पांच गाँव अंदर/ Paanch Gaon Andar Menu
Our Panch Gaon Andar menu (dishes and food from a radius of five villages) has been prepared, to keep the essence of local flavours alive. Inspired by the 50 mile menu, this menu sources and also includes food that is grown and eaten in the five villages, which exist around the radius of our lodges.
We reduce miles and transport costs by sourcing food ingredients from local farmers, and buying from local markets as much as possible. This supports and helps them, while ensuring we stay true to our sustainable living practises.
We delight in offering our guests a taste of local, and regional flavours with our Paanch Gaon Andar menu. And like many of our other menus, this menu also helps us cut back on our carbon foot print drastically.
Paanch Gaon Andar is served to our cherished guests at least once during the course of their stay. It is prepared from locally gathered, fresh regional produce; intended to delight their taste buds. It takes our guests on a nourishing food experience; of quaint rural flavours and the food the villagers eat during different seasons. Therefore, it includes mostly seasonal produce, grown in that specific time of the year.
Some of the ingredients are also freshly plucked from our organic kitchen garden.
The Paanch Gaon Andar platter is served in earthen tableware, over a plating of banana leaf. The menu is constantly innovated, depending on the fresh seasonal harvests.
Here’s Pench Tree Lodge’s, Paanch Gaon Andar menu that Pugdundee Safari brings during the misty winters of 2022. The platter continues to be innovated upon, based on the produce of the day.
पांच गाँव अंदर with Pench Tree Lodge
*Paanka (Shallow fry tikki made with fresh corn)
*Aloo papad (freshly prepared in house)
*Chattpata salad (Peppery salad)
*Bhune lahsun tamatar ki chutney (roasted in charcoal, atypically Pench rural village style)
*Laal bhaji saag (Local Chaulai greens sourced from villagers or our gardens) / Gawar fali ki sabji (optional – Cluster Beans)
*Dal Bafouri (made with moong dal) *Dal Tewda with bhaji (the unique, local Tewda daal made with channa bhaji)
*Desi Murge ka rassa (local chicken) *Bhaat (Local rice) *Jowar/Bajra roti (Millet chapattis)
*Lapsi (Atta/Wheat flour halwa/dessert without sugar, but with jaggery)
Click this link here to watch Chef Pankaj Fulera give you a taste of the Panch Gaon Andar menu.
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Written by: Natasha Sinha with valuable inputs from Chef Pankaj Fulera
About the Author
Natasha Sinha, based in Gurugram, HR, IN, is currently a Content Curator at Pugdundee Safaris. Natasha Sinha brings experience from previous roles at Genuine Contact Space, Un, State Innovations in Family Planning Services Agency and J. Walter Thompson Worldwide. Natasha Sinha holds a 1995 – 1996 Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
Pugdundee Safaris is recognized as one of India’s leading responsible safari companies. With seven intimate jungle lodges in Central India and many bespoke wilderness experiences it presents the very best of the Indian subcontinent wildlife & hospitality. Between 2009 and 2026, we have been awarded for our excellence in wildlife safaris, our commitment to sustainability, our experienced naturalists and our pioneering mobile safari initiative. Pugdundee is a Hindi word meaning a foot trail commonly used by humans and animals, this word is popularly used for such beaten paths in the Indian jungles. We continuously strive to deliver the best possible guest experience, while still integrating the conservation of jungles and the people living around. We are motivated by the hope of reaching out to people in the remotest areas of our country, as we believe that they are the front-runners of wildlife conservation. However, maybe just a drop in the ocean we consider that we are making a significant contribution to wildlife conservation and rural economy wherever our lodges are.
