Dehradun, March 16 -- Culinary Chronicles

Tagi Khambir or Skyurchuk - Fermented leavened flat bread from Ladakh and Tibet which is complimented by butter and noon chai. Skyur means sour and chuk implies mixed. Ages ago when yeast and baking powder were not common the natives of this area used the local soda from the Nubra valley called "Pul".

Indebted to the Indian Army for the multi-regional exposure it bestowed me with. No matter how safe or perilous the settlement of the area would be, it would magnet me towards the inhabitants. Speak to them, know them!

All that was required was the humane touch, especially in the northern and eastern states where the natives are simple, warm and welcoming. I would walk down to any close by habitat...