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Hyderabad
Cuisine
The rich cuisine of the Nawabs -superb dishes created with the subtle blending of spices and tasty Andhra fare with its emphasis on the fiery chilli, characterize Hyderabadi food. The famous local Biriyani with its distinctive aroma and taste, the kulcha, with a legend behind it to add romance to the flavor, melt-in- the-mouth Shikampur kababs, spicy chicken, mutton kormas and salans, tamatarka-kat and baghare baigan, haleem (meat and pounded wheat) are all delicacies from Hyderabad. To top them all are the celebrated sweets-almond flavored badam kajali, exotic varieties of halwas and finally the elaborately prepared paan to be enjoyed after a hearty feast.
Typical Andhra food, which is a part of the menu in most restaurants-in the city, include the delicious gongoora pachchadi (chutney), the avakai (mango pickled with mustard powder), appalams, dals and rasams.
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