Tourists also visit the state's major monuments are also interested in tasting the different dishes of the places they visit. The reflection of the rich culture of Rajasthan can be seen in the kitchens of Rajasthan. The kitchens of Rajasthan has a superb range of unique dishes, colorful and spicy.
Rajasthan dishes have become so popular across the country that many food festivals are arranged Rajasthan. The food style of this desert state is influenced by the rugged lifestyle of the Rajputs, and also by the geography of the region generally dry. For example, the scarcity of water and green vegetables has had its effects in the kitchens of Rajasthan.
Cuisines of Rajasthan are predominantly vegetarian, who has a great variety. It is very spicy. Ghee is an integral part of most of the preparations. Dal-bati is the most popular dish of Rajasthan. The specialty of the cuisine of Rajasthan is the lack of green vegetables, the abundant use of lentils, vegetables and pulses. Milk, whey from the curd is used instead of water to prepare the sauce.
Diversity In The Type of Diet
The different communities of Rajasthan have their own distinctive style diets, in general, high in protein and low fat diet with the exception of the Marwari cuisine that is rich in content. Rajput community is a warrior class and loves the game. They have no objection to enjoy the flesh of his game despite not cooking in your kitchen every day.
The game is cooked away and led by men who serve as the chefs of the non-vegetarian cuisine. Most other communities are strict vegetarians including Vaishnavs, followers of Lord Krishna, Bishnois, by their love of conservation of both plant and animal life, Marwaris, which are known to have a rich diet, including Most of the Jains, who are very strict rituals of their diet. Jains do not eat after sunset and do not use garlic and onion in their food, otherwise very popular amon other communities in Rajasthan
Dal-Baati Churma
Dal-Baati Churm is the favorite cuisine of Rajasthan. Churm is a delicious sweet dish prepared for special occasions. Has a combination of dal or dal Baati the simple panchmel. The dal has five varieties of lentils, cooked slowly over charcoal and warm with butter, spices and dried red chiles. The Baati is a ball made of wheat, which is steamed, baked, fried and delicious.
Pickles and Papads
The main dish of a traditional food of Rajasthan should be accompanied by pickles and chutneys. Hot sauce and chutney lehsun ki, ki Tamatan launji, launji aam, pudina ki ki chutney and chutney imly have delicious tangy flavor and excellent digestive properties. The papads masala, moong dal papads, pakodis, Badis and mangodis are used in many dishes, instead of vegetables to flavor the dish.
Delicious dishes
Soups and unique as dai Tamatan Shorb Shorb served in the headlines. Some of the popular cuisines of Rajasthan are:
Ker Sangri (made from ker and sangrita, the local beans cooked in the buttermilk with raisins and spices)
Mangodi Alu ki Shak (a dish of dal dumplins and potatoes)
Jaisalmeri Chane (chick peas cooked in the sour gravy)
Bharwan Besanwali Mirch (large green chiles stuffed with chickpea flour and spice mixture) The combination of chickpea flour (besan) and the yogurt is used to prepare traditional sauces. Kadhi and Gatte ki subzi are the best examples of such combinations.
Spicy dishes
The lack of fresh herbs and spices are the reasons behind the restriction of the use of these stoves in Rajasthan, which considers the extraordinary use of spices in the dry powder. Rajasthan red chilies are very popular around the world. Used in whole or in powder form. Other common species are the turmeric powder, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, garlic, ginger, nigella seeds, fennel seeds, carom seeds, amchoor, cloves, mustard seeds, asafetida, Kasuri methi , cardamom, cinnamon, etc.
Sweet traditions
Sweet dishes are never called as 'dessert' in Rajasthan, because they had before, with or after food. Halwa-Puri is a very popular combination. Sweet dishes are characterized by the copious use of ghee. Chakkis halwa and kitchens are very essential in most festive occasions in Rajasthan.
The state also is known for its various types of laddus as dal ka laddu, laddu Motichur ka and gaund ka laddu.Some of the popular sweet dishes Rajasthan Churm, ghevar, chakki balusahi, kheer, Palang Torh and jhahariya.
Some of the meat dishes are popular in Rajasthan Maans mohan (meat prepared in milk), Maans Safed (meat prepared in curd), Maans laal (chili red beef curry), KHAD khargosh (rabbit cooked and roasted) and saanth to acha (brine of wild boar).
Common Dishes
Karhi, popularly known as Khattar, consists of buttermilk or yogurt mixed with chickpea flour, mustard seeds and garlic cloves and says he no longer stays in the fire, the better it tastes. 'Gatte ka Saag', made with fresh dough balls made from chickpea flour and 'badi ka Saag' made with sun-dried lentil dumplings moth-along with 'khichra' millet porridge and lentils cooked together moth with water, a little spice and some ghee in combination with brown sugar or form karhi a staple of the diet of Rajasthan.
The red hot chutney, chilli and garlic (a kind of spicy Indian) raabori, millet flour cooked in butter, which is believed to be an excellent cooling in the summer) are very popular with the food. Sangri and ker (a berry desert drive) is full of Rajasthani food preparation and vegetables.
While preparations are few specialists sweet Bikaneri are known nationwide for its delicious preparations. 'Seer', made from wheat flour in ghee and 'laapsi', a porridge made with desiccated grains of wheat are common desserts state together with the sweetened rice dressed with saffron and nuts and raisins.
