Know About Pahari Dishes

Dishes & Recipes from Uttarakhand

Lesu

Lesu is a Kumaoni/Garhwali Bread prepared by stuffing Mandua dough into wheat flour dough and eaten with Ghee.

Ingredients Used

Wheat Flour - = Kg
Mandua Flour - 300gms
Ajwain - 1 gm
Salt to Taste

Method Of Preparing It

Knead wheat flour and keep aside.

Mix Ajwain and salt into mandua flour and knead. (Keep it aside)

Take wheat flour dough and stuff with mandua flour dough.

Roll into chappati and cook on a griddle.

Some of the other Pahari dishes are as follows:

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