Know more about the food of Uttarakhand

In urban culture, where you want everything instant and readymade, food is also cooked faster and delivered in sealed boxes. Today’s generation also likes to eat fast food available in the market, but this trend makes them weak and sick. Often you must have heard people say that there is no strength in today’s food. Nowadays everything from adulterated milk to chemical vegetables is enough to hollow us out from the inside.

Uttarakhand has the most versatile land, where farmers grow from food crops to aromatic crops. The produce from the hills is organic and more nutritious due to the use of traditional practices and a healthy environment. I’m born in a Kumaoni Pahari family since childhood I have been eating Pahari Kumaoni food. Here food is prepared according to the season and your health. The food here is delicious as well as beneficial. Whenever you come to Uttarakhand, definitely eat the food here.

Some of the famous superfoods of Uttarakhand are,

Read More:- Benefits of living in Hills of Uttarakhand

Dubuk

Dubuk is a superfood dish made from black beans (Black Soyabean), loaded with highly beneficial vitamins and minerals. It is very beneficial for the liver and helps in detoxifying the cancer-causing compounds in the body. ( Click here to Know more. )

Dubuk cooks for hours on low flame, which gives a delicious taste that is pleasing to the mouth. It is best served with rice, pishi lud, salad, and mint or bhang ki chutney. This keeps the body warm during the winter season, which makes people less prone to health like Cold or Fever. You must try this dish when you come to Uttarakhand. It is traditionally made without any spices and onions.

Bhatt Ki chudkani

Bhatt ki Churkani is also a dish made from black beans (Bhatt) and is easy to prepare and has many health benefits.

Kaapa

As we know or must have heard at least once that we should eat more green leafy vegetables. And this is the recipe that is mainly made from Lai (Indian Mustard). Since the main ingredient is Lai, the benefits of this vegetable are great. Lai (Mustard green) contains micronutrients and many beneficial compounds, especially vitamins A, C, and K. Eating kappa has anti-cancer and immune-boosting properties for eye and heart health as well.

It is also made from spinach and we all know its health benefits. This famous dish of Uttarakhand is served with rice or chapati.

Jholi or Jho-ee

You all are aware of Kadhi, Jholi is the sibling from Kumaon Uttarakhand. It is made from Chach (buttermilk) and Chawal ka aata (rice flour). Just buttermilk should be homemade, it will add to its taste. Jholi is typically served with rice, radish, and Lai Ki sabji. Its taste is liked by everyone from children to elders, due to which it is made on a frequent basis.

And the benefits of Buttermilk range from reducing weight to increasing immunity. Read more here…

Gahat-ae-dawo (Gahat ki Dal)

Here Maa, Papa, Ama, and Babu all say that drink the dal of the gahat, there will be no gallstones. The presence of stones in the gallbladder is a common problem. Many articles on the web claim that Gahat (horse gram / Kulthi) is beneficial in reducing gallstones (पित्ताशय या गॉलब्लाडर की पथरी या पित्त की पथरी). I found research on rats on the website of NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) that shows Gahat (Macrotyloma uniflorum) is effective in reducing gallstones. From glowing skin to healing ulcers, it is beneficial, you must include it in your diet.

Badi (बड़ी)

In Kumaon (Uttarakhand) we are used to preserving our food for off-season use. From drying apple peels to potatoes, we have been doing this for a long time. Badi is made by mixing Urad-Dal with other vegetables such as bottle guard or cucumber or radish. It can be eaten for about 1-2 years.

Badi is eaten more with rice. It is not only famous for its taste but the presence of nutrients makes it a staple food of Uttarakhand.

Bhang ki Chutney

This is one of the most famous and most delicious chutneys on this planet. It is made from hemp seeds (भांग के बीज) and its seeds do not contain any psychoactive substances. Hemp seeds are safe to eat as well as have many health benefits. It is rich in healthy fats, including omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Hemp seeds are used here in many dishes.

Bhang ki chutney is the special food of Kumaon, which is served with various combinations of food like chapati and sabzi, rice and dal to add more flavor and taste to the food. The pungent taste has made it very famous due to which everyone prepares it at their places and enjoys the taste of the food.

Kumauni famous Cucumber Raita

North Indian food is incomplete without raita. Raita is something that makes biryani even more delicious. And Kumaon cucumber raita is one of the best raita, you must try it. It is so delicious that it is prepared in most of Uttarakhand’s dwellings. The mouthwatering taste of the meal involves ingredients like curd, cucumber, green chili, and spices.

You can enjoy all these dishes in Him 180 Ranikhet