Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, has its own characteristic cuisine considerably different from other Andhra cuisines. The Nizams patronised the Hyderabadi cuisine, which is very much like the Nawabs of the Avadh with Lucknowi cuisine. The only difference is that the Nizams of Hyderabad liked their food to be spicier, resulting in the Hyderabadi cuisine which included the Kacche Gosht ki Biryani and the Dum ka Murgh, Baghare Baingan and Achaari Subzi during the reign of the Nizams.
Most famous food items
Vegetarian: pesarattu (mung bean pancake), pulihora or pulihaara (tamarind rice), gongura (hibiscus cannabinus leaf), ఊరగాయి(ఆవకాయి)(cut raw mango) pickle, పప్పు (toor dal) - tamarind soup), thotakura pappu (amaranth - pigeon pea stew), dosakaya pappu (yellow cucumber - pigeon pea stew), palakura pappu (spinach - pigeon pea dal), tomato pappu (tomato - pigeon pea soup), methi dal, gutti vankaya, perugupachadi/majjiga charu, tomato charu, miriyala charu, Bendakaya fry, dondakaya fry, palakoora pulusu, cabbage pesara pappu, carrot fry, sorakaya pulusu, totakoora pulusu, anapakaya pulusu.
Raw pachadi-vankaya pachadi, dosakaya vanakaya pachadi, tomato pachadi, cabbage pachadi,
Non-vegetarian: Kodi iguru (chicken stew), Kodi pulusu (chicken gravy), Chepa pulusu (fish stew) etc.,Fish fry,Prawns curry Hyderabadi Biryani
