Srinagar, April 20 -- Nostalgia can be a byproduct of food cooked by our loved ones triggering several fond memories of home. Tapping on the same sentimental value and her Ladakhi heritage, Kunzes Angmo has set on a mission to revive the forgotten culinary culture of the cold desert and document its age-old recipes.

Growing up in Srinagar city, Kunzes Angmo, realized that her grandmother and mother had been the repository of their family culture and identity. "Even though we were living away from our hometown, they continued to make traditional Ladakhi food. Meals like Skyu, rustic thumbprint pasta with root vegetables and tomato would often be accompanied by several heart-warming stories from the moonland," Angmo recalled.

In the ninet...