Yummy ,Tummy Full.

                                                               The land of five rivers aka Punjab is known for providing finger-licking foods from butter chicken to tandoori foods. This cuisine is specialized for its rich and buttery flavours providing a huge number of dishes that we can call Punjab 'The Land Foods.' According to the area, the taste differs. The foods originated here are influenced by both Indian and Pakistani cuisine as this state shares the border with Pakistan. Here, the food prepared in house and restaurant differ much as people at home still stick to the old ways of cooking. This state is known to give the world, the tandoori chicken as Italy gave the world pizza. This dish is now cooked all over the world namely Hong Kong, Britain, Japan, etc.

                                                      

 Can you believe this? When Britain asked people to vote for the National dish, Do you know what they voted most for? Do you know what is the National dish of Britain? It is Chicken Tikka Masala, an Indian dish. And this one originated from Punjab. This speaks a lot about the greatness of the Punjab cuisine. This cuisine is known for providing food until your 'paet bhar jayega' type ie., stomach full, with chapatta flavour.

Some of the Special foods of Punjab Cuisine

1) Chole Bhature

2) Rajma ka Chaawal

3)Sarson ka Saag

4) Makke ki roti

5) Butter Chicken

6) Tandoori Chicken

7) Gajar Ka Halwa

8) Motichur laddu               

  Much to our surprise, the tasty butter chicken, the food loved all over the world was made accidentally in Moti Mahal, Delhi as they mixed the leftover chicken with the creamy tomato gravy, adding butter. So we can say that the dish is made from leftovers accidentally which became an epic success.

It turns out the hotel which gave yummy Butter Chicken was the one who introduced the lip-smacking Tandoori dishes to the world. The head chef, Kundan Lal Gujral, left the spice applied skewed chicken pieces in the tandoor longer than what he intended to do and much to his surprise, it turned out to be the tasty tandoori chicken.

The food of Punjab with its buttery flavorful nature appeases us greatly and it is one of the cuisines which one shouldn't miss in their lifetime.  

-S.Varshini