Kashmiri cuisine (Kashmiri: کشور خیون; Kashur khyon, Hindi: कश्मीरी खाना, Urdu: کشمیری کھانا Kashmiri khaana) has evolved over hundr eds of years. The first major influence was the food of the Kashmiri Pandits, the Hindus of the valley. The cuisine was then influenced by the cultures which arrived with the invasion of Kashmir by the Timur from the region of modern Uzbekistan. Subsequently, Kashmir and its food has been strongly influenced by the cuisines of Central Asia, Persia, Middle East and Afghanistan.




