The ultimate destination of foodies
is the North Zone of India. There is absolutely no dearth of variety for a
creative gourmet in this part of the country. The zone is fortunate to be
the hub of some of the most exotic styles of cooking. Many of which are
renowned all over the world and regarded as the most developed and refined
of all culinary arts.
Most
famous of all is the Mughal Cuisine. National, capital,
Delhi
is the place to enjoy this style in its best form. Known for their love for
life and lavish styles, Mughals treated their gastronomic requirement with a
lot of seriousness. They added a touch of royalty to the food and produced
mouth watering taste with the generous use of spices, sausages, dry-fruits
and butter. Roasted in tandoors, the meat dishes taste out of this world.
Thinking of yummy
Tandoori Chicken and
Seekh Kebab?
Jammu and Kashmir is blessed with the
tradition of Wazwan, the fabulous aromatic banquet consisting of over 36
delectable dishes. Most of these are meat based and contain heavy dose of
spices, condiments and curds.
Rista , Tabak
Maaz , Rogan
Josh are just some names of the dishes from this awesome state.
The Awadh style of cooking, popular in the city of Nawabs, Lucknow in Uttar
Pradesh does not have a smaller fan following. '
Dum Pukht'
method is prevalent in Awadhi cuisine. In this food is cooked in handis on
slow fire. The final result is rich in taste and aroma. The very famous
Murg Mussallam and
Shami Kebabs are prepared with the dum
process.
Food from Punjab, needs no introduction. Have a bite of
Makki di Roti with
Sarson ka Saag and down it with the
famous
Punjabi Lassi and one will get the
taste of food in this land. Food in
Punjab
and Haryana is cooked with love. It is rich in butter and ghee and
contains lot of spices.
Recipes from the hilly regions of
Himanchal
Pradesh and
Uttaranchal are simple and
extremely nutritious. Here one can find huge variety of dals cooked in
labour intensive styles over slow fire. One can find a lot of variety in
cooking pattern in this state as taste preference change from one region to
other.
However, everyday meals of people in north zone of India consists of
chapati, rice, lentils and vegetables. A large number of people are also
very much fond of non-vegetarian food.
