Top 20 Dishes That Are Complicated to Cook

We Indians love good food but even the simplest of dishes take long hours for their preparation. They require skill and patience to achieve a particular taste.

Have a look at those dishes:

1 Dal-Bati

Dal Bati is an authentic dish from Rajasthan. It is served as a complete meal also known as Dal-Bati-Churma. Dal is the lentil curry and Bati is made of dough which is considered as a bread in the dish. Churma is sweet which is given the status of a dessert. It is made purely from ghee. One requires the skill to balance the preparation time of the dough for Bati and the trickiest part is its baking. If it isn’t baked properly, then the dough will become hard due to less ghee content and it can become too soft because of an overdose of ghee.

2 Sarson ka Saag & Makki ki Roti

Sarso ka Saag and Makki ki Roti is a famous North Indian dish consumed during winters. It is because of the availability of sarso, a green leafy vegetable which is a key ingredient. Makke ki Roti is difficult to prepare as its dough makes it difficult to blend because of its coarse texture. It is not made just like another roti, rather with hands and oil to minus the friction and avoids cracking the perfect round shape. It is prepared on a sim gas as it takes time so don’t expect to go out of the kitchen. It is consumed with white butter and jaggery makes it a perfect reward for all the hard work.

3 Haak Saag

Haak saag is a dish made of greens prepared in Kashmir. It is a complete game of detailing in the process, perfect timing, and the ingredients. Any slight variation in any of the three will ruin the taste and the dish.

4 Gobhi Manchurian

Gobhi Manchurian might be delicious in taste but many are not aware of the hard work it requires in its cooking. The melt in the mouth cauliflower florets requires a great time to cook. If a proper method is not followed, then be prepared to miss the crispiness of this dish.

5 Gilawati Kabab

Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian Kebabs, cooking them is never an easy task. It requires slow cooking and should be cooked to perfection to ensure that it is completely cooked. The quality of this dish depends on the quantities used to prepare it. The ingredients should be in perfect ratio and the ingredients should be fresh as it can make or break the kebabs. Any ingredient in imperfect ratio will screw this dish.

6 Nihari

Nihari requires a preparation time of more than half a day. The marinations are supposed to happen overnight and better the marination, better the dish. It is one of the yummiest food made out of lamb and a great food to have in winters. If you wish to relish it, you need to stand it out 12 hours to make it to perfection.

7 Sohan Papdi

Sohan Papdi just requires only two ingredients for its preparation. It is so light that it melts in the mouth within the first bite. Sometimes it breaks while taking out of the box. Sugar and gram flour are whipped in such a manner that it turns to golden threads. If you see its making, you might not have it for many reasons.

8 Puran Poli

If making sugar parantha comes with a lot of difficulties, then Puran Poli will scare you. Stuffing jaggery and chana dal in the form of powder and baking it just like a parantha on the tawa without melting the jaggery inside is a difficult task. You need a lot of practice to prepare this one.

9 Fried Modak

Fried Modak is a sweet dish famous in Maharashtra and considered auspicious because of its consumption during Ganesh Chaturthi. It is stuffed with sweetness inside and is fried in such a manner that the stuffing does not erupt in the oil.

10 Jalebi

Jalebi is a sweet loved by many. Apart from its preparation time, frying the jalebi in the piping hot oil on flame is a difficult task. To get the perfect crisp, the nozzel needs to be calibrated to the minimum thickness. It is important to fill the entire pan with oil before you start turning the jalebis. If you turn them early, the jalebis won’t turn crisp and if you delay it, they will turn brown and the taste will be ruined. Balancing the timing of the batter through the nozzel is important.

11 Fish Paturi

Fish Paturi is a Bengali fish delicacy which is a complicated fish preparation. It is made with a marination of mustard and other spices. It needs a lot of expertise as it is wrapped in a banana leaf and steam cooked for hours so that the aroma of spices get infused in the steamed fish.

12 Mocha Ghonto

Mocha Ghonto is a traditional vegetarian Bengali delicacy. It is made with banana blossom known as Plantain flower. The preparation time required to make this delicacy might make you change your other plans. This recipe begins by separating the florets of the banana flowers which is itself a difficult task. The health benefits and the taste of this dish make it worth a try.

13 Chhena Poda

Chhena Poda is a dish famous in Odisha. It is made with cottage cheese (chhena) and caramelized sugar which gives it a taste. Though it is tempting but is a difficult dish to prepare.

14 Gujarati Handvo

Gujarati Handvo is a delicious dish from Gujarat loaded with veggies, peanuts, and spices. It is basically a vegetable cake made from bottle gourd. Preparing this dish at home requires a lot of time and patience.

15 Ghevar

Ghevar is a Rajasthani traditional sweet dish made during special occasions. The best part is that it is made in a unique circular shape. It is difficult to prepare that you would rather buy from the market.

16 Biryani

Biryani is one such dish that if it goes wrong then it will ruin the entire thing. It is a combination of the right spices and adds great flavor and taste. Whether it is a vegetarian biryani or non-vegetarian biryani, it is difficult to cook as it involves mixing of the right ingredients at the right time. The cooking happens in a big vessel which makes it more difficult. The intensity of the flame, the right amount of water to cook the rice, and the number of ingredients are also important.