Have you ever wondered where celebrities like to dine? Well, apart from the fancy restaurants, they like to try out some authentic meals, and Neemat, or Naimat Khana, in Lucknow is one of their go-to places. This restaurant serves authentic Awadhi food made from heirloom recipes of Lucknow. Here’s why this place caught the attention of celebrities.
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Neemat Khana Uses Old Ways To Cook, Store And Preserve Food
So, the Awadhi used a wooden kitchen cabinet with steel nets on all sides and a latch to preserve left-over food in the pre-refrigeration days. Since preparing Awadhi-style food was a long process, the women would usually make dried dishes like halwa, barian, and pickles and store them in the cabinets. Each dish would be kept on clay bowls and the nets allowed for proper ventilation. Neemat Khana uses the old ways to store and preserve food to retain the taste and originality.
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Relish Patle Shorbe Ka Qorma, Patili Ke Kebab & More!
So, if you visit Lucknow, you may spot a blue and whiteboard inscribed with the words ‘Naimat Khana’ on a 70-year-old bungalow. Neemat Khana offers original heirloom dishes in Lucknow. They add distinctive ingredients and zaika to their dishes for a blissful experience. The place offers delicacies sich as patle shorbe ka qorma and Patili ke kebab which one is cooked in patili (or brass utensil) in ghee and served with roti (flat bread).
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Alongside the meat-based dishes, this place also offers vegetarian dishes as sunhere baingan cooked in tamarind and sesame seeds. Then there is balange ka sharbat, which is a mix of lemonade, roohafza and chia seeds. The shahi ka tukda and firni here is to die for.