Jakhiya / जखिया (Cleome Viscosa) or wild mustard is an essential spice in Garhwali cuisine. Its sharp pungent smell and crunchy taste leaves one with an exotic taste. Use it for harasaags, vegetables, curries, pulses—for tempering instead of cumin or mustard seeds. Almost the entire plant has high medicinal value. It is used for treating fever, inflammations, liver ailments, bronchitis and diarrhoea. The oil from the seeds is used to treat mental disorders & infantile convulsions.