The Indian Spice Trail
Leslie Forbes continues her journey tracing the flavours and people along the old spice routes of India.
6: Tracks in the Desert
"Roads get buried under thick sand and lose their identity."
A picnic with Rajasthani travelling singers ends with too much fiery red chilli.
The pig-sticking ex-Maharaja reads from one of 60 volumes of handwritten recipes. And an autumn feast is cooked on dried cow dung. The camel plods on. Producer Matt Thompson
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Recipes from the Indian Spice Trail, £16.99