Use Ingredients 1. Rice Basmati – 1/2 kg 2. Sugar – 3/4 kg 3. Pure ‘Ghi’ – 250 gm 4. Almond Kernels – 25 gm 5. Raisins – 25 gm 6. Dry Dates – 50 gm 7. Dry Coconuts – 50gm 8. Shelled Musk Melon Seeds – 25 gm 9. Black Cardamom – 25 gm […]

This is a Side Dish and serves as an appetizer. It is served in Big Dinners, and also used in Domestic Meals. White Round Radishes are generally used. Sometimes Long or Red varieties are also used. Use Ingredients 1. Radishes without leaves – 1/4 kg 2. Curd – 1 cup 3. Red Chili Powder – […]

This is a Side Dish served in Big Feasts and Dinners. It is also a very good Dish for Domestic Meals and is enjoyed with Plain Cooked Rice. Use Ingredients 1. Lotus Roots – 250 gm 2. Spinach – 1 kg 3. Mustard Oil – 1 cup 4. Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp 5. Cloves […]

It is a Dish generally served in Wedding Vegetarian Dinners and Feasts, a piece or two to each guest. It is also prepared in small quantities for Domestic Meals, usually as a Side Dish like a pickle. ‘Vangun’ is one Brinjal, and ‘Vangan’ more than one. Use Ingredients 1. Brinjals, preferably of long varieties – […]

Use Ingredients Same as in (a) plus 1/4 kg. Lotus Roots or Brinjals and extra 1/4 cup oil. Preparation Sort ‘Hak’ leaves and clean these as in (a). Scrape the Lotus Roots, and cut the root heads and bad ends with a knife. Cut slantwise, about 1/4″ thick slices. If Brinjals are used, cut these […]

‘Karam ka Sag’, called ‘Hak’ in Kashmir, is a daily must in the diet of almost all Kashmiris. It is eaten with Plain Cooked Rice, throughout the year, as a green leafy vegetable, and is a great source of Vitamins and Minerals in their diet. ‘Hak’ and ‘Bata’ (Plain Cooked Rice), is what every Kashmiri […]

Use Ingredients 1. ‘Panir’ – 1 kg 2. Mustard oil – 1.5 cups 3. Cloves – 5 nos 4. Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp 5. Asafoetida – a pinch 6. Red Chili Powder – 2 tsps 7. Turmeric – 2 tsps 8. Curd – 1 cup 9. Milk – 1/2 cup 10. Ginger Powder – […]

Use Ingredients 1.’Panir’ – 1 Kg 2. Milk – 1 Cup 3. Broken Dry Ginger, or Sliced Green Ginger – 10 gm 4. Aniseeds, whole – 10 gm 5. Salt to taste – 1 to 2 tsps 6. Asafoetida – a pinch 7. Turmeric – 2 tsps 8. Curd – 1 cup 9. Aniseed Powder […]

This Dish is almost a must in Big Vegetarian Dinners and Feasts, with big menus, and is usually cooked in an earthenware pot (K- ‘Deg’). Generally, one piece with a spoonful of the Curdy Gravy, is served to each guest. It is also prepared in an earthenware smaller pot, a ‘Leij’, or in a steel […]

Use Ingredients 1. Round Potatoes of uniform medium size – 1 kg 2. Mustard oil – 1 cup 3. Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp 4. Clove – 3 nos 5. Asafoetida – 1 pinch 6. Red Chili Powder – 2 tsps 7. Turmeric – 1/2 tsp 8. Ginger Powder – 1 tsp 9. Aniseed Powder […]