Re: Is Urdu considered as Hindi dialect with different script?
^ well all of you (Pakistan, BD, Sri Lanka) came from India and Indian culture - so what is wrong referring to the cuisine as Indian? Not enough time and separate development has occurred for Pakistan and BD to have or be known markedly differenr. Sri Lanka I think is different enough in some respects but they do have a lot of commonality with Bengali, keralite and Tamil cultures and cuisines.
In fact there are Pak and BD restarants that advertise as Indian cuisine to get customers in