Exploring Chitral's Traditional Cuisine

Traditional Chitrali food is filled with naturally occurring herbs that usually need to be procured from mountains and have healing qualities to them. An example of this is the tasty soup called Kavirough, made from an herb called Kaveer, which is also used medicinally. Kaveer works like a similar herb called Salajeet in the manner that both soothe body pains, have anti-aging and immunity building characteristics. Kavirough requires that Kaveer be boiled and then placed with meat until it becomes a nutritious stalk ready to be served. Chitrali Leganu is also a soupy dish made from four to five kinds of crushed pulses. Pulse flour is kneaded thoroughly to form little balls that are later boiled in water and put into a tasty liquid made from onion, tomato, red pepper and desi ghee. It is optional to add meat into this concoction to be consumed using spoons.