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What is Pakistan's signature dish when it comes to hot food?

I will eat anything that is Spicy, Red and full of Flavors.....

Also it must Have either of the three.

(a) Beef
(b) Mutton
(c) Chicken
(d) Camel if I am eating Nihari in Karachi from Burns Road.

Generally I prefer to eat Roti as compared to Rice so I am more of a Salan + Naan type of Guy :)
 
www787 said:
patna has the best Nihari Toronto.
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There is also is really sketchy place in this VERY sketchy "mall". The place is called Tabaq. Arguably it is better than Patna. However, I think the added taste comes from the lack of hygiene just like in Pakistan. No wonder Tabaq has that authentic desi taste lol..
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
I will eat anything that is Spicy, Red and full of Flavors.....

Also it must Have either of the three.

(a) Beef
(b) Mutton
(c) Chicken
(d) Camel if I am eating Nihari in Karachi from Burns Road.

Generally I prefer to eat Roti as compared to Rice so I am more of a Salan + Naan type of Guy :)
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Bro biryani center or student biryani all day everyday.
And for nihari javed's
 
Pakistan gas soo many different cultures that we dont have 1 national dish.

Paye is a famous lahori dish
Nihari is a famous urdu speaking dish
Biryani is karachis and sindhs dish
Murg pulao is a rawalpindi dish
Namkeen gosht is the dish of peshawar
 
Abdul said:
Biryani. I've never had Nihari in my entire life.
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I never had paye in my entire life.


But you have to try nihari.

Also how far are you from missesauga, try karachi kitchens biryani
 
Biryani is no way our national dish, trust me.

While everyone loves biryani in pakistan, its not availible in every city

You cannot find good biryani in rawalpindi, trust me
 
Pakistans national dish is most probably chicken korma, or chicken karahi or chicken handi

Because this is a dish availible in every city. I think karahi is our national dish.
 
Major said:
I never had paye in my entire life.


But you have to try nihari.

Also how far are you from missesauga, try karachi kitchens biryani
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I'm in Springdale (Brampton). Thanks for the recommendation.
 
I don't get the fascination of having Beef in curries.

Surely it has to be either Lamb or Mutton.
Beef is just not tender or tasty enough for Karahi's / salans.
 
another thing.

Biryani, karahi's or other Salma's have to have meat on the bone!!!

Boneless is just not the same
 
There is no difference in North Indian and Pakistani food. I live in a place which has Pakistani Darbar, Delhi Darbar, Kashmiri Darbar, Sher-e-Punjab, all right next to each other.

Karhai Chicken is exact same and probably most popular non-veg dish.

I love mutton/bakra.

I don't like Biryani or any type of rice dish. Prefer tandoori Roti and Naan. Biryani is most overrated dish ever.
 
Tera Gawaandi said:
There is no difference in North Indian and Pakistani food. I live in a place which has Pakistani Darbar, Delhi Darbar, Kashmiri Darbar, Sher-e-Punjab, all right next to each other.

Karhai Chicken is exact same and probably most popular non-veg dish.

I love mutton/bakra.

I don't like Biryani or any type of rice dish. Prefer tandoori Roti and Naan. Biryani is most overrated dish ever.
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You must be talking about punjabi food. Which is not the same as north indian food.

imo punjabi food is most unimaginative. variations of chicken and paneer. North indian food, especially rajasthani, is much better and has more variety.
 
There is one hot food that is 100% Pakistani origin without a shadow of doubt and is available in all major cities (I don't know about smaller towns). In Karachi (the birthplace of this food) you can find it on almost every street corner.

it is this beauty:

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CricketCartoons said:
You must be talking about punjabi food. Which is not the same as north indian food.

imo punjabi food is most unimaginative. variations of chicken and paneer. North indian food, especially rajasthani, is much better and has more variety.
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I think even punjabi food is different on both sides of the border. I don't know anyone who eats paneer out of the Pakistani community. Plenty of other vegetarian dishes which in my opinion South Indians do much better anyway.
 
shaz619 said:
Signature drink has to be Miranda, it's what we drank during the weekend when I went to school in pak
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Pffft.....Mirinda? :91:

I swear, if I ever lived in Pakistan I'll find a way to drink whatever I want, whenever I want. Public ban or no public ban.

You can be happy with your orange coloured fizzy drinks, Bournvita and Cheetos.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I think even punjabi food is different on both sides of the border. I don't know anyone who eats paneer out of the Pakistani community. Plenty of other vegetarian dishes which in my opinion South Indians do much better anyway.
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Paneer is the substitute for chicken in punjabi foods..to cater to the veggies. tastes horrible to me, but to each their own. i avoid punjabi food with a passion. south indian veggies and meat dishes are both awesome. but the best is bengali food without doubt.
 
I have tried delhi food. And let me tell you

There is a hell of a difference between indian and pakistani food.

Indians use too many spices, plus their food is made from proper raw spices.

And i have to say, me and my family loved their food.

Karim restaurant in purani delhi, i miss it soo much.


Pakistans in comparison dont use too much spices. Our food has less spices compared to indians.

I think one reason is because our food relies on shan and national premix masalas, while in indian their isnt any major pre mix masala company
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I think even punjabi food is different on both sides of the border. I don't know anyone who eats paneer out of the Pakistani community. Plenty of other vegetarian dishes which in my opinion South Indians do much better anyway.
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You should try properly cooked laal maans from Rajasthan.Nothing beats the taste.
 
Syed1 said:
There is one hot food that is 100% Pakistani origin without a shadow of doubt and is available in all major cities (I don't know about smaller towns). In Karachi (the birthplace of this food) you can find it on almost every street corner.

it is this beauty:

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What is that?
 
Major said:
I have tried delhi food. And let me tell you

There is a hell of a difference between indian and pakistani food.

Indians use too many spices, plus their food is made from proper raw spices.

And i have to say, me and my family loved their food.

Karim restaurant in purani delhi, i miss it soo much.


Pakistans in comparison dont use too much spices. Our food has less spices compared to indians.

I think one reason is because our food relies on shan and national premix masalas, while in indian their isnt any major pre mix masala company
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Really? We must be old school, my wife won't dream of using premix masalas even though they are really good in my opinion. She thinks too highly of her own skills I think but what can I say, I don't want to start a fight.
 
And I think the winner in this thread is Karahi ; the 100% Pakistani originated masterful dish which is more of a signature compared to other foods which have many roots.

I always order a Karahi when am at a Pakistani restaurant; Keema, Chicken and Lamb Karahi are my favourite.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Really? We must be old school, my wife won't dream of using premix masalas even though they are really good in my opinion. She thinks too highly of her own skills I think but what can I say, I don't want to start a fight.
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I thought that was common knowledge, very rarely do people rely on those pre-mix masalas. If cooking were that easy then we'd do it, I use those packets at times being a student but taste wise it's nothing compared to something my mom would make
 
TM Riddle said:
You should try properly cooked laal maans from Rajasthan.Nothing beats the taste.
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It's hard to tell given our experience of desi food in the UK is often not authentic because it is adjusted for English palette, but in my limited experience, Indians do veg dishes better, Pakistani do meat dishes better. Bangladeshi restaurants have been mostly pretty poor, they tend to throw too much sugar into even the savoury food for our tastes. I think you have to know where to go in the UK to get authentic desi food, it won't be the same as you'll get in the native countries.
 
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shaz619 said:
And I think the winner in this thread is Karahi ; the 100% Pakistani originated masterful dish which is more of a signature compared to other foods which have many roots.

I always order a Karahi when am at a Pakistani restaurant; Keema, Chicken and Lamb Karahi are my favourite.
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Same here. Karahi is the dish which tastes the most like us Pakistanis eat at home, least us less cultured Punjabi folk. Yeah we all do the biryanis for the weddings and when the guests are round, but personally I'm not a fan and would not want to eat that every day.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
It's hard to tell given our experience of desi food in the UK is often not authentic because it is adjusted for English palette, but in my limited experience, Indians do veg dishes better, Pakistani do meat dishes better. Bangladeshi restaurants have been mostly pretty poor, they tend to throw too much sugar into even the savoury food for our tastes. I think you have to know where to go in the UK to get authentic desi food, it won't be the same as you'll get in the native countries.
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They are the absolute worst! you rather keep a roza then go to a Bengali restaurant; they simply cannot cook, ordered Keema from them not so long ago and they gave me like a watery curry with small bits in it. Only ever ate in an Indian restaurant once, it was really weird; they gave like 10 tiny portions in tins which I normally would use for chutney. It was alright but made me appreciate all the beef, chicken and lamb karahi's even more.
 
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Chicken Biryani.
 
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Red Devil said:
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Pakistan is culturally diverse, and what's popular in Balochistan might not hold the same status in Punjab and so on, but yeah as others have mentioned above, Chicken Biryani is probably the closest thing we have to a signature dish.
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Surely can't go wrong with a kebab or two after a good night-out :ronaldo

Shish kebabs tho make me wanna poke ppl.
 
I just realized kebabs are popular across Pakistan, so I would say it's one of Pakistan's national dish however it's popular all over the greater middle east and south/central asia.
 
Major said:
I have tried delhi food. And let me tell you

There is a hell of a difference between indian and pakistani food.

Indians use too many spices, plus their food is made from proper raw spices.

And i have to say, me and my family loved their food.

Karim restaurant in purani delhi, i miss it soo much.


Pakistans in comparison dont use too much spices. Our food has less spices compared to indians.

I think one reason is because our food relies on shan and national premix masalas, while in indian their isnt any major pre mix masala company
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?? Not true in south we have various companies like AACHI,Sakthi,Lalah up North its Everst,MDH,Baadshah,Catch,Nawab's secret.
Original spice cooking is done in restaurant but surely in Pakistani restaurants its done like that well.

At home only in rural areas and maybe smaller towns they use raw spices,raw spice cooking is promoted as the blend is good and with a grinder/mixer nowadays ppl can go for it.
 
JaDed said:
At home only in rural areas and maybe smaller towns they use raw spices,raw spice cooking is promoted as the blend is good and with a grinder/mixer nowadays ppl can go for it.
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You mean to say 70% of the population use raw spices? That only validates his point.
 
I asked a few non Pakistani friends around in London what dishes came to their mind when I asked:
Nihari
Paya
Karhai
 
Syed1 said:
Chicken tikka paratha roll.. don't tell me you have never had it???? :danish
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Its not Pakistani.A restaurant in Kolkata called Nizam's invented the dish according to them.They have the whole story of how they did it written on a board on one of the walls.Its available all over bengal.
 
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The kati roll is said to have started its life in the Nizam Restaurant in Kolkata, a popular eatery founded in 1932. There are many stories about how exactly the roll got started. Some suggest that hurried office commuters wanted something quick and portable to eat, some mention British babus who were too fastidious to touch the kabab. The most likely origin is probably more mundane, but in any case someone decided to roll things up at some point. Nizam enjoyed a virtual monopoly over this method of serving kababs for decades, but it eventually became commonplace in Kolkata and later spread elsewhere.
Kolkata Rolls

The kati part of the name came later. Like everyone else in India, Nizam's used iron skewers to make their kababs; they were easy to maintain and lasted a lifetime. However, as Nizam's popularity grew, these long heavy iron skewers became problematic; as far more was required than could be handled. In 1964, Nizam moved to bamboo skewers that were lightweight and available in large numbers. These skewers are referred to in Bengali as kati or stick, and the names kati kabab and kati roll soon stuck. The name eventually became synonymous with any kind of paratha rolled with stuffing (even when neither kati nor kabab was involved) such as the egg roll or the potato roll, and later even for other breads such as naan or roomali.
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Btw who said Indian are mainly veggies? LOL.Except few communities like Brahmins(Except Bengali/Odisha/Maithil brahmins who eat meat),jains,gujaratis and marwaris most other communities eat meat.Mainly Fish Chicken and Mutton.Yes Beef is not partaken by most hindus,except Malayalis.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Its not Pakistani.A restaurant in Kolkata called Nizam's invented the dish according to them.They have the whole story of how they did it written on a board on one of the walls.Its available all over bengal.
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We did not and do not have "kati roll" in Pakistan. A restaurant in Karachi called SilverSpoon invented the chicken parantha roll
 
Syed1 said:
We did not and do not have "kati roll" in Pakistan. A restaurant in Karachi called SilverSpoon invented the chicken parantha roll
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Is it Kebab rolled inside a paratha with Onion. Salt and Lemon sprinkled over it?

This is how it looks before being folded.

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This is after being folded.

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Syed1 said:
The paratha roll does not have any onions or veggies in it, also the parantha doesn't look like the kind you posted.
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The onion and capsicum is optional,You can also ask for fried egg to be added.. What kind of Paratha do they use?Here they use laccha Paratha.
 
[MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] am coming to your house for one of them, dayyum
 
All of those pics made me hungry.

There should be food wars, sports wars, wars over better medical facilities and development between countries. We all should compete in these departments.
Wars with weapons should never happen. Nothing good ever comes when Guns are raised and missiles are fired.
 
troodon said:
All of those pics made me hungry.

There should be food wars, sports wars, wars over better medical facilities and development between countries. We all should compete in these departments.
Wars with weapons should never happen. Nothing good ever comes when Guns are raised and missiles are fired.
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Talk about yourself. I would rather both go nuclear than some anonymous pakistani to come and tell me that their mangoes are better than ours.
 
CricketCartoons said:
Talk about yourself. I would rather both go nuclear than some anonymous pakistani to come and tell me that their mangoes are better than ours.
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Mango is a Mango. Everyone has their preference.

National pride should not blind us from appreciating the neighbors.

I tried kababs from various countries. Till now, I found the Afghan one to be the best followed by the Mediterranean ones.

I have tried Pak Biryani a few times. Its pretty good. There used to be this Old Pak uncle who ran a Biryani to go shop from his home. That man knew how to make Biryani. All of my South Indian friends visited him frequently.
 
troodon said:
Mango is a Mango. Everyone has their preference.

National pride should not blind us from appreciating the neighbors.

I tried kababs from various countries. Till now, I found the Afghan one to be the best followed by the Mediterranean ones.

I have tried Pak Biryani a few times. Its pretty good. There used to be this Old Pak uncle who ran a Biryani to go shop from his home. That man knew how to make Biryani. All of my South Indian friends visited him frequently.
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Couple of years ago in a food festival in Kolkata a stall was from Pakistan, The Guy said he ad 2-3 restaurants in Pakistan by Name of Warsi Restaurants.He made excellent Kebab and Biriyani.
 
cricketjoshila said:
No need to be jealous.You are welcome too.
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What is special in Kolkata to interest a Pakistani? Yes, Pakistani cricketers have been popular in these parts, but when it comes to food...except the vulgar aloo chicken biryani, there is nothing for them. unless they are fond of fish and sweets, which is what Bengal excels in. Now, Dhaka is another matter, and a Pakistani will find many delicious dishes there.
 
CricketCartoons said:
What is special in Kolkata to interest a Pakistani? Yes, Pakistani cricketers have been popular in these parts, but when it comes to food...except the vulgar aloo chicken biryani, there is nothing for them. unless they are fond of fish and sweets, which is what Bengal excels in. Now, Dhaka is another matter, and a Pakistani will find many delicious dishes there.
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Dhaka has horrible food. I have had the misfortune of going there.

Too much oil - the base of any sauce seems to be oil, oil and more oil. And this wierd obsession with eggs and oil.

I was persuaded to eat at some place, called Star Kebab....which I was told was quite well regarded. Food was crap. Hygiene levels were worse. Could not believe that I came away without severe food poisoning.

Would never, ever want to go back for the food.

I have however, eaten Bengali food at my friends house in London. Kosha Mangsho (lamb curry) was good.
 
Syed1 said:
We did not and do not have "kati roll" in Pakistan. A restaurant in Karachi called SilverSpoon invented the chicken parantha roll
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Silver spoon? The one in Milton and Mississauga? Is it like Same branch? Somehow I found the owners to be Punjabi.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Its not Pakistani.A restaurant in Kolkata called Nizam's invented the dish according to them.They have the whole story of how they did it written on a board on one of the walls.Its available all over bengal.
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So let me guess, now you are going to tell Afghans, Turks and Iranians that India invented kebabs as well right?
 
TM Riddle said:
You can come visit Rajasthan.We love our mutton and don't eat fish and rice all the time like Bengalis.
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One odd thing, in the UK many of the restaurants are now Bengali owned, but they don't serve the food which they eat ( or used to) in their own homes, they serve mostly Pakistani favourites from the old days which are chicken and lamb based mostly. Maybe that will change with the new generation as fish becomes more popular, but it's not really happened yet.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
One odd thing, in the UK many of the restaurants are now Bengali owned, but they don't serve the food which they eat ( or used to) in their own homes, they serve mostly Pakistani favourites from the old days which are chicken and lamb based mostly. Maybe that will change with the new generation as fish becomes more popular, but it's not really happened yet.
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Yes I have heard that too.Is that might be the reason why so many of them suck as Bengalis can't cook anything which don't have fish or rice in it?
 
JaDed said:
Silver spoon? The one in Milton and Mississauga? Is it like Same branch? Somehow I found the owners to be Punjabi.
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No they kept the same name, but they are not the same thing. I asked them.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
So let me guess, now you are going to tell Afghans, Turks and Iranians that India invented kebabs as well right?
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Kebab is not the only thing in it.

Btw Pakistanis get to tell Afghans,Turks,Iranians that they invented the kebab?

Chicken Tikka though was invented in India/Pakistan.
 
Best food I find is Rajasthani food.
For non veg I would say Hyderabadi food is pretty good. Kolkatta is okayish, north/Punjabi food has is more into spices than meat..
 
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