Mughlai cuisine (Hindi: मुगल पकवान, Urdu: مغلای پکوان) is a style of cookery developed in the Indian Subcontinent by the imperial kitchens of the Mughal Empire. It represents the cooking style used in Delhi, Lahore, Uttar Pradesh, and to a lesser extent, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The cuisine is strongly influenced by Persian and Turkic cuisines of Central Asia, and has in turn strongly influenced the regional cuisines of Kashmir and the Punjab region (now partitioned between India and Pakistan). The food served in the vast majority of Indian restaurants in the Western hemisphere draws inspiration from Mughlai cuisine.
The tastes of Mughlai cuisine vary from extremely mild to spicy, and is often associated with a distinctive aroma and the taste of ground and whole spices. A Mughlai course is an elaborate buffet of main course dishes with a variety of accompaniments.




