This dish is not intended for the faint of heart. It is extremely complex and involves many stages of cooking. The results are absolutely amazing and if you feel like an evening’s adventure, you would be well rewarded to embark upon this dish. Ingredients 1 kg motton, preferably the leg, cut into bite-size pieces, trimmed [...]
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KASHMIRI VER (spice mix)
In Kashmir on December 8, 2011 at 3:59 pmthe Kashmiri ver is a typical Kashmiri spice masala. It is used pretty much the same as a garam masala. Although it takes some time to prepare and certainly take some time to dry the Kashmiri ver adds a typical Kashmiri taste to every dish and quite frankly is a good masala. After making [...]
METHI MAZZ (mutton in fenugreek greens)
In Kashmir on December 7, 2011 at 4:37 amthis is a recipe for mutton cooked in a fenugreek paste. You mustn’t fear the bitter taste of green fenugreek, as the long slow cooking of paste will make all the bitterness go away. This is a great dish with unusual tasting fenugreek milk and mutton combination enhanced by that typical Kashmiri fennel usage. [...]
VETH CHAAMAN
In Kashmir on December 7, 2011 at 4:35 amThis is a classic Kashmiri preparation of cheese(panir). Ingredients: 1 kg panir(100 g of panir can be extracted from 1 L of milk)3 tablespoons mustard oilfive cloves1 teaspoon cumin seedsone third taste teaspoon asafoetida2 tablespoons chili powder2 tablespoons turmeric1 cup of yogurt1/2 cup milk1 teaspoon Ginger powder2 teaspoons aniseed powder1/3 teaspoon coriander powder1/3 teaspoon [...]
KASHMIRI ROGAN JOSH
In Kashmir on November 5, 2011 at 4:10 amWell, this is a very famous Kashmiri dish – a bright red mutton preparation, the color coming from the liberal use of Kashmiri Mirch (red chillies), which are very colorful, but only mildly hot. It is possible, ofcourse, to get the color from tomatoes, or even, god forbid, artificial coloring, but that is not the [...]
What I now know about Kashmir
In Kashmir on November 5, 2011 at 4:08 amWell, after an extensive online research I have come to understand a thing or two about this proud Indian province: 1) It appears Kashmir is somewhat backwards when it comes to internet availability/consciousness, as there is very little original/authentic cultural documentation regarding the cuisine, which every body agrees is great, but no one seems to [...]