
4 Famous Food Dishes in Pushkar
Pushkar in Rajasthan is a religious city wherein apart from religious tourism, the variety of meals served here is unusual. Others that have various tastes of food offer the food you find here as something unique representing the live and colorful town of Rajasthan, the food is dominantly Rajasthani but there are also vegetable dishes and Rajasthani mixed foods commonly eaten by tourists.
If you are planning for Culinary tour in Pushkar this beautiful town the following are the traditional food dishes that you should not miss in Pushkar.
Traditional Rajasthani Dishes
1. Dal Baati Churma
This dish is a simple but mouth-watering recipe of baatis – crispy wheat dumplings that can be eaten with dal – a mouthwatering lentil curry. It is among the famous food dishes in Pushkar and a one-pot meal that is crispy baatis accompanied by spicy dal of lentils and sweet churma made with crushed baatis.
2. Gatte Ki Sabzi
It involves making round-shaped dumplings made from gram flour, and besan and served in tangy curd-based hot gravy.
3. Street Food and Snacks
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Malpua: Malpua is traditionally decorated with saffron and dry fruits on top, thus making it fit for kings, and is eaten most during festivals such as Holi and Diwali.
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Puri Aloo: A delicious, basic preparation, the Puri Aloo can be eaten as a breakfast meal in the Pushkar region. This is a combination of puffed puris which are round deep fried breads accompanied with a spicy potato preparation.
4. Sweet Delights
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Lassi: Pushkar offers more of a milky version of lassi that comes flavored with cardamom, saffron, and rose water and has a layer of malai (cream topped) over it.
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Gulab Jamun: Gulab Jamun is one of the most famous food dishes in Pushkar which is a dish prepared from fried dough balls and soaked in sugar syrup. It is a kind of soft, melt in mouth sweet which is consumed during festivals and occasions; however, it is easily available in almost all the sweet selling shops in Pushkar.
Conclusion
That is why, choosing restaurants in Pushkar, one can try dishes that are typical for Rajasthan, as well as dishes that originated in the local culinary culture. As with the street food in Pushkar, Dal Baati Churma and Sweet Malpua as well as normal Lassi are also amongst the famous food dishes to be tasted in the Pushkar.