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'''Kesar Da Dhaba''' is a vegetarian [[Punjabi dhaba]]<ref>Outlook, Volume 46, Issues 13-25, 2006, p. 80</ref> in [[Amritsar]], Punjab, India, that originated as a small restaurant selling dal and roti set up by Lala Kesar Mal, a [[Punjabi Hindu]] in Sheikhupura, near Lahore in 1916.<ref>Time Out India: Perfect Places to Stay, Eat and Explore, By Time Out, 2010, p. 276</ref> It moved to Amritsar after the partition of India in 1947. [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Padmini Kolhapuri, Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna are said to have eaten here.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiasamvad.co.in/special-stories/100-years-of-kesar-da-dhaba--17222 |title=This 100-year-old dhaba in Punjab is most sought after for spicy 'dal makhani, India Samvad, 19 Oct 2016 |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428151601/http://www.indiasamvad.co.in/special-stories/100-years-of-kesar-da-dhaba--17222 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a small dhaba, in a narrow lane in Chowk Passian near Town Hall. <br />
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Its signature dish is [[dal makhani]] (dal with butter).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/travel/a-culinary-pilgrimage-to-punjab.html?_r=0 |title=A Culinary Pilgrimage to Punjab By SHIVANI VORA, New York Times, MARCH 18, 2014 |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722072253/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/travel/a-culinary-pilgrimage-to-punjab.html?_r=0 |archive-date=22 July 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dal Makhani is prepared in a large steel caldron where it simmers for nine hours before it is ready. They are also known for [[phirni]] served in earthen bowls.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Eating-through-Amritsar/article14466846.ece | title=Eating through Amritsar | first=Karishma | last=Upadhyay | newspaper=The Hindu | date=2 July 2016 | accessdate=22 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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[[Anthony Bourdain]] in ''[[Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown]]'' said, "If this is what vegetarianism meant in most of the places that practice it in the West, I’d be at least half as much less of a dick about the subject".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/video/shows/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown/season-3/punjab-india/index.html#autoplay=true |title=SEASON 3, EPISODE 1 Punjab, India |access-date=22 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020061249/http://www.cnn.com/video/shows/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown/season-3/punjab-india/index.html#autoplay=true |archive-date=20 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Some of the scenes of [[Saif Ali Khan]]’s 2017 movie [[Chef]] were shot here.<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/kesar-dhaba-amritsar-palate-century-old-recipe-maa-ki-daal-lachcha-parantha-5564750/ This Amritsar dhaba has a century-old recipe of ‘mah ki daal’ and ‘lachcha parantha’, Divya A, Indian Express, February 3, 2019]</ref><br />
==See also==<br />
* [[List of vegetarian restaurants]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Amritsar]]<br />
[[Category:Vegetarian restaurants]]<br />
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[[Category:Restaurants in India]]<br />
[[Category:1916 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Punjab, India]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kesardadhaba.com/ Official web-site]</div>->Arjayay