Kashmiri weddings are elaborate affairs… from the match making process to the actual ‘function’ which lasts for many days. There are rituals lasting for days… there is singing and the tumbakhnaer….And of course there is food food and food.
I see these pics and I can actually smell the wazwan.. ummm…
the ‘masala’ – the good things that make the nose twitch and the tongue drip… (he he )
no wazwaan without MEAT!!!
Zaamdod! (Curd to eat your food with)
Red hot chillies being softened…
THE COOKING PROCESS
and while you wait for food to get ready why not nibble at these:
[Its been raining, and the weather is just perfect for wazwaan.. yum yum yum]
15 responses so far ↓
Abu Sadat Nurullah // May 23, 2007 at 10:25 am |
It looks much similar to the process done in Bangladesh (except the name of foods, of course).
sakooter // May 23, 2007 at 10:29 am |
Hopefully I can write a description some time soon. Would love to read how things are done in Bangladesh..
Abu Sadat Nurullah // May 25, 2007 at 3:48 am |
At the moment, I don’t have pics, nor enough data to write about. May be sometimes later.
life is a test // May 29, 2007 at 4:53 am |
i miss my wazwaan…
…… lets hope i get to taste it soon inshaAllah… 
arsenalist // May 30, 2007 at 9:22 pm |
Yeah, I like the event of the wedding and the actual Wazwan but the whole thing has been blown out of proportion. The last wedding I went to (my cousins), they served 16 dishes and countless platters of stuff like chutni etc. etc. 75% of the food went to waste. I like maintaining tradition but this one has gone overboard, they need to cut it back to manageable scales – I guarantee it would be more enjoyable.
sakooter // May 31, 2007 at 4:44 am |
Agreed!
Excess of everything is bad, and so it follows for the wazwan too.
arifshora // June 12, 2007 at 4:20 pm |
Your latest post is witness to the fact how much kashmiri’s love food especially Wazwan…!!
Dont you think the post should be named “Wedding Wazwan” rather than just Wedding……..’coz there is there is lots of other stuff that happens in a “Khandar”
On a more serious note……..your blog is impressive……and liked your photography too…
Keep writing good stuff…..
arifshora // June 12, 2007 at 4:27 pm |
oops……you are right…..its not the latest post!!
Diganta // June 12, 2007 at 5:03 pm |
The preparation looks delicious.
sakooter // June 13, 2007 at 3:51 am |
Arif, I agree there is a lot more to Kashu’r Khandar besides the food. Hopefully I can pen it down some day.. Just that the pictures tempted me to put the food aspect of khandar up for the world to see.
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mamoonq // June 18, 2007 at 2:39 pm |
lemme tell everyone here (as if they were present) that a wedding is actually the feast, d-wazawan,
the other th
ings are made for it.
(yeah the lazy kashmiris revolve around the stomach and not boooring things)
(ahh the tabakh maaz)
sakooter // June 19, 2007 at 4:17 am |
Oye! there is nothing lazy about enjoying Food!
Food is good! Say Alhamdulillah!
The only matter of concern is the excess that happens… and excess of everything is bad!
tehleel afaq // May 20, 2009 at 1:47 pm |
hi buddies know what i am kashmiri and i have just come from wedding patry and i am stuff with wazwan (mmmm)it was tasty.
AJMAL // June 10, 2009 at 10:31 am |
Great effort but if some one can add the finished product