Why gujarati food is sweet

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Most of the dishes of Gujarat have a small amount of sugar added to it to nullify the effect of salty hard water of the region. Hence you can taste a hint of sweetness in all their dishes.

Dabeli which is quite similar to the Vada Pao of Maharashtra is one of the most popular street food of Gujarat. According to a survey, more than 6 lakhs Dabeli is consumed each day in Gujarat. Milk, nuts, and sugar are the key ingredients that are used to make most of the Gujarati dishes.

There is no clear history as who invented Bhelpuri, but according to one of the theories, it was invented in Gujarat. Book Now. Visit Website. Thank You! Written by Pranav Gulati. Top 20 Gujarati Dishes Here are some of the most delectable Gujarati dishes that would make any food lover drool over.

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From my own experience but I never visited Gujarat , every meal I had in India was very spicy. I would like to visit Gujarat though just to try out the food. Sounds intriguing! Who would associate India with cleanliness? But then, it has the cleanest village in Asia too.

I have always wondered why it is so sweet, and now I have the answer! Hey Anju! I understand that problem of not getting your favourite food away from homeland. I love sweet food. And the reason why this food is sweet amazes me. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, Divya. Quite an interesting read.

Coming from an archipelagic country, the Philippines, our food is either too salty or too sweet. Thank you for this! How interesting and fascinating. I never thought about it that way… the way the people in this region put sugar into their food is like we put salt into our food. This is a great way to understand the area and culture better!

I am like you and your Father, I am not a fan of sweet food, so I am not sure how I would go with a sweet dhal!

Such an interesting explanation about the water and hydration. I am not a fan of very sweet dishes but love trying out new food.

Thanks for the list of sugar free foods. Hey Verushka, Yes, it was interesting for me too. I love Gujarati food! Hey Vedante, Even I am not a fan of sugar in my food. But yes, the reasoning is right. The well water or hard water in the state does merit a bit of sugar. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Arm-Chair Travelling. Why Is Gujarati Food Sweet? One of the most amazing cuisines from India.

By now, you should know the story of its origins. When they got to Bombay as it then was , the local Gujaratis had very little time for all the papri chaat-type rubbish that they still serve in Delhi. Complexity of flavour and texture is one hallmark of Gujarati cooking. Delicacy is another one. Try eating homemade dahi wadi sometimes called khandvi. You will be astonished by how delicately it has been rolled and by how subtle the flavours are. Or consider a perfect homemade dhokla.

I yield to nobody in my admiration for a good steamed idli. We are right to think of Gujarati food as a thali-based cuisine. But we forget the subtlety of the snacks and breads. In North India, you make a bread interesting by ripping apart something that already exists and by introducing vegetables or meat into it: aloo or keema thrust into a paratha, a kulcha or a naan.

But in Gujarat, we play around with the flavours of our breads a thepla can be flavoured with methi or garlic and their textures a khaari puri, for instance.

Even our simple, basic breads have so much flavour that you can eat them on their own. In Kathiawad, farmers would carry two bajra rotlas, an onion, a chilli and a little garlic chutney when they went out to the fields — and that would make for a delicious lunch. Because most of the people North Indians think of as Gujaratis are vaaniyas the Sarabhais, the Ambanis, Amit Shah etc — but not Narendra Modi and because there is an absurd intolerance towards non-vegetarians from Gujarati residents of some Mumbai housing societies, we forget that a significant proportion of Gujaratis are non-vegetarians.