For almost 400 years, Hyderabadi cuisine has included biryani. It is thought to have come straight from Persia.
After Nizam-Ul-Mulk was named the new ruler of Hyderabad by Emperor Aurangzeb, the dish known as Hyderabadi Dum Biryani, a staple of the royal cookery, arrived in India. The Mughals captured Hyderabad in the 1630s, and the Nizams of Hyderabad ruled over it. Hyderabadi cuisine is a fusion of native and Mughlai culinary traditions. The Mughal Empire in Delhi began to crumble in 1857, and Hyderabad became the South Asian cultural hub. This led to the innovations seen in Hyderabadi Biryani.
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