Middle Eastern and South Asian Cuisines

The culinary traditions of West and South Asia, grouped together here because Indian Cuisine alone would otherwise stand as a single-member subcategory; the group spans the shared spice-trade history connecting the two regions. Belongs here: Georgian Cuisine, Indian Cuisine, Middle Eastern Cuisine, Persian Cuisine, Turkish Cuisine. PLACEMENT NOTE: Georgian Cuisine is grouped here under the UN M49 geoscheme, which places Georgia in Western Asia; other sources treat it as Caucasus or Eastern European cuisine instead, a contested placement recorded as a call, not settled fact. Does not belong here: a North African or Sub-Saharan African cuisine, grouped separately below despite sharing some spice-trade history.