Kesar Da Dhaba

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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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  1. ^ Outlook, Volume 46, Issues 13-25, 2006, p. 80
  2. ^ Time Out India: Perfect Places to Stay, Eat and Explore, By Time Out, 2010, p. 276
  3. ^ "This 100-year-old dhaba in Punjab is most sought after for spicy 'dal makhani, India Samvad, 19 Oct 2016". Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. ^ "A Culinary Pilgrimage to Punjab By SHIVANI VORA, New York Times, MARCH 18, 2014". Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ Upadhyay, Karishma (2 July 2016). "Eating through Amritsar". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. ^ "SEASON 3, EPISODE 1 Punjab, India". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. ^ This Amritsar dhaba has a century-old recipe of ‘mah ki daal’ and ‘lachcha parantha’, Divya A, Indian Express, February 3, 2019

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