Green Restaurant Uttarakhand

Background

Uttarakhand is known the world over for its natural beauty. The rich natural diversity coupled with the distinct climatic conditions yield edible plants and spices which are unique to the state. The food commodities in of Uttarakhand are renowned for their extremely high nutritional value and taste. Organic food production in the state is rapidly gaining national and international recognition. Most of the traditional cuisines of the region are yet to gain popularity and are untouched in the region. This is primarily because the typically indigenous ingredients for preparing traditional delicacies are not easily available in other regions.

Concept

The concept of Green restaurants is relatively new for the state. In these restaurants local cuisine from the state will be served which would not only be delicious but healthy & nutritious too. The theme of the restaurant would be organic and traditional food. The cuisine of Uttarakhand makes good use of local herbs and spices as taste enhancers. The ingredients available to name a few are finger millet (mandua),amaranthus (chaulai), horse gram (kulath), foxtail millet (kauni), black & white soyabean, red rice, kidney beans, organic spices etc would be used in the preparation of the dishes.

The Green restaurant would be offering mouth watering delicacies like soups made of lentils, stuffed chapattis, snacks like urad ke pakore & aloo ke gutke, kafuli, red rice pudding and many more. These dishes would be rich in necessary nutrition required for human body.

The restaurant would also be serving organic beverages apart from the menu serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. There will be organic bakery products also available and an outlet for organic products of the organic villages of the state where the customer can buy and take away the raw ingredients of his choice.

Our initiative

UOCB would develop two Organic restaurants as a prototype model in such a manner that they would pave a way for evolution of several such restaurants in the state. The concept braces on the visualization that all the other restaurants which would be developed would be a chain of restaurants across the state and a brand would be created. The concept of Green restaurants is a step forward by UOCB to promote organic food and to provide a new market to organic farming in Uttarakhand.