Soft-Shell Almonds (Kaghzi Badaam) – Fresh from Gilgit

There are almonds. And then there are Kaghzi Badaam from Gilgit — and once you've tried them, there's no going back. Kaghzi means "paper" in Urdu — named for the impossibly thin shell you can crack between your fingers without any tools. Grown in the remote, high-altitude Ghizer Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan, these almonds are one of Pakistan's most prized and least-known agricultural treasures. The kernel inside is larger, creamier and fresher-tasting than any imported almond you've encountered. This is not an exaggeration — it's simply what high-altitude, organically grown almonds taste like when they're packed fresh.

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