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Gujarati cuisine refers to the cuisine of the people from the state of Gujarat in the West region of India. It is predominantly Vegetarian . The typical Gujarati '' Thali '' consists of '' Rotli '', Daal or Kadhi , rice and ''sabzi/shaak'' ( dish made up of different combinations of vegetables and spices which may be stir fried, curry like or even dry boiled).

Gujarati people are very fond of fine dining and this can be seen in their regular diet and great variety in their cuisine. For example, even after having bread and main course dishes in their diet, they necessarily need some side dish in their everyday meal like many different types of kachumber(better known as Salad ), Pickle s , Chutney s , Buttermilk and many others too. There is always a complementary sweet dish involved.

A very healthy meal popular in the villages near Saurashtra during the cold winters consists of thick Roti s called as Bhakhri made up of Bajra flours, Chutney , onion pieces and lots of Buttermilk . It is a good source of heat which suits the villagers working on their fields in the cold days very well.

Some of the more popular Gujarati dishes are mentioned below:


LIST OF GUJARATI DISHES




GUJARATI CUISINE - THE OATH CUISINE OF VEGETARIANISM.


With so much variety in eating vegetarian food, famous Indian British cookbook writer Madhur Jaffrey has termed Gujarati cuisine as The Oath Cuisine of vegetarinism in one of her TV serial about Indian Food.


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