Via Kashmir

Wazwan

Kashmir's multi-course feast, mostly mutton, cooked by master cooks called waza.

Rogan josh

Mutton coloured with Kashmiri red chillies and alkanet, a core wazwan dish.

Kahwa

Green tea with saffron, cardamom and almonds, poured from a copper samovar.

Harisa

A slow-cooked winter breakfast of mutton and rice, sold from early morning in old Srinagar.

Phirni

A chilled ground-rice pudding, traditionally set in clay pots.

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