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Visit the restaurants in Jodhpur to have the taste of the exquisite Rajasthani cuisine. There are enough classy restaurants in Jodhpur which can satiate the palate of a gourmet or a connoisseur.
There are lots of restaurants in Jodhpur that offer a wide range of delicacies like kachouri with chutney, makhaniya lassi, mawa kchouri, pyaaz kachouri and many more. The sweet hospitality of Jodhpur is called 'mithi manuhar.' The most popular sweets in Jodhpur are mawe ki kachouri, besan ki chakki and maakhan vade. The ideal places to savour these sweet items are Janata Sweet Home, Jodhpur Sweet Home or Pokhar Sweets. However, if you love spicy food, then Mirchivada is the best bet to try, which is prepared from chili, potato and gram flour. Rajasthani cooking has singularities of its own. The food is prepared to last for several days, which can be eaten without any heating. This style came out more out of necessity than choice.
The scarcity of water and fresh green vegetables has its effect on the methods of cooking. The cooks in Rajasthan used minimum of water while cooking, and this tradition evolved in the Rajasthani cuisine.
Ample use of milk, buttermilk, and clarified butter imparts a unique taste to the various dishes, prepared in traditional style. An individual feature of the Maheshwari(a sub-category of Marwaris) cooking is the use of mango powder. The mango powder is used as a substitute for scarce tomatoes. They do not use garlic and onions in preparation of their dishes; however the absence of garlic and onions is filled with the use of asafetida. The Rajasthani curries look brilliantly red that gives the impression that they are spicy. In fact, the cuisine uses pure ghee as cooking medium and is not at all spicy. A traditional sweet dish lapsi is prepared with broken wheat sautéed in ghee. The simplest and extremely tasty dish is the combination of dal, bati and churma. Dal is lentils, bati is baked wheat ball and churma is powdered sweetened cereal.
Rajasthani cuisine is not only limited to vegetarian dishes. The unique creation of the Maharaja of Salwar is the Junglee Maas (meat). This was favourite among the erstwhile Maharajas of Rajasthan due to the scantiness of spicy ingredients in it. The game brought from the hunt was cooked in pure ghee, salt and red chilies only. Nowadays this dish has been adapted to less controversial ingredients like lamb, pork or poultry, instead of games from the hunt.
The most rewarding restaurants in Jodhpur that can calm your appetite and soothe your palate include Ratan Villa, Rajasthali, Kalinga, Jodhpur Coffee House, Mid Town, Mansarovar, Agarwal Lodge, Tandoori Nights, On the Rocks, Uttam Restaurants, Gypsy, Reggie's Restaurant, Chicken Corner and Mangalam. Have lunch at Ratan Villa to enjoy a superb Marwari cuisine. You can enjoy the food served on the terrace, at the base of sand dunes. So wish you a bon apétit.
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