🏔️🥟 **“Siddu – Himachal’s soul food, a steamed mountain delight filled with tradition, warmth, and pure pahadi love.”** ✨❤️

A steamed pahadi delicacy filled with tradition, warmth & desi flavors ❤️✨

Siddu is not just a dish — it’s the soul of Himachal Pradesh 🏔️❤️ A traditional steamed bread made with slow-fermented dough and rich spiced stuffing, Siddu reflects mountain life, patience, and heritage cooking 🌿✨ When prepared with the purity and aroma of PIKS Spices, this humble pahadi dish turns into a truly premium cultural experience 😍 Made with soft fermented dough, nutty filling, and gentle spices like PIKS Jeera, PIKS Dhania Powder, PIKS Haldi, and PIKS Garam Masala, this version of Siddu is aromatic, comforting, and deeply satisfying 🥟🔥 Served hot with ghee, chutney, or dal, PIKS Siddu is not just food — it’s tradition, culture, and Himachali love on a plate 🇮🇳✨

🥟 Ingredients (Serves 4–5)

🌾 For Dough:

• Wheat flour – 2½ cups 🌾

• Yeast – 1 tsp

• Sugar – 1 tsp 🍬

• Salt – 1 tsp 🧂

• Lukewarm water – as needed 💧

• Oil – 1 tsp

🥜 For Stuffing:

• Roasted peanuts – ½ cup 🥜

• Walnuts – ¼ cup 🌰

• Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp 🌱

• Fresh coriander – 2 tbsp 🌿

• Ginger – 1 tsp (grated) 🧄

• Green chilli – 1 (finely chopped) 🌶️

• PIKS Jeera Powder – 1 tsp 🌿

• PIKS Dhania Powder – 1 tsp 🌿

• PIKS Haldi Powder – ¼ tsp 💛

• PIKS Garam Masala – ½ tsp ✨

• Salt – to taste 🧂

🥘 Method (Step-by-Step)

1️⃣ Prepare the Dough 🌾

In a bowl, add lukewarm water, yeast, and sugar. Rest for 10 minutes till foamy ✨
Add wheat flour, salt, and oil.
Knead into a soft dough and cover.
Let it ferment for 1½–2 hours till doubled in size 🕯️

2️⃣ Prepare the Stuffing 🥜

Grind roasted peanuts, walnuts, and sesame seeds into a coarse mixture 🌰🥜
Add coriander, ginger, green chilli, and all PIKS spices:

• PIKS Jeera Powder 🌿

• PIKS Dhania Powder 🌿

• PIKS Haldi Powder 💛

• PIKS Garam Masala ✨
  Add salt and mix well 😍

3️⃣ Shape the Siddu 🥟

Punch the dough and divide into medium balls.
Flatten each ball, add stuffing in the center, and seal like a momo/dumpling.
Gently shape into round buns ✨

4️⃣ Steam the Siddu ♨️

Grease a steamer plate lightly.
Place siddus with space in between.
Steam for 15–20 minutes till soft, fluffy, and fully cooked 🥟✨

❤️ Final Touch

Brush hot siddus with ghee 🧈
Serve with green chutney 🌿, dal 🥣, or desi ghee and jaggery 🍯

💡 Pro Tips ✨

• Proper fermentation gives soft fluffy siddus 🕯️

• Steaming is key — don’t boil ❌

• Use ghee for authentic pahadi aroma 🧈

• Stuffing should be coarse, not paste

• Best eaten fresh and hot 😍🔥

🍽️ Serving Style

Serve hot Siddu with:

• Desi ghee 🧈

• Green chutney 🌿

• Rajma dal 🥣

• Pahadi style aloo sabzi 🥔

• Sweet jaggery 🍯

Perfect for:

• Traditional thali 🏔️

• Cultural food festivals 🎉

• Heritage menus 📜

• Mountain cuisine showcases 🌄

• Premium food content 📸✨

  Thank You💛