Try These Top Cuisines On Your Next Trip to Nainital

Nainital is a top tourist destination brimming with scenic vistas? Take a trip around this charming city of lakes and savour the lip-smacking cuisine. Accommodation options are aplenty at any of the Resorts near Corbett National Park.

Taste these Top Kumaoni cuisines for an appetizing holiday experience:

• The flavoursome Bhatt ki Churkani: This traditional delicacy is made only on special occasions. Its primary ingredients are rice paste and black Bhatt or Bhatt ki dal. To add some variety and enhance the taste it is sometimes made using plain flour. Locals prefer to eat this rich yet nutritious dish during winters.

• Amazing Arsa: Arsa is a popular dessert which is savoured during special occasions. It is delicious yet healthy thus it is among the popular desserts in the region. It is prepared with rice, mustard oil and jaggery. The sweetness is due to the use of jaggery instead of processed sugar. Mustard oil is also a healthier substitute for refined oil.

• Unique Black and White Roti: Locals of Uttarakhand love the taste of black and white roti. It is a unique preparation made of mandua flour combined with wheat flour in a specified ratio. It is also referred to as cheat bread or thag roti. This tasty roti is usually served with lots of butter or ghee. Stay in any of the Corbett National Park Resorts and savour this roti.

• Distinctive Baadi: Baadi is prepared by combining moong dal, toor dal and channa dal in accurate quantities. It is usually consumed with sesame seed chutney or bhang seed. Savour the taste and feast on this nutritious dish which is filled with Vitamin B12 and Vitamin A.

• Tasty Aloo Ke Gutke: Kumaoni cuisine is characterized by the use of less ingredients and a majority of them incorporate potatoes in them. The potatoes cultivated in the Kumaon region are extraordinarily sweet and impart inimitable taste to Aloo ke Gutke. This flavoursome snack is prepared with coriander leaves, boiled potatoes and lots of red chillies.

• The dessert Gulgula & Bal Mithai: Gulgula is a must-have dessert and local snack made of jaggery and wheat flour. Its origin can be traced back to the scenic Garhwal region. As it is prepared with locally available ingredients it is a staple snack in this region. Bal Mithai is prepared with roasted khoya coated with sugar. Cherish the fudge-like taste of this dessert, which is available in Mamu’s Naini Sweets, in Nainital.

• Delicious Ras: Ras is essentially soup prepared with a blend of lentil stock, rice paste and pulses. This dal is then cooked slowly in an iron vessel with different herbs and spices. The lentils are soaked overnight in water. It is ideally consumed with bhang ki chutney and steamed rice.

The flavoursome cuisine of Nainital attracts a lot of food lovers to this scenic destination. Spices and herbs blend beautifully to create delicious dishes with inimitable aroma. Select from any of the delectable Tibetan or Kumaoni cuisines on your next trip to this region and see the Jim Corbett resort packages with the various offers at summer season.

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