comfort food
Food as medicine in Kumaoni cuisine
Hemp was eaten in Uttarakhand long before the new age christened it as a “complete protein”. So were flavoured salts, wild rice, and a host of healthy millets. In these hills, the food is tasty but also nourishes and heals.
The ‘faere’ tale of Kashmir’s smoked fish dish
Faere is Kashmir’s smoked fish – most loved in the cold months – that’s gone from a survival dish, when fresh food was hard to get, to a Kashmiri comfort food to a gourmet dish for foodies.