On Navroz eve, Dal Nadroo missing from Kashmir markets

Nadroo—lotus stems or upper root—figuring most prominent in Kashmiri cuisines kept the date with all the big festivals ranging from Eid to Navroz. But since the great floods of 2014, it has disappeared from the markets. Ahead of this Navroz, the local Nadroo was again off-the-shelf in Srinagar markets for the second consecutive year after 2014 floods. Nadroo—lotus stems or upper root—figuring most prominent in Kashmiri cuisines kept the date with all the big festivals ranging from Eid to Navroz. But since the great floods of 2014, it has disappeared…

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