Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 16: Hotel K C Residency today started a 10-day Kashmiri food festival ‘Daawat-e-Wazwaan’ at Falak. The Festival will last till January 25.
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Wazwaan is a multi-course meal in Kashmiri cuisine, the preparation of which is considered as an art and a point of pride in Kashmiri culture. This Kashmiri cuisine is quite famous for the gracious use of spices like cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, saffron, fennel, asafetida, dry ginger, onion and locally grown chilies.
Famous Waza Mushtaq Ahmed from Kashmir along with his team will be offering traditional preparations like the Roganjosh, Shalgam Gosht, Tabak Maaz (Lamb Ribs), Gushtaba, Kanti Kebab as well as vegetarian delicacies such as Khatte Baingan (Sour Fried Brinjal), Waza Mushroom, Dum Oluv (Baby Potatoes) and Nadru Yakhini to complete a tempting menu selection.
Connoisseurs can savour the dishes with an assortment of breads like ‘Lavash’, ‘Girda’ and ‘Sheermal’ and aromatic rice ‘Kashmiri pulao’. The extensive menu will also be featuring the classical dessert specialty Phirnee.
Exemplifying the overwhelming spirits of Kashmir, each guest would be welcomed with a ritual washing of hands in a basin called the Tash-t-naer, which is taken around by attendants.
Speaking on the occasion, Rahul Jandial, vice president, K C Hotels said, “The exceeding to expectations has always been the first priority of our staff, which is why, time and again we do various cuisine exposures which are organized to create awareness among food lovers of this city.”
He further expressed, “Wazwaan is regarded by the Kashmiris as a core element of their culture and identity. Kashmiri Wazwaan is generally prepared in marriages and other special functions. The culinary art is learnt through heredity and is rarely passed to outside blood relations. That has made certain waza/cook families very prominent. The wazas remain in great demand during the marriage season.”
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