Kashmir is the main contributor to India's walnut production, and every year walnuts are packed into cardboard boxes and gunny bags and sent to various parts of the country. But the beloved dry fruit we consume involves a long preparatory process.
The walnut trees, which are planted in the hilly areas of the State, mature for the harvest during Autumn.
A Kashmiri man harvests walnuts from a tree in Pulwama, 40 km south of Srinagar.
Here villagers are seen beating walnuts to break open their green husks and reveal their fissured shells.
After removing the green husks, the nuts are then carried in bamboo baskets and cleaned with water.
Workers then stomp walnuts to further clean their shells.
In the final step, cleaned walnuts are laid out in open for drying before being packaged and exported.