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[[File:Pranjal Dhaba - National Highway 76 - Shivrajpur - Shankargarh - Allahabad 2014-07-04 5674.JPG|thumb|300px|right|A dhaba on [[National Highway 76 (India)|National Highway 76]] near [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.]]

*All types of vegetables

 

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The simple vegetarian meal served could be a [[paratha]] of many kinds depending on the type of vegetable stuffing one wishes to have – among these the [[aloo paratha]] is the most popular. Parathas stuffed with cooked, mashed and spiced vegetables such as cauliflower are popular for breakfast with curds or tea.

The basic gravy used for vegetables and meat dishes is onion-tomato-garlic-ginger.

 

A predominantly wheat-eating people, the Punjabis cook [[rice]] only on special occasions. Rice is rarely cooked plain or steamed and is always made with a flavouring of cumin or fried onions. ''Sada chawal'' – plain rice – is served with other wheat-based dishes. [[Biryani|Vegetable biryani]] (fried veg rice) is also a favourite dish.

 

In winter, rice cooked with [[jaggery]] is ''gurwala chawal'', or ''rao ki kheer'', a delicacy when cooked on slow fire for hours with sugarcane juice, and sometimes rice is also cooked with green peas.

 

Authentic items include kadhai murg, [[tandoori chicken]], tali machali amritsar, rara gosht, [[chicken tikka masala]], peppery tandoori chicken, anda paneer (egg curry), seek kebabs, butter chicken, vegetarian and non-vegetarian [[kathi roll]]s, etc.

 

Most meat delicacies are eaten with plain rice, phulka, or tandoori [[roti]] without ghee or butter.

 

[[File:Firni.JPG|thumb|Firni]]

Sweets include firni or [[phirni]] (a sweet dish made of milk, rice flour, and sugar and chilled in earthenware bowls), [[gulab jamun]] and [[burfi]]. The desserts include fresh hot [[jalebi]] with vanilla ice cream, [[rasmalai]] and [[saffron|kesari]] [[kheer]].

The saffron-mixed buttermilk (lassi) of [[Amritsar]]; milk boiled with almonds, pistachio, and dry dates in winter; and the same mix boiled into a thick liquid and then solidified in a banana-shaped mould in the form of a kulfi are desserts. [[Panjiri]], a [[whole wheat flour]] fried in sugar and ghee, heavily laced with dry fruits and herbal gums, is eaten in the winters to ward off cold.

 

[[Haryana]] has dhabas all over, and dhabas in [[Murthal]], [[Sonipat]] on [[Grand Trunk Road]] are famous for delicacies including [[Paratha|murthal paratha]], haryanvi daal, cheese bread pakora, and more.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040327/windows/main1.htm Dhabas of Murthal and Haryana], ''The Tribune'', 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/food-safari-in-search-of-murthal-ke-paranthe/article4364734.ece Food Safari: In search of Murthal Paratha], ''The Hindu'', 2 Feb 2013</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Highway-Bites-Dhabas-Vs-food-chains/articleshow/48843912.cms Highway Bits: Dhabas versus food chains], ''Times of India'', 7 Sept 2015]</ref> ''Garam dharam'' (hot dharam), a vegetarian dhaba based on a [[sholay]] theme in Murthal, [[Sonipat]], with fruit parathas as one of its specialities, is owned by the [[Bollywood]] action hero [[Dharmendra]].<ref name=dharam1>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fzeenews.india.com%2Fhindi%2Findia%2Faction-star-of-bollywood-dharmendra-opens-veg-dhaba-at-murthal-in-haryana%2F376100 GOOGLE ENGLISH TRANSLATION India's action hero Dharmendra opened Dhaba in Murthal, named Hot Dharam] and [http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/action-star-of-bollywood-dharmendra-opens-veg-dhaba-at-murthal-in-haryana/376100 ORIGINAL NEWS मुरथल में इंडिया के एक्शन हीरो धर्मेंद्र ने खोला ढाबा, नाम रखा है 'गरम धरम'], [[Zee News]] 24 Feb 2018.</ref>