Ashok: Greetings,
Mohan. How are you?
Mohan: Greetings,
Ashok. How are you?
Ashok: Today
I have (some) questions about Kashmiri food.
Mohan: Yes,
certainly.
Ashok: What
is the (typical) food of Kashmiris?
Mohan: The
Kashmiris eat rice both in the morning and in the evening. All the people
in Jammu eat bread (chapatis).
Ashok: Does
paddy grow in Kashmir?
Mohan: Yes,
of course.
Ashok: Do
people in Kashmir eat meat?
Mohan: Yes,
in Kashmir, both Muslims and Hindus eat meat.
Ashok: Tell
me, is meat expensive?
Mohan: Yes,
meat is more expensive than vegetables.
Ashok: Which
vegetables of Kashmir are well-known.
Mohan: Kashmiris
eat many kinds of vegetables, but the famous ones are  ,
lotus stem, and eggplant.
Ashok: Just,
lotus stem, and eggplant?
Mohan: Not
only these, but kohlrabi and turnips as well.
Ashok: One
day I must eat kohlrabi and turnips.
Mohan: Kashmiris
eat dal also.
Ashok: How
do Kashmiris cook meat?
Mohan: Well,
do you not eat 
(a red-colored spicy meat dish),
(meat cooked with yogurt),
(meat balls cooked in milk - a delicacy of Kashmiri Muslims), or 
(minced (ground) meat)?
Ashok: Yes,
I do. Well, how does one cook ?
Mohan: One
cook makes very good .
(Why don't you) come sometime, and see (how he does it).
Ashok: Is
there fish in Kashmir?
Mohan: Yes,
the river Vitasta (Jehlum) has several types of fish. Come to our house
someday and eat the trout of this place.
Ashok: Do
you know how to cook fish?
Mohan: Do
not worry. The fish will be cooked. Our servant knows how to cook good
fish too.
Ashok: Very
well, then I will certainly come. I (really) have to eat Kashmiri fish.
Mohan: Yes,
(you) certainly (do)!
Ashok: All
right. Goodbye.
Mohan: Goodbye.
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