Food to try in Srinagar

What to eat

Wazwan (Non-veg) — The Kashmiri multi-course feast: rogan josh, rista, gushtaba, yakhni, tabak maaz. Best at a proper wazwan restaurant or a wedding-style meal.

Harissa (Non-veg, winter) — Slow-cooked mutton breakfast dish, a winter speciality (roughly Nov–Mar) from old-city shops, eaten with fresh bread.

Kahwa (Veg) — Green tea with saffron, cardamom, cinnamon and almonds; served everywhere, including on shikaras.

Noon chai (Veg) — Pink salted tea, the everyday local drink, with bread from the kandur (baker).

Kashmiri breads (Veg) — Girda, lavasa, bakarkhani and katlam from neighbourhood bakers in the morning.

Nadru monje (Veg) — Crisp fried lotus-stem fritters, a street snack from Dal Lake's lotus.

Dum aloo & haak (Veg) — Kashmiri dum aloo and haak (collard greens) — the vegetarian staples.

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