Punjab is the land of rivers, enormous agricultural lands, fun loving people, and most fascinatingly—delicious food. Punjabi cuisine is known for its rich, buttery flavours and their main feature is its various types of dishes. Here is the list of five dishes you can’t miss in Punjab.
SarsokaSaag and Makki di Roti
Probably the most famous Punjabi Dish, sarsokasaag and makkeki roti is eaten mostly during winters. As a traditional punjabi dish, saag means green and sarso means mustard.
A match made in heaven, SarsokaSaag and Makki di Roti is animpeccablesample of a dish eaten daily in Punjabi households, mostly during winters. It a nutritious meal and normallyeaten along with white butter or ghee, and jaggery. It provides the body with all the necessary nutrients that it needs during the winters.
Lassi
Lassi is a staple drink in Punjabi households especially during the summers. Lassi can be both sweet and salty.
Lassi is a famous drink in Punjab made from milk and butter. It is mostly sweet but sometimes salty lassi is also consumed. It is consumed mostly during the summers in steel glasses. Nowadays flavored lassi is also in prepared like mango flavor, strawberry flavor etc. It is usually topped with cream or white butter to white butter or cream to make it richer and tastier.
CholeBhature
CholeBhature is a famous export of Punjab and now it’s common in most states of north India.
One of the most popularcuisine for which Punjab is famous, ChholeBhature is an absolute pleasure. The Bhature is prepared with flour and some milk rather than wheat flour, and this makes it different from a usual poori. Chole is made from chickpeas and various spices are used to augment its taste. If you want to taste authentic, hardcore and spicy Punjabi food, then cholebhature is the perfect dish for you.
Dal Makhani
Creamy & buttery Dal Makhani is one of Punjab's most special and popular dishes. Black lentils are cooked with lot of butter and cream making ii quite richer in taste.
This delicious buttery Punjabi dish of lentils is a rich blend of black lentils and red kidney beans prepared in thick gravy made even richer with big chunks of cream. It's a dish worth trying whenever you are in Punjab. Conventionally, it is cooked for 2-3 hours in low flame to get it to thicken as the flavours keep becoming deeper.
Paneer Tikka
Paneer tikka is a vegetarian’s delight and it’s prepared by marinating paneer in a spiced yogurt-based marinade, then it’s grilled in the oven.
Paneer Tikka is a famous and tasty snack and basically a tandoor based cuisine. This popular Punjabi dish is prepared with paneer after being marinated in yogurt and spices. Conventionally it's grilled in a tandoor but it can also be prepared in oven. It is quite simple to prepare. First paneer is marinated with spices and yogurt and keep it aside for some time to get the flavors mix well together. Then it’s grilled with onions and capsicum.
