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Sunday, July 8, 2012

A walk through Hyderabadi Culture and Food - Past and Present

Hello friends,

India is diverse in its culture, its people their lifestyle and ofcourse food.  On this map of diversity food has its own importance as every reigon has something special to offer in cuisine .  India has some of most loved regional cuisines amoung them.  One of them is Hyderabadi Cuisine which is not only loved by its taste and aroma but has a royal connections dated back during the reign of Nizam'z era and their undaunting love for food.

Nawab Quli Qutub Shah was involved in briefing his Khansama (Bawarchi's) of what he would love to eat and what they should include in his food.  For all his high profile meeting over meals he use to scrutinize the menu giving suggestions and from there the major turns came in Hyderabadi Cuisine.


Nizam's legacy has taught each and every generations on how to enjoy their supper but using variety and different cooking technique moreover their chefs called Bawarchi's whose generations are still practising these methods of preparation.gaining so many aspects and influence from other cuisines they are inculcating these practices to enchance the flavors to great level. 

Coming back to the traditional methods Hyderabadi Cuisine has never lost its charm and still are top favorites in any Indian Restaurant.  Many food lovers relish on these dishes with younger generations also enjoy them the most. People feel that these dishes are more complex and need lot more precision to prepare them.  But its not the case as it appears, with simple ingredients you can make these difficult dishes from this reigon.  Infact a touch of innovation in the traditional preparations wont let you down.

 But do we need the infusions in a traditional Hyderabadi cuisine to make it more subtle and more sumptuous? well many feel that traditional methods are more effective but they dont know that a small variations add more richness and innovation in a simple traditional dishes. As i mentioned earlier about the generations of Bawarchis from Hyderabad adopting various other methods and ingredients in present era, over here we are not only going to see more traditionals way of food preparation but we will also learn how innovatively we can twist the taste without affecting the dish.



Last Nizam:  Osman Ali Khan Pasha was the last Nizaam of Hyderabad had great love for his people and organized lavish events for major celebrations in Hyderabad where FOOD was the highlight of the events.

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