Flavours Of India

If you wish to feel the elate and richness of Indian food, you cannot afford to miss the Punjabi dishes of India. The Punjabi Cuisines are renowned throughout the world for their highly energetic food. The have some awesome cuisines which are very much indigenous to the land of Punjab and which are now eaten by people of all regions. They have brought about a revolution in the breakfast table with so many types of ‘Parathas’ for a heavy and perfect breakfast along with curd and other healthy items.

There are more than hundreds of original Punjabi dishes which you can prepare in your home and serve them. The great feeling of Punjabi food lies in the variety and versatility of their recipes. Here are few popular Punjabi dishes of India which are relished by people from all regions throughout India. They are simple to prepare and very tasty to gulp them down.

Alo-Gobi Recipe:

You need:

1 cauliflower, 4 potatoes, 1 tomato, ½ spoon turmeric powder, ½ spoon red chilly powder, 1 table spoon coriander powder, ½ table spoon sabji-masala, salt to taste, Ghee or oil. The ingredients mentioned here are for two-three people. You can increase the amount according to the servings you need.

Method:

Cut the potatoes (Alo) and cauliflower into pieces. Wash them properly. Now heat the oil or ghee in a cooking pan. Add some amount of chopped onion, paste of garlic and ginger. Fry the mixture till it is brownish in color. Now add the chopped cauliflower and potatoes. Cook in medium flame for 5 minutes. Now add chopped tomato, the turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander and cook it for another 5-10 minutes. If you wish you can add little amount of water so that the stuff don’t stick to the pan. Serve hot with bread (rotis).

Roasted Baingan ka Barhta

You Need:

two eggplants, I large onion chopped, 1 tomato chopped, garlic cloves, chopped green chillies, ½ oil, fresh coriander leaves chopped, and salt for taste.

Method:

Roast the eggplants till they are soft. Peel the skin of the eggplants and mash them. Add the desired amount of salt on it and mix the mash with salt. Make a mixture of oil (preferably mustard oil), chillies, onion, garlic cloves and coriander leaves. Add the mixture to the mashed eggplant and mix the whole stuff properly. You can pour one tablespoon of lime juice over it for taste and little amount of butter. Serve it with rotis.

Indian food finds a good place in the menu of so many famous restaurant and food joints when a majority of population in the world is making their ways of life totally vegetarian. Indian food is known for their both vegetarian and non vegetarian styles of cooking. But what attract most people to it are the richness, nourishment and taste that is maintained even in vegetarian dishes. Perhaps no other country or place could have such delicious vegetarian food as prepared in India.

The common image of vegetarian food in the West is that - they are tasteless, full of green vegetables, and some cream on them for beating the raw taste. This is what is actually thought about vegetable dishes in most countries in the west. They either boil the vegetables with some salt or serve with cream, sausage or other ingredients. But when you come to India and taste the vegetarian dishes, the whole concept of vegetarian food as tasteless plates change. They can be more delicious and aromatic than non-vegetarian food.

The India vegetarian food has touch of its culture, place and people. Almost every corner of the nation has some famous vegetarian dishes. They are not simple bowel filled with vegetables made without any sort of delicacy. Rather they are more nutritious, rich and healthy food than non-vegetarian dishes. For instance you take the example of –mixed vegetable’ a special item prepared where more than 4-5 vegetables are used and cheese or Soya is used for additional touch. You won’t believe the aroma of the vegetable dish to be a vegetarian one. It smells better than any meat prepared dish.

The rich aroma of Indian food is due to the use of spices of different kinds. You can now learn about them and prepare within your home some famous vegetarian dishes. Prepare a dish and make your children and husband relish on it. They would find it difficult to believe that it is actually a vegetarian dish. It is the exotic style of Indian cooking with use of spices, ghee, and butter that make them so delectable.

The variety of Indian style of cooling of vegetarian food never makes anything monotonous. You have varied styles of cooking which are diverse and distinct. If you have tried some North Indian Punjabi Vegetarian food, you can now try with some Bengali vegetarian food which are known for their taste and mouth water aroma; then you have the South Indian dishes, the Goan recipes, Gujarati food, Maharashtrian exclusive dishes, or Kashmiri vegetarian dishes, sweets prepared from vegetables like carrots, beats, berries and others.