Today I’m going to cook Sikandari Raan. For those who don’t know, “Sikandar” is the Indian name for Alexander the Great (of Macedonia) and “Raan” is the Hindustani/ Urdu word for the whole leg of a goat or lamb.
The name comes from the historical association of this dish with the invading armies of Alexander. As those who have studied history would know, that even after the departure of Alexander from India, Indo-Greek kingdoms persisted in Northern India for several centuries and there was a rich cultural exchange between these two civilizations.