Enriched Punjabi Diet

Whenever I sit to read or to write about Punjabi cuisine, it simply tempts me with its taste and smell. In fact, I started imagining having delicious, delightful, and luscious, sarson ka saag, makki ki roti, pickle, salad and definitely one glass of lassi with chunks of white butter floating on top lies in front of me. Every Punjabi loves this combination and wish to have it in their every time meal. It is a special treat for the people living in the northern parts of India. Punjabi dishes are a reservoir of nutrients.  

Punjab is a place where no one goes hungry. Punjabi style of eating originally arises from road side  truck stop dhabhas. The Dhaba moves wherever a Punjabi goes. The British were astonished to see, when they conquered Punjab that in every village there was a special Dera where hospitality was offered to every outsider. Dhabas are where only vegetarian food is cooked in pure ghee or white butter. Actually the thing is if Punjabi’s don’t find butter known locally as desi ghee in their meals for one day, they don’t feel like eating it. The strong built of Punjabi’s is popularly known for this. Dal Makhni, has become world famous and is served in Punjab on all ceremonial occasions. There’s a saying “No one ever goes hungry in the land of Punjab.”

Pranthas, stuffed with vegetables, fried on a pan or baked in the tandoor with milk products, is a daily breakfast for punjabi’s.  I remember my graduation days in Chandigarh where we used to go to dhaba nearby our college in sec-11, the most famous dhaba. Whenever we used to go for an outing we surely went there to have one or two parantha’s with butter on it along with tea. Nothing we found better than this. Chole bhathure was our second preference when we didn’t find parantha’s someday.  

Panjiri, wheat flour fried in sugar and ghee, loaded with dry-fruits. The Bazaars of the towns of Punjab are always loaded with sweets, seasonal fruits and other foodstuffs. Punjabi cuisine can be non-vegetarian or completely vegetarian. Home cooked and restaurant Punjabi cuisine can vary significantly. There are certain exclusive dishes of Punjab, such as Mah Di Dal, Shahi Paneer, Butter Chicken, Tandoori Chicken, Tandoori Fish, Paneer Pakora, Pakoras, Jalebee, Gulab Jaman. Punjabi khana is spicy in taste which provides the rich finishing touch. Taste the taste of punjab through this video:

In the above video, you saw a man tasting the flavors of punjabi food. A delicious lassi with butter, aaloo kulcha with chole and Amritsari papad (most famous one) made on the roofs of the shops. It has been shown how this lassi, kulche and papad are made.