Villagers food
Traditional Punjabi Food
As the hours pass, hunger may grow to wonderfully tantalizing heights, and my favorite dish of the wonderfully large family meal is Aloo Paratha. Even among all the others, I can easily pick out this as a favorite, it gets the award for Punjabi Food Dish of the Day.
I hope you enjoy the photos of such wonderful and incredible home-cooking Punjabi food, and although you can’t taste it yet, I hope you can smile, and get inspiration to go out, and find experiences just like this for yourself someday soon!
The Recipe
Aloo Paratha is an iron-skillet cooked bread folded full of potato, spices, and a few different types of flour. The raw ingredients form a thick layer on top, to which the chef adds a few generous spoonfuls of Desi Ghee(homemade clarified butter) – the heartiness in this single bread leaves nothing else to be desired.
Its a perfect Punjabi food.
Creating the Perfect Paratha
Making Aloo Paratha requires two of the entire round breads, and after pressing all the filling inside (potato, and spices like cumin, garam masala, and fragrant crushed pepper), the second piece lies on top, the edges fold together, and everything cooks for round two.
Each potato-packed Paratha sizzles for just a few minutes per side, and then receives a final rub from another spoonf of desi ghee – in Pakistani food the importance of desi ghee is something that simply cannot be underestimated.
Smoky flavor from charcoal cooking accompanies buttery richness so perfectly – the heavier ingredient of potato just makes the entire dish so warm and wonderfully satisfying.
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