FOOD

Where the hills echo the wind and the winds cares the corn. Where women spend a whole day gathering sticks to light the fire of hearth. The food is simple and made delicious with large additions of Ghee. Rice is the staple food and with it is served the tangy pungent Maahni (Urad Daal with raw dried mangoes) and the Madra (Lentels cooked in yoghurt). Madra of Chamba is unique as it includes about twenty spices and is made of Rajmash and cooked in yoghurt and Des Gee in slow fire. Himachalies love the sizzling Luchi-Poti (Lamb Intestines) which is a favorite in the winter season. The Makki ( Fresh Corn) flour of H.P. is especially delicious, as it is ground slowly in Paani Ki Gharaats (water propelled-mill) and eaten with milk for breakfast. Makki (Lentils) and spices with Chhachh (ButterMilk) is hardy mountain folk.