Agra Cuisine

Apart from being great builders, the Mughals were also known as great food connoisseurs. Almost every Mughal emperor has passed on his personal recipe as he moved along the passage of time, which is known as Mughlai food. This is why, perhaps, the influence of the Mughals is most felt in their food. To get the real taste of authentic Mughlai cuisine or the cuisine of Agra, one need to travel to Agra.

Several of India's famous meat dishes have come from the kitchen of the Mughals. Apart from introducing the tandoor (earthen oven), used to make rotis and kababs - which are pieces of meat marinated in spices and skewered over a coal tandoor. Some of the famous Mughlai dishes include tandoori chicken, seekh and boti kabab and even tandoori fish.

And Agra being an important Mughal seat for long, it is natural for the city of the Taj Mahal boasting to be the city serving the best Mughlai cuisine. The superb Mughlai cuisine with its luscious sauces of milk, curd, cream and crushed nuts is available in major hotels and restaurants in Agra.

Agra travel is incomplete without savouring the Mughlai cuisine that the city of Taj Mahal is also famous for. Apart from trying out the Mughlai spread in the star hotels and restaurants, one should also try out the small dhabas that dots the city. Some of them serve even better fares than a regular five-star hotel in Agra.