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The term "Hindu Pathan" is used for Hindus who hailed or were born in the predominately Pashtun regions of British India (now Pakistan), [23] [24] as well as those who arrived from Afghanistan. [25] The 1947 partition of India led to an exodus of Hindus settled in the former North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan , which are part ...
Indian food is also heavily influenced by religious and cultural choices. Some Indian dishes are common in more than one region of India, with many vegetarian and vegan dishes. Some ingredients commonly found in Indian dishes include: rice , wheat , ginger , garlic , green chillies and spices .
The following is an incomplete list of food items that Pashtuns enjoy eating. Afghan burger; Aush (hand made noodles) Aushak (vegetable and chive-filled dumplings topped with tomato and yogurt sauces) Bannu Pulao, hailing from the Bannu district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The dish is made with tender beef, aromatic rice, and a blend of local ...
Holi, known as the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu holiday celebrated most commonly in India.. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil.
The reverence for food reaches a state of extreme in the renouncer or monk traditions in Hinduism. [14] The Hindu tradition views procurement and preparation of food as necessarily a violent process, where other life forms and nature are disturbed, in part destroyed, changed and reformulated into something edible and palatable.
This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in Indian cuisine. Indians are known for their unique taste and experimental behavior when it comes to food. Many Indian desserts are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region.
Indian vegetable markets and grocery stores get their wholesale supplies from suppliers belonging to various regions/ethnicities from all over India and elsewhere, and the food suppliers/packagers mostly use sub-ethnic, region-specific item/ingredient names on the respective signs/labels used to identify specific vegetables, fruits, grains and ...
Pathans (Pashtuns) In Oudh State, India. There are many Pashto-speaking Pakhtuns in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. [28] Although their exact numbers are hard to determine, they are at least more than 100,000, for it is known that in 1954, over 100,000 nomadic Pakhtuns living in Kashmir Valley were granted Indian citizenship. [29]