Rajasthani Recipes | Collection of Authentic Rajasthani Recipes

Rajasthani Recipes | Recipes from the Rajasthani cuisine

Rajasthan, the state of India, is known for its rich culture, regal heritage, and exquisite cuisine. We are here to talk about the gastronomy of the state. Any cuisine is affected by its climatic conditions, natives’ lifestyle, etc. Rajasthani cuisine has a plethora of lip-smacking dishes and there are many factors affecting the same.

Salient features of Rajasthani cuisine and reasons behind the same

• Rajasthan has been an arid region. Scarcity of water has always affected the dishes prepared here. But that doesn’t hold back the Rajasthanis from preparing a variety of delicacies. Instead, Rajasthani recipes see more use of yogurt, clarified butter, buttermilk, etc.
• The scarcity of water has lead to the unavailability of fresh vegetables and fruits. And therefore beans, legumes, gram flour (besan), etc became the main ingredients in the Rajasthani cuisine. Gram flour is used in such a versatile manner. There are starters to desserts recipes using gram flour.
• Due to war situations in the State in the past, people preferred and therefore prepared such food which had a longer shelf life and can be consumed without heating, etc. Chutneys are an integral part of Rajasthani cuisine. And probably this could be the reason for the same.
• Rajasthani food has seen the influence of many communities. Non-veg. eaters Rajputs to no onion garlic food consumers Maheshwaris, everyone has influenced the Rajasthani recipes.

Popular Rajasthani Dishes (We are discussing only vegetarian delicacies.)

Rajasthani cuisine has an array of dishes.

Gravies: A dish that symbolizes Rajasthan is dal, baati, churma. And why not?! Such an interesting combination prepared in such an interesting manner, this dish deserves the international popularity it has. But Rajasthani main course has much more than just dal baati. It includes Jaipuri aloo pyaaz, gatte ki sabji, papad ki sabzi, kadhi, pitod ki sabji, panchmel dal, etc.

Breads: Popular Rajasthani bread include the very popular baati and its variations bafla baati, mawa baati, etc., bajre ki roti, etc.

Side Dishes: Chutneys… are so important in Rajasthani cuisine. Lehsun ki chutney served with Bajre ki Roti becomes a complete meal. Papad and chach also form an integral part of the cuisine.

Snacks:  It has delectable snacks such as mirchi vada, kalmi vada, pyaaz ki kachori, very popular Bikaneri bhujia, etc.

Desserts: Certainly choorma has to top this list, not only because of its fame but also because of its variations. Traditional choorma is made using whole wheat flour. However, besan choorma is also quite popular. Nowadays choorma is experimented with different flavors such as pineapple churma, rose choorma, and many more. Also popular are mawa kachori, milk cake, ghevar, balushahi, malpua, mohan thaal, etc.

Of all these we have many recipes on the blog and the remaining will be updated soon, so stay tuned. Here they are: