Wednesday 25 May 2011

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan (mughal emperor) for his ill wife Mumtaz in 17th century. Taj Mahal is located in Agra which is in India. It is made up marbles. Mumtaz was buried inside Taj Mahal. It has been included in the list of modern 7 wonders of the world. People from various countries specially come down to India to see Taj Mahal. It looks quite beautiful at night specially when the moonlight falls on it. Agra is in Uttar Pradesh which is a state of India so if anybody wants to go there then you have to catch a train from Delhi or you can also go by tourist buses or by hiring cars. In summer it gets quite hot so I would recommend you guys to visit Taj Mahal in winters. You can also hire travel guides from there who can tell you each and everything about Taj Mahal. Travel guides for different languages are also available there. If someone is visiting India then they should pay a definite visit to Taj Mahal.

Tuesday 24 May 2011

Shawarma - Lebanese Dish

Shawarma is a famous lebanese dish. During my visit to Dubai I had lots and lots of Shawarma. It costs around 5-6 dirhams over there. I liked it a lot. Its is made up of Kubooz and mutton. They cut mutton into small pieces and put it inside the kubooz along with mayonnaise, cabbage, onions. There are two types of shwarma available in Dubai one is spicy shwarma and the other one is non spicy one. I liked non spicy one more. You can easily get shwarma on dubai streets. Its a damn yummy dish which will make your mouth watering. I used to have it as snacks or dinner because the shopkeeper starts this preparation from evening only. You cant get shawarma in morning or afternoon. They mix the mutton pieces with mayonnaise, cabbage, onions etc and wrap it up in Kubooz and then serve it to the customers. Like the way in India we have Aloo Tikki, chaat, bhalle papri, cutlets, pao bhaji etc as snaks similarly over there its considered as snack. I will recommend all the Dubai visitors to go for Shawarma at least once during their visit. 

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Kubooz

Kubooz is a kind of bread which we find in Middle East countries. Like the way we have Chappati or Roti in India similarly they have Kubooz over there. It resembles with Roomali Roti. I have eaten lots of Kubooz in Dubai. At first I thought that I wouldnt get any chappati sort of thing in Dubai but later on I found that with this bread. I liked it. Its like normal Indian bread so we can eat Kubooz with any curries like the way we eat rotis over here. Shawarma is very popular dish in Dubai. Its basically a lebanese dish. Chicken or mutton which are used in the preparation of Shawarma are tightly kept in kubooz and mind it they are quite tasty. I must recommend everyone to have kubooz with curries once they visit Dubai and I bet they will like it.