Celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna Returns To Amritsar, Cooks Delicious Kulcha

Amritsar is thought to be a paradise for foodies. From its hearty kulchas to the frothy lassi and even the crispy Amritsari fish, there are many scrumptious dishes on the market. Movie star chef Vikas Khanna additionally hails from Amritsar and he has usually spoken about his Punjabi roots in a number of interviews. He spent a lot of his childhood within the metropolis and that is how he fostered a deep curiosity in and reference to meals. And now, the Michelin-star chef has returned to his birthplace and rediscovered the artwork of kulcha making. Vikas Khanna shared a video of himself making Amritsari kulchas on Instagram reels and it has gone viral, garnering over 251k views and 22k likes. Have a look:

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Within the clip, movie star chef Vikas Khanna confirmed us some glimpses of Amritsar metropolis. He was within the metropolis for Diwali and he took a while out of his busy schedule to prepare dinner some scrumptious Amritsari kulchas at a dhaba. Regardless of doing this after so a few years, Vikas Khanna was in a position to make the kulchas with as a lot experience as he did earlier. “Nearly 40 years in the past, I used to follow making Kulchas on the streets of Amritsar. Every time I am going again to the identical locations, they’ll all the time request me to make one. I feel, I nonetheless bought it,” he wrote within the caption of the video. The music ‘Ambarsariya’ from the film ‘Fukrey’ performed within the background. Later, Vikas Khanna additionally ate the kulchas he made!

Though the celebrity chef creates each dish with ease, Vikas Khanna had as soon as spoken in regards to the dish that he discovered actually troublesome to recreate. In an earlier interview with NDTV Meals, he informed us that he couldn’t recreate his grandmother’s methi aloo recipe. “Though I’ve a present of having the ability to re-create any dish by simply tasting it, that is one dish I can’t replicate. It has 5 easy components, nothing fancy in any respect, maybe it is the sacredness that this dish holds in my coronary heart. I want to all the time hold it sacred in reminiscence of my grandmom,” he informed us within the unique interview.

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