Traditional Gujarati Food

The traditional Gujarati food is primarily vegetarian and has a high nutritional value. The typical Gujarati thali consists of varied kinds of lip smacking dishes. Gujarati cuisine has so much to offer and each dish has an absolutely different cooking style. Some of the dishes are stir fry, while others are boiled. Gujaratis use a combination of different spices and flavors to cook their meals and this is what makes their food truly exotic. The traditional Gujarati thali mostly encompasses rotli, dal or kadhi, sabzi also known as shaak and rice. People in Gujarat eat one or the other type of curry along with rice and roti in almost every meal Gujarati dishes usually have a very subtle taste that makes it truly distinct from other Indian cuisines.

Most of the Gujarati dishes are sweet, while others have a quite larger concentration of sugar as compared to salt and spices. Sometimes, jaggery is used as an alternative to sugar. Gujarati food is highly energy efficient and thus do not cause much of fuel wastage. The staple food of Gujarat consists of homemade pickles, chhaas (buttermilk), salad etc. main course includes vegetables which are usually steamed and dal. Vaghaar is a blend of spices, which is purified in hot oil and then added to the dal. To prevent the body from becoming dehydrated, lot of salt, sugar, tomato and lemon is used.

Popular Gujarati Dishes

Sweets Basundi Ghari Ghebar or Ghevar Halvasan Keri no ras Malpua Puran Poli Shrikhand Son Papdi Ronvelia Shiro Sutarfeni	Farsan (Snacks) Daal Dhokli Dhokla Fafda Farsi Falafel Ganthia Hahdwoh Kachori Khakhra Khaman Khandvi Khichu	Shaak and Daal: Vegetables and Curries Meethi (Sweet) Kadhi Sev Tameta nu Shak Undhiyun Kadhi Pakori Magaj Mula ni Kadhi Kantola nu shaak Lasaniya Batata Ringna no oolo Fansi ma Dhokli nu shaak Dudhi Bataka nu rasawalu shaak Panchkutiyu shaak
Diwali Special Snacks Cholafali Ghooghra Mathia Soonvali	Khaman Dhokla Lilva Kachori Muthia Sev Khamani	Breads Bajri no rotlo Bhakhri Dhebara Thepala Masala Puri

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