Lucknow's famous Tunday Kababi and Sheermal

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Any visit to Lucknow is incomplete without a bite of tunday kebabs, among other meaty delicacies, at the city's famous Tunday Kababi. Among all mouth watering dishes introduced by the Mughal Empire, Galavati Kababi or Tunde ke kabab as it is more commonly, is by far the best. The kabab melts in your mouth like butter. Sheermal is the word comprises of two words- Sheer (ksheer) +Mal (sometimes also pronounced as Maal). Both words are terms to Milk and Ghee respectively. This clearly elucidates that it is something having milk and ghee. Actually Sheermal or Sheermaal is a mildly sweetened, saffron flavored all-purpose flour bread like Naan having good portions of milk and ghee (clarified butter). It derives its mild sweet flavor from sugar and milk where milk is the only ingredient used for