Punjabi cuisine is one of my favorite cuisines when it comes to Indian Cuisines. I think it's the favorite for many, so that so that when Indian food is represented globally, you will mostly find Punjabi dishes getting the center spot.
After popular demands to have Thali themes, I decided it will be best to repeat and so for this month's BM#74 Edition. We have seen others dishing out elaborate thalis.
I decided to make a simple Punjabi Thali, keeping in mind that I started planning for this very late and weekends are the only days I can cook such elaborate meals. I have a North Indian Thali already, which combined a couple of dishes from neighboring states and I wasn't sure which belonged to which state.
Generally speaking, our cooking has become so global. We no longer stick to one particular cuisine in our everyday cooking. I mostly keep including dishes from different states and many times it might get morphed to your specific cooking style. I have previously cooked up couple of North Indian Thalis,
Today's thali has a special focus on Punjabi Thali and I have tried to keep the recipes true to the way they cook.
The menu was as below. I was planning on two dry subjis, but cooked only one.
Boondi Raitha
Fresh Salad
Aloo Bhindi Subzi
Matar Paneer Masala
Paneer Butter Masala
Dal Fry
Jeera Rice
Kasuri Methi Ajwain Phulkas
Plain Phulkas
Carrot Seviyan Halwa
Fresh Salad
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priya vj says
Its almost lunch time now and your thali has made me crave for all that there is on the platter. Can finish up all of it in a jiffy ! Delicious thali spread !!
Sarita says
Punjabi Thali looks very yummy with paneer butter masala and dal fry ( my favorite) tempting.Wonderful Thali!
Vaishali Sabnani says
The thaali has almost all our routine recipes, which we are always happy to eat. Lovely spread , and definitely tempting.
Priya Suresh says
Omg, dont make me hungry, how prefect those foods looks. My mouth is just watering here, especially that paneer butter masala makes me drool.
Pavani says
Wow Valli -- that is one amazing Punjabi thali. Everything looks sooo yummy!!!
Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says
punjabi cuisine is the most popular one known in the West so this one is full of dishes I have often had at Indian restaurants except for the phulkas - would love to try those!
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says
This is definitely not simple! Kudos to you for managing all those dishes... I would have given up... hehe...
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says
Love your hard work and commitment Valli in-spite of all the challenges you never fails to amuse us!! A tempting Punjabi thali 🙂
Sandhiya says
Wonderful spread of punjabi dishes.That carrot seviyan halwa is so new me . Do you have recipe for that?
ruchi indu says
yes you are right. now a days we dont concentrate on one particular cuisine in our day to day cooking. Lovely punjabi spread...
srividhya says
Wow Amazing spread. Can have that any time. 🙂