Uttarakhand Cuisine

Tingle your taste buds with some authenticity in your cuisine, authentically handmade and served to your platter by them Garhwali people. Made out of pure love and deep seated affection. Keeping your stomach well content in the food department, For these Authentic cuisine items shall redefine your delicacies for good.

1. Aloo Dal Pakoda 

Boil and peel the potatoes, once that is done we mash them potatoes, adding a pinch of salt and squeezing in half lemon. Chop the onions, ginger, chillies and coriander leaves and mix it with dal; henceforward add a shot of lime juice mixed with spices. Once the tis done flatten the potatoes and mix it with the dal solution prepared earlier. Make a cylindrical roll and dip it in the beaten egg white. Coat it with bread crumbs and fry it in hot oil. Best served when hot, along with a chutney.

2. Bhang ki Chutney 

The main ingredients required to prepare this unique dish is, Bhang (hemp) seeds (50 gms), Cumin seeds (3 gms), lemon (one), Salt to taste, whole red chillies. First, we roast them Bhang seeds and cumin seeds separately. Once that is done we grind them red chillies, cumin seeds and bhang seeds into a fine paste adding a little water. Squeeze the lemon juice into the paste, add a pinch of salt and serve.

3. Mandua ki Roti 

Mix mandua pisun (Flour) and wheat flour together so that both the powders are mixed properly, adding water at regular intervals, till the mixture is prepared into a stiff dough. Divide the dough into even sized balls, and rolled out into chapatis. Keep the stove on simmer and heat the chapati till it is baked at requisite levels.

Prepare one of these delectable cuisines in your home, and send us a picture of your most favourite preparation,while you may stand a chance to win a free lunch buffet with your loved one. Rush to your kitchens today, for this is a competition.

Uttarakhand Handicrafts

Bring into your lives a feeling of happiness,
Celebrating an essence of satisfaction and contentment,
Growing beyond definitions for beauty and splendor,
For this state is unlike any other region in the country,
A sojourn where you can explore a world within.

You can search for your own authentic existence,
In the peace and tranquility of this beautiful destination;
Wherewith you can have some time alone to reflect upon yourself and rRewrite your own destiny, immersed into the beauty of Uttarakhand’s authentic hand made products.

1. Paintings

Uttarakhand is famous for its beautiful paintings. Mughal style of paintings is highly famous in the state of Uttarakhand, once it was introduced by Prince Suleman Shikoh, who was a Mughal Prince.

About one hundred years later, a painter called Mola Ram developed a new style of painting with a distinct romantic charm. One can find if observed closely, beautiful poems engraved within the paintings of Mola Ram. Mola Ram was a very famous personality, who was not only known for his paintings but was also famous for his poetry. Dekaras are clay models of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, which are basically meant for worshipping purposes. Such idols are prepared out of fine clay mixed with polychromatic colors. These paintings are treated with hues to make these products look more attractive.

2. Khadi kurtas

The state of Uttarakhand is famous for its Khadi kurtas. Khadi is a very versatile fabric for it has a very unique property of keeping the wearer warm in winter while helping its user remain cool in summer.

This fabric has a very coarse and grainy texture which can be very easily crumpled, therefore to keep the fabric firm and stiff, starch is added while washing. This fabric on washing is far more enhanced than your newly bought khadi kurta, thus the more you wash it, the better your khadi kurta would look. Khadi is a very durable material which doesn’t wear out for years together; these kurtas are durable for at least four years. Designer apparel are crafted out of these very same khadi kurtas by performing handicrafts on these fabrics, by making them works of artistic brilliance.

3. Wood carving

There are different types of wood carvings which are abundant all over the state of Uttarakhand. Artisans of this region have practiced their way to perfection, as far as the art of wood crafting is concerned because it is famous for its simple yet ravishing designs. During them olden days, houses were built and designed with intricately carved out wooden doors. Even in the modern day Uttarakhand, many houses have beautifully designed doors, which are carved out of wood and sheer brilliance.

Visit Uttarakhand today and explore a beautiful destination,
Shop incessantly and entice your inner senses with a whole new world full of authentic handmade products. Take a selfie with one of these authentic handicraft products, and stand a chance to win an exciting discount voucher.