A Lesson in Flavours, Cuisine of Pakistan Pakistan is a young country but its cuisine is steeped in history, it boasts one of the oldest civilizations of the world, the Indus Valley Civilization that were inhabited by Dravidians. It is the history of the land of Pakistan that maps the journey of it's cuisine the best. Our food is heavily influenced by Central Asian, Turkish, Persian, Arab cuisine and the reason for this is the geographical position of Pakistan hence these were the areas that were invaded first and inhabited by these races. By the time these communities ended up in the plains of the Ganges, they had lost their gusto and cultural differences and hence the strong initial influence of their cuisines were felt most in the area that now forms Pakistan. Later on their simple bland food was injected with spices they discovered in India. The food later developed into 'Mughalai food', eaten by the Persian emperors that ruled India for hundreds of years, which was rich, creamy meaty and full of spice -- a real fusion of the region and the invaders. After the independence of Indian and Pakistan, there was mass migration. Pakistan was now bustling with a huge Muslim population that migrated from other parts of India, bringing with them different culinary traditions. Additionally, there were the people of the land that made up Pakistan, the Sindhi's with a rich vibrant and ancient culture, Balouchis, Punjabis and the people in the north of Pakistan who