Cuisine of Hyderabad

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Hyderabad is an ever charming city, which is all the more well-known for its authentic and exclusive cuisines. In comparison to any other Indian cuisines, the cuisine of Hyderabad has many delicacies to boast of. The city boasts of its 'Nawabi' style, which reflects in its cooking too. Inhabitants of Hyderabad usually prefer vegetarian diet but the royal recipes of the 'Nawabs' for which Hyderabad is famous for is-Hyderabadi Bireiyani, which is the first choice of any non-vegetarians. This most famous non-vegetarian dish is prepared with rice and meat. Other well-liked non-vegetarian dishes are 'Kababs', which are meat pieces or crushed meat cooked in many different styles such as 'Boti Jhammi', 'Kalmi', 'Shikampur', 'Sheek', 'Lagan-ke-Kababs', 'Dum-ke-kababs). 'Kormas' is yet another preparation of dish in which meat or vegetables are cooked in rich with creamy gravy. A new specialty of this gastronomy is 'Keema Methi' which is pulverized meat with fenugreek. The most commonly used meat in the non-vegetarian preparation of dishes is- Lamb.

Preparation of Hyderabadi cuisine mostly uses Garam Masala, Chilli powder; oil and tamarind in order to make the food spicy and tasty. Some of the popular vegetarian delicacies of Hyderabadi cuisine is- Pesarattu, Pulihora (or pulihaara), Gongura, Avakkai (raw mango pickle).

Hyderabad boasts of ample verities of traditional vegetarian dishes, which are enticing to the core. They also have a collection of typical non-vegetarian cuisines. Both the types are rich in spice substance and you need to be cautious if you are not used to spicy and piquant food. However spicy, it is tremendously tasty and appetizing and is definitely worth a try.

The famous other delicious vegetarian dishes of Hyderabad are the Dahi Vada, Mirch-ka-sabu and Bagaara Baingan. The Dahi Vada basically contains spicy and buttery curd in which round pieces of ground lentils have been engrossed after being fried. The Mirch-ka-sabu is a mouth-watering vegetarian dish of Hyderabad consisting of hot chilies, which are engrossed in cream gravy.

Besides non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes, there are some yummy sweet dishes also can be tasted such as- double-ka-meetha (bread pudding), Gajar-ka-halwa (carrot sweet dish) and Qubani-ka-meetha (apricot pudding). After enjoying on the yummy Hyderabadi dishes one should have a sip of the Iranian chai or tea. This hot sip has an exclusive flavor and you can easily get it in the street side cafes where you can just relax around and enjoy this famous Hyderabadi drink.The Hyerabadi cuisines are extremely influenced by the Mughals who ruled here. Therefore, the gastronomy also has some rudiments of the Mughlai cuisine.