tikka and tandoori chicken made the list, along with dal makhani, which her daughter, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, seated next to her, joked she is “not supposed to eat”. She also named the Kashmiri kofta and haakh, the leafy greens dish of the Kashmir valley, as well as dal chaman.
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