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'''Mughlai paratha''' ({{lang-bn|মোঘলাই পরোটা}}) is a popular Bengali street food which is believed to have originated in [[Bengal Subah]] during the time of [[Mughal Empire]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bora |first1=Anirban |title=From crispy 'parathas' to flavourful 'qormas': Debunking the many myths of Mughlai cuisine |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/from-crispy-parathas-to-flavourful-qormas-debunking-the-many-myths-of-mughlai-cuisine/articleshow/69999426.cms |access-date=25 September 2020 |agency=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref name="getbengal.com">{{Cite web|title=Was it the British who named Kolkata’s favourite Mughlai paratha?|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/was-it-the-british-who-named-kolkatas-favourite-mughlai-paratha|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Get Bengal}}</ref> The dish is believed to be prepared for the royal court of Mughal Emperor [[Jahangir]].<ref name="food.ndtv.com">{{Cite web|title=Mughlai Paratha: We Bet You Can't Resist This Meat Filled Deep-Fried Egg Paratha from Bengal|url=https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/mughlai-paratha-we-bet-you-cant-resist-this-meat-filled-deep-fried-egg-paratha-from-bengal-1727173|access-date=2020-09-24|website=NDTV Food}}</ref><ref name="Mughlai">{{cite book|title=Food Consumption in Global Perspective|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9781137326416|page=172}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Try Kolkata street food this Durga Puja|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food/food-reviews/Try-Kolkata-street-food-this-Durga-Puja/articleshow/43979749.cms}}</ref> It can be a soft fried bread enhanced by a stuffing of [[keema]] (minced meat), egg, onions and pepper;<ref>{{cite journal|title=Cash and Curry|journal=New York Magazine|date=30 July 1973|page=73|publisher=New York Media, LLC.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--YCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73}}</ref> or a [[paratha]] stuffed with the same or similar ingredients.<ref>{{cite book|title=Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture|date=9 September 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XCjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA180|isbn=9781598849554|page=180}}</ref>

Mughlai paratha  was one of those Mughlai recipes that entered in [[Bengali cuisine]] during the [[Mughal Empire]]. It is believed that the Mughlai paratha originated during Mughal emperor [[Jahangir]]'s reign and it was a creation of his cook Adil Hafiz Usman, who originally hailed from the [[Bardhaman]] district of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="food.ndtv.com"/> Mughal rule mostly influenced the cuisine of the administrative capitals of [[Bengal Subah]], like [[Murshidabad]] and [[Dhaka]], rather than the rural part of it.<ref name="Mughlai"/> The dish traveled to [[Kolkata]] in West Bengal from old capitals of Bengal Subah like Murshidabad and Dhaka, after Kolkata became the capital of newly formed [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal presidency]] under [[British Raj]] and the dish became a very common and popular street snack of Kolkata.<ref name="getbengal.com"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bora|first=Anirban|title=From crispy 'parathas' to flavourful 'qormas': Debunking the many myths of Mughlai cuisine|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/from-crispy-parathas-to-flavourful-qormas-debunking-the-many-myths-of-mughlai-cuisine/articleshow/69999426.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-09-24}}</ref>