Kashmir
Until the mid-19th century, the
term Kashmir geographically denoted only the Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir
Panja mountain range. Today, it denotes a larger area that includes the Indian-administered state of
Jammu and Kashmir (which consists of Jammu,Kashmir Valley.
Culture
Kashmiri cuisine includes dum aloo (boiled potatoes with heavy amounts of spice), tzaman (a solid
cottage cheese), rogan josh (lamb cooked in heavy spices), yakhiyn (lamb cooked in curd with mild
spices), hakh (a spinach-like leaf), rista-gushtaba (minced meat balls in tomato and curd curry),
danival korme, and the signature rice which is particular to Asian cultures.
The traditional wazwan feast involves cooking meat or vegetables, usually mutton, in several
different ways. Alcohol is strictly prohibited in most places.
There are two styles of making tea in the region: Noon Chai, or salt tea, which is pink in colour
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