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Like
various other art forms, the culinary art of Lucknow was also raised
to a fine art under royal patronage. A favorite past time of the
nobility of Awadh was perfecting the art of cooking.
The bawarchis and rakabdars of Awadh, by their expertise of blending
spices, achieved a high degree of finesse in cooking and presentation
of food that took culinary art to the highest realms. This gave
birth to the dum style of cooking or the art of cooking over a slow
fire, which hasbecome synonymous with Lucknow today.
The bawarchis of Awadh transformed the traditional dastarkhawan
with elaborate dishes llike kababs, kormas, kaliya, nahari - kulchas,
zarda, sheermal roomali rotis and warqi parathas. The richness of
Awadh cuisine lies not only in the variety of cusine but alos is
the ingredients used in creating such a variety.
Naharia hot favourite of Awadh is a meat preparation with thick
spicy gravy. In Pai ki Nahari leg and other bones are cooked and
bone juice is mixed with a mouth watering gravy. Nahari was originally
a beef preparation eaten with Kulchas. Now - a - days mutton is
used instead of beef Nahari is still served in Lucknow is the Rahim's
shop inside Akbarigate which has produced some of the best Nahari
dishes for the past five generations.
Lucknow
is also proud of its Kababs. The Kakori Kababs, Galawat ke Kababs,
Shami Kababs, Boti Kababs, Patili- ke Kababs, Ghutwa Kababs and
Seekh Kababs are among the known varities. The 100 years old Tunde
ke Kabab in chowk is the most famous outlet for choicest Kababs
even today.
Korma a prepation of meat in gravy was an essential item of the
Awadh dastarkhwan 'Biryani' was yet another item cooked in Dum style.
Te method imparted a typical Awadhi flavour to this rice preparation.
The warqi paratha and sheermals are other sumptuous dishes of Lucknow
that are simply a gourmet's deligt.
Like
various other art forms, the culinary art of Lucknow was also raised
to a fine art under royal patronage. A favorite past time of the
nobility of Awadh was perfecting the art of cooking.
Lucknow
is also proud of its Kababs. The Kakori Kababs, Galawat ke Kababs,
Shami Kababs, Boti Kababs, Patili- ke Kababs, Ghutwa Kababs and
Seekh Kababs are among the known varities. The 100 years old Tunde
ke Kabab in chowk is the most famous outlet for choicest Kababs
even today.