{"id":4288,"date":"2019-05-14T05:34:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T05:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2019-05-16T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T13:58:03","slug":"haleem-in-hyderabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/haleem-in-hyderabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey of Haleem from Arab to Hyderabad: An Interesting Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
The season of Haleem is back to Hyderabad<\/span><\/strong> with the holy month of Ramadan which commenced on May 5 this year. Hyderabad celebrates the season with its cosmopolitan populace every year. Haleem festivals are organized at different places in the city. Last year, the city\u2019s brand restaurants including Pista House, Paradise, Sarvi, Shah Ghouse, Shadab, and Bawarchi treated the natives and the expats to the authentic taste of Haleem garnished with nuts and raisins amidst soulful notes emanating from a live Ghazal concert, which lent a feel of the Arabian ambience to the venue, Shilparamam, the handicraft village market. The season of Haleem in Hyderabad is the season of culinary bliss for foodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n Why do the foodies in Hyderabad<\/a><\/span> go gaga over Haleem during the Ramzan month? Why does Haleem in Hyderabad rule the taste buds? We at Travel Beats\u00a0explore when and how the City of Nizams developed a bond with Haleem.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/a><\/p>\n If the origin of Haleem is traced, it is found to be an Arabian dish.<\/strong> Hyderabadis owe their love for this festive delicacy to the Arabians who introduced it when the Nizams were in power.<\/strong> Mehbub Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam of the then Hyderabad Princely State, added the Arabian dish to the royal menu. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam, made Haleem a part of the traditional Hyderabadi cuisine. Then, Saif Nawaz Jung Bahadur, an Arab chief from Yemen and a courtier in the regime of Mir Osman Ali Khan, popularized Haleem as an authentic flavor of the city. Then\u00a0it evolved into a taste of Hyderabad<\/a><\/span> with a blend of local spices and ingredients<\/strong>, which is different from the Arabian recipe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n