| The Punjab is situated in eastern India
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| | Sikh religion, thus more than half of all
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| and is divided by the Indian/Pakistani
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| | Punjabis are vegetarian. No one goes
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| border. It is very fertile because of
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| | hungry here and Sikh temples always offer
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| the rivers that cross here and as a
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| | simple free meals of bread and vegetable
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| consequence, agriculture is central to
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| | curry to all who turn up.Bread is the
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| the economy. Wheat accounts for a large
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| | most important part of the Punjabi diet.
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| proportion of the crops, along with corn,
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| | Rotis are made from wholewheat flour and
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| mustard greens, sugar cane and
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| | water, formed into balls and flattened
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| rice.Buffalo milk which is 3% higher in
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| | into discs which are then slapped onto
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| fat than cows milk, is also important to
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| | the site of a tandoor or onto a tava (a
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| the Punjabis, who are not prey to worries
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| | flat griddle pan like a flat frying pan).
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| about cholesterol. Every bit of the
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| | Rotis are commonly eaten for breakfast
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| buffalo milk is used in some way or
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| | with butter, fresh yoghurt and pickles,
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| other. Some is used in tea or evaporated
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| | while for lunch or dinner there will be
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| into a much thicker richer milk known as
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| | parathas which are much richer, being
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| bhadoli, which in turn is set into
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| | brushed with ghee, folded and rolled
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| yoghurt. The thick cream will be removed
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| | again before being cooked and brushed
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| from the top of the yoghurt and churned
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| | with more ghee.Unlike most of the rest of
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| into butter. Some of the butter will be
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| | India, rice in the Punjab is for special
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| saved as is and the rest will be warmed
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| | occasions only or for making rice
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| slowly and turned into ghee (clarified
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| | pudding.Lunch in the fields will often
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| butter) by pouring off the clear butter
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| | consist of paratha and a curry made from
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| and discarding the solid sediment. Yet
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| | onions fried with garlic, ginger, green
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| more of the milk will be made into
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| | chillies, cayenne, garam masala,
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| paneer, the Indian equivalent of cottage
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| | tomatoes, turmeric and salt. Potatoes
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| cheese. The milk is boiled then curdled
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| | are stirred in and coated with the spices
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| by adding lime juice then strained of
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| | before adding water and cooking
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| whey, leaving the curds which can be
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| | slowly.Breads may also be served for
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| shaped into solid rounds.The Punjab is
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| | dinner with small black beans and kidney
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| predominantly Sikh, being the home of the
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| | beans cooked with onions, ginger, garlic
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| Golden Temple at Amritsar, central to the
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| | and tomatoes and garnished with butter.
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