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Madhya Pradesh is strategically
situated in the centre of India and identical to it is the behavior of
the people residing in Madhya Pradesh.
They treat their guests also keeping
in the centre of the heart. The adage ‘Athithi Devo Bhavo’ means guest
is like a God.
Keeping this in mind that the guests
are treated and the food of Madhya Pradesh is filled with varieties and
delicacies that tourists get an opportunity to try a unique taste that
is mouth watering as well.
Madhya Pradesh food and the
hospitality of the people of this state is drilled deep that they
consider hospitality next to godliness.
Madhya Pradesh people are very warm
and social.
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People of Madhya Pradesh keep inviting for
lunch or dinner at every drop of a hat. The village side people are
quite overwhelming than the city buffs.
They offer food in such a manner that the
guest is filled to the brim and in case the guests ask for second
helpings the host is overfilled with joy. The food of Madhya Pradesh
comprises of piping hot food, appetizers, desserts and second helpings.
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Refusing any helping is considered as
an insult to both, the host and the kitchen. Madhya Pradesh food
varieties include both, vegetarian delicacies and non vegetarian dishes.
By and large, Indian meals are taken
with heated conversations. It is expected that a dish you like should
be eaten more.
It is considered good manners if you
praise some dish, whereas refusing anything is treated as an offence.
Refusing any course leads to people pressing you with alternative
dishes.
Similarly, burping at the end of any
meal is seen as a satisfying approval on the hosts face and more of a
compliment to the chef, implying that the food was so tasty that I have
stuffed myself with it unknowingly in temptation.
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The food of Madhya Pradesh differs from one
region to another. The north and west are wheat and meat based, while
the south and east focus on rice and fish. The Madhya Pradesh food
tends to end with luscious mangoes, watermelons, bananas, papayas,
guavas and custard apples.
Indore and Gwalior have milk based
preparations. The Madhya Pradesh food especially in Bhopal comprises of
exquisite meat and fish preparations such as the spicy rogan josh,
luscious keema, biryani, kababs, delicious korma, and many more are
legendary.
All these food of Madhya Pradesh are
extremely rich, creamy and spicy. The Bafla is wheat cakes dipped in
ghee and are eaten with daal and this sharpness is moderated with sweet
ladoos.
Lassi (buttermilk) and sugarcane juice are
the favorite drinks and fine rum and excellent beer is produced from
sugarcane juice and is liked by many tourists.
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