Tag Archive for: Desi Cuisine

Pakistan – Dahi Bhare (Street Food)

This is a special dish of an all-time favorite. This is actually a food, usually found on the hawker’s stall and roadside stalls. This is a special type of snack, consist of yogurt, lentils balls and some sauces, etc. This dish has many components to assemble.

Pakistan – Keema Bharee Karele (Mince Filled Bitter Gourd)

This is the dish made up of bitter gourd, filled with spicy mince, and then dipped into the gravy. This dish is very popular in the Punjab region and served with roti, bread, and rice. In this dish, we have three components cooked independently and then assembled to make a dish.

Pakistan – Shahi Degi Mutton Korma

This dish is very famous and unique kind of dish made by mutton. The name of the dish is came from 3 different words. First is ”SHAHI”, the next is ”DEGI” and, the last word is ”KORMA’.

Pakistan – Kofta Masala (Meat balls Curry)

This is the unique kind of dish from the Punjab region of Pakistan. This dish is made up of small meat balls, dipped in the aromatic thick gravy. The use of spices is totally different from the usual used ones.

Pakistan – Spicy Chicken Samosa

This is a type of snack, loved by the people of Pakistan. Specifically, this dish is from the region Punjab of Pakistan. The use of ingredients spices like cumin, herbs, coriander, butter is very common in Punjab. This dish is very popular served as an evening snack or roadside street food.

Pakistan, India – Kulfi ( Traditional Ice Cream )

Kulfi is a word derived from Persian language that means ” COVERED CUP”. It is called so because it is when cooked and set in the specific molds / kulfi cup they have to sealed from the top so that the proper shape is maintained when frozen.

Pakistan – Kata Kat (Lamb Organ Mixed Curry)

This dish is actually worth buying dish and cooked in the home kitchen, made up from the different organs of Lamb or cow. This is actually a curry or some gravy dish, having small chunks of organs like heart, kidney, liver, and mixed in the spices.