Sadia Zafar — Pakistani Recipes

Sadia brings the elaborate Wazwan traditions of Kashmir into accessible, everyday recipes. She has trained with traditional waza (Kashmiri chefs) and documents the 36-course feast in meticulous detail.

Wazwan Kashmiri Mutton Festive Cooking

Recipes by Sadia Zafar 2

Kashmiri Tabak Maaz

Azad Kashmir

The showstopper Wazwan starter — lamb ribs boiled in spiced milk until tender, then fried in their own reduced milk and ghee until golden-crispy outside and meltingly soft inside. A 500-year-old double-cook technique.

2h medium

Kashmiri Rogan Josh

Azad Kashmir

The crown jewel of Kashmiri cooking — a slow-braised lamb curry in a gorgeous mahogany-red gravy that gets its colour from Kashmiri chillies and alkanet root, not from heat. Aromatic, rich, and unlike any curry you've made before.

1h 35m medium