Mughals brought Persian, Turkish and Central Asian cuisine into India. Most of the dishes that were cooked during Mughal-era have survived except some such as the ones below: Qabooli, a type of pulao was made with rice, Bengal gram, apricot, basil, almond and curd. It was the favorite dish of Aurangzeb, who was a vegetarian. Khichdi Dawud Khani, another Mughal recipe, had meat, moong dal, pureed spinach, egg, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, saffron, onion, ginger, coriander, garl

Moscow is a very green city. However, it has places which are greener than usual. Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills) is one such place. The Hills overlook River Moskva (Moscow) and are full of birch, oak, aspen, maple and linden trees. When I arrived in Moscow in 2001, I lived not far from Vorobyovy Gory. In summers, during weekends, my favourite pastime was getting myself something to eat from Rostik’s (then Russian equivalent of KFC) and heading to Vorobyovy Gory. I’d sit on th