Punjabi cuisine originates from the Punjab region of South Asia. The culture of Punjab is one of the oldest in world history, dating back over 8,000 years. The cuisine relies heavily on wheat products like roti, paratha, and makki di roti served with vegetables like saag. Common dishes also include samosas and sweets like barfi and ras malai. The cuisine is influenced by the region's hot climate and cultural heritage as the historical home of Sikhism, with spices like garlic, ginger, and coriander featured prominently in dishes.
2. PUNJABI CUISINE
• Introduction
• Geography and climate
• Cultural heritage
• Religion
• Communication
• Important festivals
• Dresses of Punjab
• Art and craft
• Literature of Punjabwww.indianchefrecipe.com
3. INTRODUCTION TO PUNJABI
CULTURE
• One of the oldest in world history
• Word ‘Punjab’ is derived from Persian words
‘Panj’ and ‘Ab’
• Its main areas are: Punjabi philosophy, poetry,
spirituality, education, artistry, music cuisine,
traditions, values and history
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4. GEOGRAPHY AND
CLIMATE
• Situated in North-eastern part of India
• Climate is determined by extreme hot and cold
conditions
• Three main seasons: summer, rainy and winter
• Two transitional seasons: post monsoon and
post winter season
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5. CULTURAL HERITAGE
• An advanced urban culture that flourished over
8000 years ago
• Its cities were known as ‘Mohenjodaro’
• Harappa- refer Punjabi culture as the INDUS
VALLEY CIVILIZATION
• Punjabi culture dates back to 7000-20,000 BC
• 15th century- Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji founded
Sikh religion
• 19th century- British rule, several Punjabi
freedom fighters
• In 1947- at the end of British rule, the Punjab
was split between India and Pakistan
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6. RELIGION
• Most of people in Punjab belongs to Sikh
religion (60%)
• 37% - Hinduism, and 3% - Islam, Buddhism,
Christianity, Jainism
• There are five Takhts (Temporal Seats) of
Sikhism, three are in Punjab
• The holiest of Sikh shrines- Shri Harmandir
Sahib ji (or Golden Temple) is located in the
holy city of Amritsar
• During major holidays on Sikh calendar, such
as Guruparv, Sikh gather and march virtually
through towns and cities.
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7. COMMUNICATION
• This include verbal and non-verbal elements
and different style
• ‘Punjabi’ is the most spoken language
• It is dominant in key institutions, such as
business, agriculture, industry, government and
police
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9. DRESSES OF PUNJAB
• Men wear kurta pajama
• Sikh men wear turban too
• Women wear Salwaarkameez
• Phulkari adds to traditional costumes
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10. ART AND CRAFT
• Two types: craft of rural areas and craft of
urban area
• Wood work skills
• Gold and silver work
• Weaving
• Embroidery
• Wood work
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11. LITERATURE OF PUNJAB
• Punjabi literature have deep meaning and
different use of words
• Large number of Punjabi works are translated
into various languages
• Waris Shah is best known for his seminal
work- Heer-Ranja
• Bulleh Shah was punjabisufi poet
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12. INDIAN FOOD
• Indian preparation encompasses a large sort of
regional cuisines native to Asian nation.
• these cuisines vary considerably from one another
and use domestically on the market spices, herbs,
meat, vegetables, and fruits. Indian food is
additionally heavily influenced by non secular and
cultural selections.
• The development of those cuisines are formed by
Hindu and Jain beliefs, and particularly by diet, that
could be a growing dietary trend in Indian society.
• Indian food preparation has been and remains
evolving, as a results of the nation's cultural
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13. PUNJABI FOOD
• Punjabi food consist of ‘roti’ and ‘sabji’
• Famous is ‘Makki di roti’ and ‘saag’
• Punjabi spices consists of onion, garlic, ginger
and corriander
• Restaurant-style Punjabi cookery uses giant
amounts of drawn butter, butter and cream
• whereas home-cooked equivalents focus on whole
wheat, rice, and different ingredients flavored
with masala.
• Stuffed parathas, samosas are queitfamous
• Common sweets are barfi, gulaab-jamun and
ras-malai
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