Traditional Kashmir Food

Kashmiri Food 

Kashmiri cuisines are famous for its tradition. The place is not only a favourite for its beautiful landscapes and also renowned for its cooking. So people commonly use the spices like cardamom, cloves, saffron etc. These spices give a unique taste and aroma to the food. But Kashmiri rice is one of the essential traditional food of Kashmir, and add rice with spicy dishes. Most people use words are mutton, chicken, fish, etc. The Kashmiris combine the non-veg and vegetables in the same container.

Banquet Another Dish

Banquet(Wazwan) is an essential diet for the Kashmir people. During the official feasts, Kashmiri people serve non-vegetarian dishes. This official feast is called wazwan. Wazwan meal consists of more non-vegetarian dishes and only two varieties of vegetarian dishes. Kahva or green tea is another traditional drink of the Kashmir people; they use it at the end of their meals. The traditional dishes are eaten only with the hands. They didn’t use spoons, knives or forks.

1. Khambir and Butter Tea
Butter tea, have you ever heard about it? This Butter Tea is famous in Kashmir and served with Khambir bread. The Khambir bread is made locally with wheat and tastes delicious. When the guests visited the house, the households were busy preparing this Kashmiri food. Ladakh is famous for this dish.
2. Rogan Josh
Rogan Josh is a famous Kashmiri cuisine introduced in India by the advent of the Mughals. This dish is made with Lamb meat, and meat lovers are fond of eating it daily. This is a healthy food item that contains low fat. During the dish’s preparation with the flavours of onions, yoghurt and other spices. Serve this dish with rice, roti or naan.

3. Dum Olav

Dum Olav is a famous Kashmiri cuisine dish prepared with potatoes. This is a pure vegetarian Kashmiri food. Most of the Kashmiri cuisines are made with non-vegetarian items. However, people are interested in eating this vegetarian dish frequently. At first, Dum Aaloo cleaned and made the slices; now, the pieces of the potatoes are cooked with fennel, spices, ginger powder and yoghurt on light heat. When the dish becomes gravy, keep down the word from the fire and serve it with chapattis and naan.

4. Kashmiri Muji Gaad

Muji Gaad has a unique taste made up of fish and adds vegetable items are radish or nadur. This is an exceptional Kashmiri food for vegetarians and non-vegetarians. This dish is a mixture of fish and lotus stem, adding the flavour of vegetarian and non-vegetarian ingredients to give it a unique taste. Add hot spices and herbs for fantastic flavour and aroma.

5. Aab Gosht

If you are a mutton lover, you love Kashmiri food. Mutton is used in the daily diet of Kashmiri people, and you can find 30 different Mutton recipes in the Kashmiri diet here. Aab Gosht is among the most popular Kashmiri dishes among many Mutton dishes. The Kashmiri recipe has many spices, such as milk, cardamom, and black pepper. This tastes very delicious and is a particular item during occasions and festival celebrations.

6. Gushtaba

The meat was made into tiny pieces and cooked in fresh curd gravy. This item is served as a traditional dish at the end.
In ancient times, Wazwan was a symbolized feast for kings and virtuous persons. During the feed of Wazwan, prepared the dishes with unique methods, used mutton in every word, and prepared other delicious dishes, with approximately 30 varieties of meat preparations.