Food habits Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh

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the staple food wheat, ogla, phafra , barley local produce. besides these kankani, cheena, maize, chollair , bathu taken. principal pulses consumed peas, black peas, mash , rajmash. vegetables consumed cabbage, turnips, peas, beans, pumpkin, potato, okra , tomato besides locally available wild green vegetables leaves. relish rice imported plains. taking salted tea called cha in morning , evening popular among kinnauris taken along sattu made of parched barley flour. people non-vegetarian , relish goat , ram s meat. taking of alcoholic drinks in day-to-day life , on ceremonial or festive occasions quite common among them. alcohol distilled @ household level. made out of fruits grapes, apple, pear etc. grown locally , of barley.