Rest of the year the climates are pleasant. Pearls and handicraft items like glass bangles are available for bargain prices, especially in the shopping areas of Char Minar in Hyderabad. Hyderabadi cuisine has a Mughalai flavour. The Hyderabadi biriyani is good dining. Andhra food is different, though rice is the staple food everywhere with sambar, a lentil preparation.
Chillies dominate the taste.
Andhra pickle is well-known. Andhra cuisine is largely vegetarian unlike the Hyderabadi food. Seafood like fish and prawns is taken with rice in coastal areas. Snack time is vada or idli with sambar. Idli is steamed rice dumplings.