Hunza Cuisine

Hunza cuisine is all about how the people of Hunza cook their food, how they would keep their diet simple and healthy.In this section we share the authentic recipes from Hunza culture and cuisine. The recipes shared so far includes soup recipes, Traditional bread recipes ,drinks. we will be sharing more recipes so stay tuned and let us know if these recipes relates to your cuisines are they are totally different for you.

Hunza traditional soup recipe

Hunza Traditional soup recipe

Traditional Hunza soup is made with homemade noodles and is locally known as Chapchy dowdo. It is the most special soup made during winters in Hunza. Chap refers to the meat which includes mutton or beef but never chicken. Traditionally this soup is served in a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon.

Hunza Style Quesadilla recipe

Hunza style Quesadilla recipe

Hunza-style quesadilla recipe is a traditional dish recipe locally famous as Burus Sapik, where Burus is a low-fat cheese in Hunza and Sapik refers to the flour tortilla. Burus Sapik comprises Read More

Hunza Corn Bread

Hunza Corn Bread

In Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral, we have several bread recipes. we make some on special occasions; we make some of them specifically to eat with tea in the morning and evening. We Read More

Hunza Cream of wheat

Hunza Cream of wheat

Hunza Cream of wheat is locally known as Mull, which is an easy to digest porridge made with wheat flour and water. The seasoning our mum would use for this Read More

Clarifying Homemade Butter

Clarifying homemade butter

Livestock is one of the major sources of living in Hunza and therefore consumption of dairy items like homemade butter has common use in most of the traditional dishes we Read More

Hunza Homemade Noodles

Hunza Homemade noodles, Laqsha are used in traditional Chapchy dawdo, tumuru dawdo (Wild thyme soup) which is a famous herbal soup for cold, cough, and flu remedy. Traditionally it was made Read More

Shuwanchal

shuwanchal

Shuwanchal is a vegetable that is grown in Hunza and around Gilgit Baltistan from spring to late summers. It is a beautiful leafy vegetable with vibrant green color. Unlike vegetables Read More

Wild Thyme Soup

Wild Thyme soup

Wild Thyme is known as Tumuru in Burushaski language of Hunza and we use tumuru in winters to make tumuru tea which is the best natural flu remedy I have experienced Read More