Cuisines of Gujarat

Traveling in Gujarat will make you taste some of the exotic Cuisines of Gujarat. The charming state of Gujarat has equally delicious platter of savories. The influence of Hinduism and Jainism has resulted in Gujarati Cuisine being mainly vegetarian. The state is traditional and so is its food. As Gujaratis love to eat and treat, the delicacies of Gujarat have a special quality of preparation. There is a great variety in meals of Gujarat. The redolent cuisines of Gujarat present a all together new platter including varities form North, South and Saurashtra regions.

Quintessence of Gujarat is reflected in the serving of Gujarati Cuisine also. It is typical and conventional. You will find the servings on the stainless steel plates or silver plates. The delicacies are best accompanied with rice preparations and a many varieties of wheat breads. Gujaratis abstain from overcooking of vegetables and lentils and this helps to sustain the flavor of the ingredients used in a dish preparation. The subtle use of spices and ghee add to the taste of Gujarats's cuisines.

The snacks of Gujarat are very popular. These snacks can be taken in any meal – breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper or otherwise. Farsan is an integral element in the cuisine. These Farsan / Namkeen are of many varieties like sweet, sour, sweetly sour, tangy. These are mainly made from gram flour. The staple food of Gujaratis is wheat bread rotis with curries. In winters breads of jawar and bajra are also eaten fondly. In some regions rice is the staple food of people.



Meals of Gujarat are generally light and being vegetarian it is easily digestible. With each changing region the norms and ways of cooking also change. Like the regions of Kathiawari and Kutch along with Southern Gujarat like spicy dishes. But people of use liberally use sugar in the preparations. Therefore their cuisines are sweet and tangy. A typical Gujarati Thali would include Rotli (wheat bread), Daal (pulses), Bhaat (rice), fried snack, sweet meats and Shaak (vegetables).


Check out the unmatched lip smacking cuisines of Gujarat like Thepla (A kind of wheat bread) Dhokla (a steamed cake made of gram flour paste), Doodha Pak, (a milk confection) Sev-Ganthia (a variety of spicy snacks) Kadhi (a curry made of yogurt) Undhyo (a winter delicacy cooked in earthen pot) Srikhand (a yogurt dessert flavored with saffron, nuts, and fruits) Suter Pheni (fine vermicelli cooked in sweet rounds) .

These dishes of Gujarat will surely entice you to grab a bite and once tasted, you will never forget the taste of these delicacies. Try them out now.

Swati

Cuisine of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is a land where many dynasties have ruled leaving their ineffaceable mark on the cultural heritage of Andhra. A significant impact of Mughals is evident in Cuisine of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra cuisine is identified with the cultural influences on the state. Andhra Pradesh Cuisine is a sovereign heritage of 'Nizams', a fusion of Mughal and Persian culture.

Tourists and locals both relish the savories of Andhra. A plethora of lip smacking delicacies are something not to be missed when visiting Andhra. A 'shahi' platter of Andhra Pradesh cuisine is inevitable to miss out. And who can afford to miss the mouth watering 'Hyderabadi Biryani'. The spicy preparations of Andhra Pradesh are a perfect fusion of many styles of cooking. The inner cities of Andhra mostly relish vegetarian dishes. But the coastal parts of the state prefer non vegetarian dishes and sea foods. On special days, ceremonies, festivals the Nizam savor is at its best with wide variety.

You will love an Andhra platter where dishes are served on a banana leaf with tangy pickles and chutneys. Rice is the base of many preparations of Andhra cuisine. Andhra cuisines are the princely recipes with a liberal use of oil (sesame and coconut oil), chilly, and tamarind. Also added are coconuts, condiments, spices and fresh herbs to give aroma and enhance flavor of these preparations.

Pulihara, the tamarind rice, is the main food of people of Andhra. Among other vegetarian dishes the popular ones are Pesarattu, Gongura, Avakkai (raw mango pickle). Start your day at Andhra with a breakfast of Dosa, Pesarattu, and Upma along with Patchadi (Chutney). And pamper your taste buds at meal by Kodi Iguru (fry), Kodi Pulusu (gravy), Chepa Pulusu and Hyderabadi Biryani. Curd is an integral part of Andhra meal to moderate the spices. You can have 'Murku' (roundels of rice flour paste deep fried) and 'Appadams'. Onion pakodas (fried), vadas (spicy lentil doughnuts soaked in hot sambar) and idlis (steamed rice muffin-like dumplings) in snacks and do check out the desserts like 'Putharekulu', 'Kakinada Kaja', 'Bobbatlu', 'Booralu', 'Payasam', 'Sheer Khurma' and 'Bandhar Ladoo' . Wow! Yummy!

Visit the state and these savories will have an everlasting impression on your taste buds.

Swati