Jammu has its own tradition of food, which is highly influenced by the climate and culture. You can also observe a significant variation in the eating habits of the locals from one of the city to the other. The everyday cooking in Jammu involves meat and vegetables in some form.
On your Jammu tour, try out these local delicacies.
Khatta Meat or Chicken Anardana
Chicken Anardana or Murgh Anardana is a chicken leg dish, with pomegranate as a twist. The snowy lands of Jammu and Kashmir grow one of the finest quality of pomegranates in India, so why not make a dish out of it. The dish has a specific tangy taste from the pomegranates and that is why is also called as Khatta Meat.
Patisa
It is a sweet dish prepared with gram flour. It is crunchy, topped with dry-fruits. It is also popular in rest of the country as Soan-Papdi. This sweet dish has a long shelf life and can stay fresh at room temperature for months.
Dum Aloo
Dum is a cooking tradition in which the food is cooked under pressure. Dum aloo is a gravy-based potato dish and is named so because of this style of cooking. Among the vegetarian dishes in Jammu, Dum aloo holds the utmost position. People eat this dish with chapati or rice.
Here is an interesting take on the recipe for this dish.
Kashmiri Pulao
It is the signature dish of the town prepared with long-grain basmati rice. Saffron, fruits, and meat are also integral to this dish.
Nadir Yakhni
Nadir Yakhni is a dish made from lotus stem. The lotus stem is soft and brittle and is cooked in milk and yogurt.
The non-vegetarian variant of this dish is simply Yakhni, which is a lamb dish cooked in almost same style. The Kashmiri tea- kahwa is usually served after this meal.
To hop around places enjoying sightseeing and tasting local delicacies, you can also hire a cab in Jammu on day rental.
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