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The Must Have from a North Indian Dhaba Menu

If you get a chance to dine at atypical Dhaba (road side restaurant), following are the dishes which are on the must have on the menu. Dhaba is a word famous in North India. Most of the North Indian Highways have lota and lota of dhabas serving the best cuisines. There delicacies can be compared to those of a 5 star hotels. In a typical Dhaba food is served on Charpoys (day-bed type seating) in the open air. The ambiance is not that lavish rather it comprises of a shed where all cooking is done and all dining tables or charpoys are set outside the sheds.

Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) A Vegetarian's Delight

Paneer is an Indian cottage cheese very commonly used in Indian vegetarian cuisine. It's an un-aged, non melting cheese that is made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice or a food acid. It is then simply pressed into a cube, then sliced or chopped...to be used in a number of delightful ways, creating some of the most popular Indian Vegetarian dishes as you'll see below. Paneer has often been compared to as Tofu...because of it's texture and consistency and can be substituted with it for any of the below recipes.