Hindustani Cuisine

Hindustani cuisine is the cuisine of the Hindustani People of northern central India.

The Hindustani dialect is the basis for standard Hindi and Urdu.

Hindustani cuisine has a strong Mughal influence, particularly from Persian cuisines.

Delhi is a cultural center.

Hindustani culture is famous for Hindustani classical music, which uses instruments such as veena, sitar, sarod, and tabla.

Ingredients

Wheat is a staple food.

lentils

Dal refers to split legumes. Chana dal is split baby chickpeas. Powdered chana dal is known as besan and used to make pakoras.

mustard greens

ghee, paneer

Dishes

• naan: soft wheat flatbread
• paratha: flaky wheat flatbread, often with filling
• butter chicken
• shahi paneer: paneer curry with tomato cream sauce
• korma: meat curry with dairy-based sauce
• nihari: meat stew