Azad Kashmir

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Neelam Valley

 

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Kel, Neelam valley, Azad Kashmir

It isn't Kel though.

However, sugar can be added if one prefers their chai sweet.

No, no it cannot. If you add sugar to it then not only do you completely ruin the Chai, my mother also will give a free half hour lecture to your 'ignorant non-Kashmiri' self on how blasphemous adding sugar to it is. Which it really is.

The popularity of noon chai across the South Asia region can be guaged by the many names it is known by. Noon chai is also served in many parts of Pakistan as Kashmiri chai, often with sugar and nuts at special occasions, weddings, and during the winter months. Kashmiri people in Pakistan also call it sabz chai.

And every single iteration of it is a shamelessly botched attempt at Namkeen Chai. No one has had actual Namkeen Chai unless they've had it at a Kashmiri's house (Gilgit-Baltistanis also included). This is exactly how people started mixing sugar in it.

It is an integral part of Kashmiri tradition and is consumed at least two to three times daily

Those are rookie numbers.

“but many people prefer sweet tea."

Because they are not very smart.

Ingredients

Salt and/or sugar (according to your taste)

Oh dear God!

@Zibago look away.

 

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Arangkel, Azad Kashmir
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Naleem valley

 

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Current Weather of Sharda , Neelum Valley

 

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What a beautiful location for a school... Bagh Azad Kashmir

 

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Naleem valley

 

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Kel, Azad Kashmir

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Sharda

 

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Neelum Valley
In northern Azad Kashmir, the bow-shaped Neelum Valley is sandwiched between 13,000-foot peaks and blanketed by verdant forest and streams. The small hilltop village of Arang Kel, pictured above, is known as the pearl of Neelum Valley.

PHOTOGRAPH BY YASIR NISAR,