Whenever it comes to tourism where there are beautiful valleys, natural beauty, snow-clad hills, or clean air, then the places of Himachal Pradesh are kept in high priority. Apart from traveling, one of the reasons to love this state is also the food here. Yes, Himachal Pradesh along with its natural beauty also gives the best taste of mountain cuisine. The thick and rich gravy, with aromatic spices, is used in abundance as the base of many dishes. Today in this episode, we are going to tell you about the main and famous dishes of Himachal Pradesh which also reflect the culture here. Let us know about these dishes...

Babru
To make this dish, first, soak black gram dal in water overnight or for 5-6 hours. After this, drain off the excess water put the lentils in a blender, and make a paste. Now mix wheat flour, 1/2 cup refined oil, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Mix all the ingredients well and knead a soft dough with the help of water. Take small portions of the roll and add black gram paste to each portion. Roll it back into the shape of a puri. Fry on both sides until they puff up and get cooked evenly. Serve it hot with any vegetable, tamarind chutney, or pickle.

Dham
Dham is the most common and traditional dish prepared at festivals in Himachal Pradesh. Dham is also given as Prasad in temples on auspicious occasions. Dham is served on a leaf plate and consists of rajma, moong dal, rice, curd, mash dal, and boor kikdi. At the end of Dham, sweets in the form of Kheer or Meetha Bhaat are also given.

Kullu Trout Fish
Kullu Trout Fish is one of the special dishes, especially for fish lovers. Kullu Trout is the most famous food of Himachal Pradesh, and this amazing dish is served in the Kullu region. Minimal spices are used to bring out the true flavor of trout. When you eat it with boiled vegetables, the dish tastes delicious on its own, hence making it one of the healthiest dishes of Himachal Pradesh. To taste this scrumptious dish, you can visit various restaurants in Kullu.

Gram quantity
It is one of the traditional foods of Himachal Pradesh. This dish is made from chickpeas. Kabuli gram is white gram. Madra means thick gravy made from curd. This dish with thick gravy is cooked with spices. It is one of the most famous dishes of Shimla, Himachal. It is easily available in any restaurant. Spicy dishes have a special place in the cuisine of Himachal. This is the main course dish.

Tudkiya Bhaat
To make this delicious dish, add chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, ginger, garlic, cloves, poppy seeds, mace, green chilies, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon stick, fennel, stone flower, and red chilli powder in a bowl. Mix all these spices and make a paste. Add chopped potatoes to it. Soak masoor dal in water and keep it for 30 minutes. Apart from this, wash the rice and soak it in a separate bowl for 30 minutes. Add bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cardamom and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add prepared masala along with potatoes in it. Mix all the ingredients well. Add curd to the mixture and then add rice and dal. Cover and pressure cook and serve hot rice.

Chha Gosht
This is a non-vegetarian dish. Which is made from sheep meat. This list of famous food of Himachal is incomplete without “Chha Gosht”. The gravy of this dish is made from gram flour, curd, and other spices. In this dish, sheep meat is marinated with spices. This dish of Himachal gives a different taste to your glands.

Siddhu
Siddu is a most liked dish mostly in Mandi, Kullu, Manali, and Shimla. It is a kind of bread made from wheat flour. A mixture of wheat and yeast is used to make it. After kneading the wheat with yeast, the dough is left to rise for at least 4 to 5 hours. Generally, it is served with desi ghee dal and chutney.

The dish
To make this delicious dish, fry chopped ginger, garlic and onion in a hot pan. Once done, add turmeric, coriander powder, black pepper, and chili Add powder and salt and cook. After this, add gram flour to the pan and fry for 2 minutes. Add washed and boiled lotus stalks to it. Mix well with other ingredients and let it cook for 20 minutes. When the lotus stems are cooked, place them in a serving dish and serve hot.

Bowl
Aktori consists of buckwheat leaves and wheat flour. It is a festive dish and is made in the form of a cake. One of the most favorite dishes, Aktori is the famous food of Himachal Pradesh. This dish originated in Spiti Valley and is loved by people throughout the state.

Pumpkin Tart
As the name suggests, this dish is sour. This dish is made with pumpkin, spices, and madra gravy. To give a spicy taste, dry mango powder is used along with some other spices.

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