Delectable Cuisines and where to find them?

Into to Indian foods

Inspiration is a many splendored thing! As chefs and restaurateurs, inspiration is integral to the process of sustaining the best restaurants in Dehradun. And the impetus of this inspiration lies all over India – in the multifarious cuisines of our diverse and teeming country.

Most people, while aware of the usual Mughlai/South/Continental distinction, aren’t really cogent about the many styles of cooking that are to be found. While now there is a pan-Indian availability of most spices, herbs, vegetables, and fruits, that wasn’t always the case, and a lot of cuisines differ from others in accordance to this availability.

So, for the next few posts, we will showcase the cuisines whose dishes we’ve used as inspiration to provide you with what many people regard as the best multi-cuisine restaurant in Dehradun.

Assamese Foods

One of the most fascinating of Indian cuisines is that found in Assam. It differs from most of the rest of Indian cuisines by its sparse use of spices and the absence of practice of bhuna or the gentle frying of spices, from its food preparation. The strong flavors found in Assamese cooking are instead a resultant of exotic fruits and vegetables that are either fresh, dried or fermented. The primary ingredient of this cuisine is rice, which is often paired with fish or birds such as duck, squab, etc. Accompanying the meat are leafy vegetables such as xaak, of which a bewildering variety are consumed, and dhekia or fern, which grows wild. Black Pepper is a common spice for foods of the area. The traditional meals of the place begin with khar, and end with tenga, a sour dish.

Some of the lighter continental foods of the area that we are thinking of replicating in the menu are Jolpan, the Assamese alternative to cereals, Pitha, a cake made of soaked and ground rise usually fried in oil and roasted over a slow fire, and Laru, a small sweet ball that serves as a desert dish.

An endlessly fascinating cuisine, Assamese dishes have helped us figure out new ways of preparing our own dishes to give them a uniquely Black Pepper taste!