Kesar Da Dhaba is a vegetarian Punjabi dhaba[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] It is a small dhaba, in a narrow lane in Chowk Passian near Town Hall.
Its signature dish is dal makhani (dal with butter).[4] 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.[5]
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".[6]
Some of the scenes of Saif Ali Khan’s 2017 movie Chef were shot here.[7]
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References
- ↑ Outlook, Volume 46, Issues 13-25, 2006, p. 80
- ↑ Time Out India: Perfect Places to Stay, Eat and Explore, By Time Out, 2010, p. 276
- ↑ This 100-year-old dhaba in Punjab is most sought after for spicy 'dal makhani, India Samvad, 19 Oct 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ A Culinary Pilgrimage to Punjab By SHIVANI VORA, New York Times, MARCH 18, 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ Eating through Amritsar. The Hindu(2 July 2016).
- ↑ SEASON 3, EPISODE 1 Punjab, India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ This Amritsar dhaba has a century-old recipe of ‘mah ki daal’ and ‘lachcha parantha’, Divya A, Indian Express, February 3, 2019