Amritsar – Ultimate Food Guide

After you visit the Golden Temple, and do eat the Langar served in the Gurudwara premises. Now start wandering in the lanes of Amritsar, you would hardly find any nook and corner of devoid of great food. A heaven for food lovers, Amritsari Cuisine offers a variety of dishes. Here are our top 7 that will leave you craving for more and more. We love the food so much in Amritsar that we dare anyone to find non – tasty food here.

Kesar da Dhaba Empty rucksack Travelers Amritsar Food Guide

Kesar da dhaba (at chowk Passian)-Maah di daal (lentil)+ lachedar parantha +kheer & Phirni sweet dish and other Indian veg meals.One of the oldest food joints and economical too.

Amritsari Kulcha Empty rucksack Travelers Amritsar Food Guide

Amritsari KulchaMost of the Amritsari people start their day with this. Originated in Punjab,Kulcha is made with flour dough with stuffing of boiled mashed potato,onion, baked in earthen clay oven.Butter is spread over and served with spicy chole (chickpea curry) and chutney of tamarind, jaggery & onion.served at Kulche wale near Golden temple, Chungi ( maqbool road).

Best Lassi Amritsar Empty rucksack Travelers Amritsar Food Guide

Gyan Singh’s Punjabi Lassi (Hathi gate)- has been serving for past 70 years a lip smacking lassi,a tower glass around 500 ml topped with malai (cream) & white butter.  Ahuja Lassi near Hindu College serves ‘Kesar Lassi’ (saffron lassi). It is healthy and a refreshing drink !

bharawan da dhaba empty rucksack travelers Amritsar Food Guide

Sarson Da Saag & Makki Di Roti- It is Punjab’s trademark food.Nearly every house or village of Punjab, gives a hospitable treatment to their guests by serving this dish. Prepared from mustard & spinach greens while makki roti is rolled out of a dough of makki ka atta (corn flour). Lots of Makhan (butter) adds to the richness and taste. Try this dish at Bharawan da Dhaba (Town Hall)

amritsari fish empty rucksack travelers amritsar food guide

Amritsari fish The fried fish is one of the popular food items. Prepared by coating fish fillets with a batter of gram flour,egg,curd,ginger,garlic& spices and then deep fried. Available at Makhan da Dhaba (majitha road). Perfect dish for non- vegetarians.

best kulfi amritsar empty rucksack travelers amritsar food guide

Mahajan Kulfi ( inside hall gate) There is no better way to end your meal than the popular frozen milk dessert,made with thickening milk so that it is denser. It is available in flavors (malai,Kesar,pista,rose,elaichi and mango), cost around INR 100 for two.

Novelty sweets amritsar empty rucksack travelers amritsar food guide

Kanhaiya Lawrence Road ,or Novelty sweets– offers you Puri Chana. This place is never empty. It is a perfect joint for breakfast or brunch. Special halwa prepared in desi ghee is the best way to end your meals here.

 

This post was written by Suraksha Kumar, an economics student who can sing better than count numbers. A trained classical Singer who wishes to start a band to travel the world.

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5 comments

  1. yum yum… except maybe the frozen milk dessert.. unless it’s ice cream? Never had it!
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  2. Ooooh, this all looks so damn good! I’m so jealous, and hungry! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

  3. Religious, cultural, historical, food, or shopping. Whatever your taste is, you shouldn’t miss this list of best places to visit in Amritsar.

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