Pakistani people are foodies. They love cooking, roasting, frying, dining and enjoying food in daily-life. Pakistani people mostly like dishes of meat; beef, mutton, fish and chicken cooked in rich oil and local spices. Live Bar-BQ food is liked and cooked at family gatherings, friend get-togethers and parties. Male members of families usually cook Bar B Q and serve to family.
What is the Famous food in Pakistan?
A few of the most popular and widely cooked meat dishes in Pakistan are Biryani, Mutton Korma, Lamb roast, Chicken karahi, Chicken Tikka, Nihari, Haleem, Sajji, Paye and Chapli kabab, Seekh Kabab and Shami Kabab. If you're visiting Pakistan then you must try Karahi, Biryani and Barbecue with hot roti or naan to take the full taste of Pakistani cuisine.
Here are popular and most used Pakistani food that you can enjoy in all parts of Pakistan.
What is “Salan” in Pakistan?
Asides meat dishes, Pakistani women cook pulses, beans and vegetable curry, also called “Salan” or “Handi” for lunch and dinner which is then served with home-cooked hot roti. Pakistani roti is a round-shaped wheat bread cooked fresh at meal times on grill pan called tawa.
Saag, fried Bhindi(ladyfinger) and mixed vegetable are few most favorite vegetable dishes in Pakistan.
Rice dishes are also cooked and liked in Pakistan. If you would ask any Pakistani about their favorite food then for approx. 70% will answer you Biryani, Pulao or Daal Chawal; all rice dishes.
BREAKFAST DISHES IN PAKISTAN
A traditional breakfast of Pakistan is a fried egg or an omelet with paratha with a cup of tea. A Pakistani paratha is a round wheat bread greased with butter or oil. Paratha is most commonly eaten for breakfast in all areas of Pakistan with egg, salan, yogurt, butter or achaar. Pakistani people also take glass of milk, fresh fruit juice or Pakistani tea. Pakistani tea is prepared with loose black-tea, sugar and milk. It is just like a British tea.
As a tourist, you must have to try Halwa puri, Naan channey and Paye with a full glass of lassi. Lassi is a yogurt-based traditional Pakistani drink that is served with a loaf of fresh butter. These are also the weekend breakfast in Pakistan where people enjoy halwa puri and naan channey with lassi at local restaurants or at home.
Other traditional breakfast include Double Roti (bread), Rus, Cake Rusk, Halwa puri, Channey, Naan and Paye with Doodh patti, lassi and makhan(butter).
advertisementDESSERTS OF PAKISTAN
Most of the Pakistani doesn’t
have a sweet-tooth but they like to eat desserts after meals. Some popular Pakistani desserts are Kheer, Sheer khuram, Trifle, Custard, Lab e Shireen, Shahi Tukrey, Zarda, Halwa, Gur waley chawal, Seviyan and Mithai.
Mitai are the traditional sweet food in Pakistan made with milk, sugar, flour & organic oil.
Mithai like Barfi, Gulab Jaman, and Rasgulla
is widely eaten on celebrations, festivals and weddings.
Pakistani people also eat different type of cakes, cookies and chocolate occasionally.
PAKISTANI SNACKS
Mostly Pizza and Burgers
are also taken as snacks in cities.
Pakistani tea is served to guests with a
variety of snack-like eatables as a starter is common in Pakistan. The guests
are then served with a main course meal comprising Biryani, Qorma, Roasted
meat, Kabab, Roti, Nan, Chatni, and Salad following the last course of sweet
dishes.
DRINKS OF PAKISTAN
A black-tea with milk is liked and consumed in all parts of Pakistan. Pakistani tea is prepared after adding the milk and sugar to boiled black tea liquid. The more you heat the tea mixture, the more it will be tasty and strong. Most of Pakistani people consume many cups of tea in a single day. Pakistani tea is available in all big and small hotels and cafes. People like to pass free time in local cafes while taking tea and watching news.
Is Pakistani cuisine spicy?
Pakistani food may be spicy for some as people like spicy food in Pakistan that is cooked with red pepper, green pepper, and local garam masalas(spices). In real, the food is not too much spicy that you can eat it without taking a lot of water.
Pakistani people like to dine-out with families on weekends. The most common ordered dishes in restaurants of Pakistan are Bar B Q, Chicken Karahi, lamb roast, seekh kabab and white rice with naan.
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