(horse gram) *ambal made from pumpkin, jaggery and tamarind. Expert cooks are usually Dogra Jheer. Kalari is milk preserved by the coagulation of proteins, then fried in a pan. Non-vegetarian food was limited to Rajputs and Vaish (Mahajans). Khatta meat is mutton cooked with sour pomegranate seeds (anardana) or lime juice and flavoured with fumes of a burning charcoal soaked in mustard oil. Keyur (घ्यूर) is a well-known Dogra food. It is prepared by frying flour or maida batter, and served with sugar and curd. Mostly, it is served to bridegrooms at the time of marriage by his in-laws. Kalari is a favourite food of Dogras in the rainy season. It is prepared by mixing flour, cottage cheese and milk cream (malai) with water with help of a small cup-shaped pot. Kalari is served with milk. Kalari cheese is popular in the Jammu region and in Jammu and Kashmir state more generally. Babbru/pathoru are prepared with flour and fried in oil. Babbru is served with maani/potato dish/kheer/curd etc. Kheer is a dish prepared from milk by adding rice and dry fruit. It is served at all special occasions and festivals. Another popular exotic dish is guchiyyan (dried black morel), usually added as an ingredient in pulao. As it grows naturally in forests and cannot be cultivated, it is a priced commodity (approx 500 Rs. per 100 g) and makes an excelled dish with mountain potatoes (pahadi aloo). Saffron or kesar is extensively used to flavour sweet dishes and for its anti-oxidant benefits. Many types of pickles are prepared with Kasrod (fiddlehead fern), mango, tyaoo, lasoode and girgle. Notable Dogras Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh warrior and commander of Khalsa army Mukesh Rishi - Actor Premchand Degra - Indian bodybuilder from Punjab region Hans Raj Dogra, Indian politician Monica Dogra – singer and actor Paras Dogra – cricketer who plays for Rajasthan Royals Prem Nath Dogra – founder of J&K Praja Parishad and later All India President of Bhartiya Jana Sangh Ridhi Dogra - actress Tirath Das Dogra – former director All India Institute of Medical Sciences, forensic medicine expert, vice-chancellor of SGT University. Member of Medical Council of India. Mian Dido Jamwal (1780-1821)- Military and political figures during 18 and 19 century. Ranveer Jamwal - Mountaineer Vidyut Jammwal - actor Ajay Singh Jasrotia - Martyr of Kargil War 1999 Zorawar Singh Kahluria - Military General of first Khalsa and later Dogra