Dried Berries

Berries do not get much attention in the Pakistani dry fruit market. Most of what gets sold under the dried fruit label is raisins, dates, and the occasional fig. The range we carry from Hunza is narrower than what you would find in a specialty health store abroad, but what it lacks in variety it makes up for in sourcing quality that imported dried berries rarely match.
Dried mulberries are probably the least known item here for people outside Gilgit-Baltistan, and one of the most worth trying. Both white and black mulberry varieties grow abundantly in Hunza and are traditionally eaten dried through the winter. They are naturally sweet, require nothing added, and have a texture closer to a soft raisin than a typical berry. Black mulberries are deeper in flavor with a slight tartness. White mulberries are milder and sweeter.
Dried sea buckthorn berries are the most nutritionally concentrated item in this category. The fresh berry is too tart and oily to eat in quantity, but dried it becomes manageable and retains the omega fatty acids and vitamin C content that makes sea buckthorn worth seeking out. Barberries, known locally as zarshak, are small and intensely sour, traditionally used in rice dishes and as a digestive. Raisins round out the range sun-dried in Hunza from local grape varieties, smaller and more flavorful than the large commercial raisins most people are used to.
All of these are made in-house, sun-dried without additives, and packed in small batches. If you want dried berries in Pakistan that come with a traceable source rather than a vague product label, this is a straightforward place to find them.
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