The citrus fresh aroma of freshly ground cilantro, sweet fried onions and creamy yogurt. What’s not to like! A fresh take on the traditional deep fried dhaniwal korma!
Kehwa – Kashmiri Green Tea
Whether you are the Diva or the high priestess or the nymph, the time you have with your cup of tea is pure magic. Adding another magical recipe to your secret weapon stash would be nice.. won’t it?
Neni Roganjosh
The culinary world is divided into two categories – those who know an authentic kashmiri dish and those who do not. Over kill? May be! But hey! I am a Kashmiri. I am supposed to have a nose pointed high and I am supposed to be snobbish! It is something we master subconsciously. 😉 So when you go to a very fine looking, pricey Indian restaurant and order a Kashmiri roganjosh or a kashmiri naan or Heaven save you – a kashmiri dum aalo , chances are that you would be served a dish that has raisins, cashews, almonds …
Eggplants in Tomato Sauce – Tamatar Vaangun
Fiery Red hot eggplants are appealing to the eye as well as the palate.
Shufta
So what’s for dessert? This is not something you will hear a true blood Kashmiri ask. And that’s not because we don’t like all things sweet, but because we just don’t have the tradition of serving sweets or desserts after a meal. We eat the chocolates and the Mithai and we also do make a few sweet things like Kheer, Modur pulao ( rice cooked with nuts and sugar) and phirni. We serve the Modur pulao at the beginning of the meal ( beat that) and we make kheer on auspicious occasions as an offering to the deity. It did …
kashmiri Lamb Pulao / Neni Pulao
‘Gar firdaus bar rue zameen ast,
hameen asto, hameen asto, hameen ast
(If ever there is Paradise on Earth , It is here! It is here! It is here! ) –