SRINAGAR, March 8 -- Inside a small two-room unit, a group of young girls is giving final touches to the chocolates they have just made with their hands. From handling the mold to wrapping the chocolates, the girls are handling the product with finesse.

Welcome to F&F Halaal Foods and Flavors, Kashmir's first all-girls halaal chocolate startup. It was a dream for two management grads from the Srinagar's middle-class familiesto make the handmade halaal chocolates free from the harmful emulsifiers and the animal fats.

For Fozia Farooq and Farzana Qayoom Malik, the core concern was that the startup should benefit society rather than being a source to earn money. The result was astounding, and people who did not knowthe use of harmful emuls...