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:1 pollum=1¼ oz= 35.5 grams
:1 viss=3lb 2oz=1.42kg <ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6LwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA213 Page 213] onwards ''The Anglo-Hindoostanee Handbook'' 1850 Google Books</ref>
==Recommended Reading==
*''The Raj at table'' By David Burton. London: Faber, 1994 (See Review [[Society reading list]])
==External Links==
*[http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2012/nov/091112-Whats-cooking-in-the-Dak-Bangla.htm "What's cooking in the Dak Bangla?"] by Rajika Bhandari November 09, 2012 www.mid-day.com Includes two recipes by Jennifer Brennan
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100704/jsp/graphiti/story_12637934.jsp "Flavours of the Raj"] by Rahul Verma July 4 , 2010 ''The Telegraph Calcutta''
*Article [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-leisure-lounge/the-return-of-culinary-jottings-for-madras/articleshow/3006067.cms "The return of ''Culinary Jottings for Madras''"] (3 pages) by Vikram Doctor 3 May, 2008 ''The Economic Times''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160323171658/http://www.mostlyfood.co.uk/Culinary%20Jottings%20for%20Madras.htm Another article] (mostlyfood.co.uk) , now archived, with some details of the author "Wyvern". See below for an online edition of this book.
*Blogs by Vikram Doctor, ''The Economic Times''. [http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/garam-masala-before-the-dawn-of-pressure-cookers Before the Dawn of Pressure Cookers. The Santosh Cooker] May 25, 2012; [http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/slow-delicious-in-many-tiers Slow, Delicious & in Many Tiers. The Icmic Cooker] September 03, 2012
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10157307/Potted-histories-kedgeree.html "Potted histories- Kedgeree"] by Leah Hyslop 10 July 2013 Telegraph.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151229052554/http://www.natgeotraveller.in/magazine/month/february-2015/chhanar-mishti "Sugar Rush: A Foodie's Guide To Bengal's Sweetest Treats"] by Arundhati Ray, February 23, 2015 natgeotraveller.in, now archived. This a tradition brought by the Portuguese.
*[http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/gallery/recipes/16724/Christmas-in-the-days-of-the.html "Christmas in the days of the British Raj"] by Jenny Mallin 10 December 2015 newburytoday.co.uk
*[https://scroll.in/magazine/859505/curry-from-the-colonies-the-incredible-advice-for-young-brides-from-raj-era-cookbooks "Curry from the colonies: The incredible advice for young brides from Raj-era cookbooks"] by Anu Kumar 16 January 2018. scroll.in
*[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1570&context=lhapapers ''Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire''] by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong 2011. Mainly in respect of India, but also includes [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]].
:[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2971&context=lhapapers "Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900"] by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From ''The Routledge History of Food'' 2015 (pp. 131-155)
*[http://www.academia.edu/8430474/HOUSEHOLD_MANAGEMENT_GUIDES_AND_COOKERY_BOOKS_FOR_MEMSAHIBS_CONTROL_IN_THE_HOME_AND_PROMOTING_THE_ETHOS_OF_EMPIRE "Household Management Guides And Cookery Books For Memsahibs: Control In The Home And Promoting The Ethos Of Empire"] by Simon Pallett and David Oldroyd 2008.2 Discussion paper, Cultures, Accounting and Management History Research Group, Newcastle University Business School, UK. academia.edu
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160314052318/http://colleensen.com/pdf/portuguese_influence.pdf "The Portuguese Influence on Bengali Cuisine"] by Colleen Taylor Sen. Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1996. colleensen.com, now an archived page.
==Recommended Reading==*''The Raj at table'' By David Burton. London: Faber, 1994 (See Review [[Society reading list]]) ==Historical Books online===
[[Image:A Hindu woman cooking.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A Hindu Woman Cooking]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=uEUEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Indian Domestic Economy and Receipt Book: comprising numerous directions for plain wholesome cookery, both Oriental and English, with much miscellaneous matter, answering all general purposes of reference connected with household affairs likely to be immediately required by families, messes, and private individuals, residing at the presidencies or out-stations''] by R. Riddell 5th edition 1860 (3rd edition was 1852) Google Books. Recipes commence [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uEUEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58 Chapter V:Soups] page 58. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fJxeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 7th edition] 1870 Google Books. [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FB5HJDGMXRH2SNQ5EMCPPGYGAVJNQJSL 7th edition - revised] 1871 [[Online books#Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek| Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]]
*''Anglo-Indian and Oriental Cookery'' by Mrs Grace Johnson 1891 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/501516 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501516 Archive.org mirror version].
*''The Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook : giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house, and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches'' by F A Steel and G Gardiner, first published 1888. [https://archive.org/details/b28081663 Third Edition 1893], [https://archive.org/details/b2814210x New Edition 1898], [https://archive.org/details/b21528640 New and Revised Edition 1909] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28047898 ''Anglo-Indian Cookery at Home : a Short Treatise for Returned Exiles''] by the Wife of a Retired Indian Officer [Henrietta A Hervey] 1895 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/englishbrideinin035142mbp#page/n3/mode/2up '' The English Bride in India''] by Chota Mem ((Junior Memsahib, [Mrs. C. Lang]) 1909 Archive.org. The author is mentioned in [http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/08/20/cooks-of-the-british-raj-in-the-shadows "Cooks of the British Raj: In the Shadows of the Cantonments"] from Cynthia Bertelsen’s Gerkins and Tomatoes
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25914/25914-h/25914-h.htm ''The Khaki Kook Book: A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan''] by Mary Kennedy Core 1917 Project Gutenberg. The introduction indicates the author was an American missionary.
