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Kashmir
What is it?
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian Subcontinent. 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 ( known as chinen posh rang or peach flower colour) and popular with locals; and kahwah, a tea for festive occasions, made with saffron and spices (cardamom, cinamon, sugar, noon chai leaves), and black tea.
History of tourism in Kashmir
The state of Jammu & Kashmir is a region of widely varying people and geography . In the south , Jammu is a transition zone from the Indian plains to the Himalayas. Nature has lavishly endowed Kashmir with certain distinctive features that are paralleled by few alpine regions in the world. It is the land of snow clad mountains that shares a common boundary with Afghanistan, China and Pakistan . Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of the Indian Union. Known for its extravagant natural beauty this land formed a major caravan route in ancient times .