Khas or Pahari cuisine is usually food of the upper-caste Hindus in the hills. Dal-Bhat-Tarkari is the standard meal eaten twice daily. Dal is a spicy lentil sauce poured over the bhat (boiled rice). Tarkari are vegetables such as mustard greens, daikon radish, potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, squash etc. cooked with spices. Other accompaniments are a small amount of extremely spicy chutney (made from fresh ingredients) or achar (pickle), often curd, sometimes meat or fish. Alternatives to boiled rice are roti (unleavened flat wheat bread) or coarse cornmeal mush called ato.
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