The Most Famous Pakistani Dishes

Each country has special foods according to its climate and culture. Pakistan is a neighboring country of India, which has many cultural and food commonalities with India due to its neighborhood. 

Pakistanis, like Indians, have diverse and unique food due to the use of various spices in their food. Therefore, it might be interesting for you to get to know the most famous Pakistani dishes.

The Most Famous Pakistani Foods

Pakistani people use many spices in preparing their food. Most of the time they use more than 8 to 10 different spices in their food. In Pakistani cooking, two ingredients oil and pepper and various spices are used a lot, and this has given a unique taste to the dishes of this country. 

It is interesting to know that meat is used in almost all Pakistani dishes, even dishes made from vegetables. In this article, we will discuss some examples of the most famous Pakistani dishes. Let's start.

Pakistani Biryani

Biryani is one of the most famous Pakistani dishes. In India and its cities like Delhi, this food is cooked with a little difference. They use white or red meat and rice, as well as all kinds of spices and vegetables in biryani. 

Spices, in addition to the aroma and taste they give to food, cause the yellow color of rice. They usually use lemon, potato, and tomato in this dish.

Chicken Tikka Kabab

Chicken tikka kabab is one of the most famous and popular dishes of Pakistan, which has both great taste and high nutritional value. This dish is cooked with a big difference in India called Tikka Masala. 

To prepare chicken tikka kabab, they cut the chicken into small pieces and season with traditional Pakistani spices, then grill. Pakistani chicken tikka kabab looks similar to some other countries grilled chicken. But to season the chicken, they use spices that create a unique taste. In Pakistan, this dish is topped with chopped fresh mint and served with bread.

Seekh Kabab

Seekh kabab is a type of Pakistani food that is often prepared with beef. To cook this dish, the veal is seasoned with various spices and skewered and grilled on charcoal. In Pakistani restaurants, skewers are served with vegetable pilaf or with bread.

Channa Chaat

Channa means chickpea in Pakistani language. This light and vegetarian dish is prepared with chickpeas and is one of the popular dishes in Pakistan. 

In this dish, they cook chickpeas with various vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, onions, and various spices and serve with bread. Chena chaat is eaten as a snack, a light dinner or an appetizer along with other Pakistani dishes.

Sajji Kebab

Sajji kebab is one of the local dishes of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Today, it is one of the most popular and common dishes in Pakistan, which is cooked on special occasions. 

To prepare sajji kebab, they season a chicken or lamb with salt and papaya paste and fill it with rice. Then, they grill the stuffed lamb or chicken over charcoal for a long time. Since this kebab has a lot of meat, Pakistanis serve it for more people at large parties.

Aloo Keema

Aloo keema is one of the most delicious and famous dishes in Pakistan. They usually prepare this aloo keema from minced chicken or lamb, potatoes, vegetables, and spices and serve it with rice at parties and special occasions. This dish has a wonderful taste at the same time. If you travel to Pakistan, you must try this delicious dish.

Samosas

Pakistani samosa is a delicious snack or food that is made in the shape of a triangle with aromatic vegetables, meat, potatoes, pieces of chicken, and various spices. They often fill the samosas with potatoes. 

Sambosa is a cheap and delicious food that is cooked all over the Middle East and other countries, but the hot pepper and local spices in Pakistani samosa make it different from the samosas of other countries.

Noon Se Nihari

Among all Pakistani dishes, noon se nihari is the most famous and popular. Nihari is mainly served at special parties and special occasions. Making nihari requires special skills. In fact, Nihari is Pakistani muscle food. 

To prepare this dish, they season the pieces of meat with various spices the night before. Then they cook it on low heat for several hours, the long cooking of the meat allows the flavor of the spices to be absorbed by the meat. The meat in this dish is considered one of the most delicious meats in the world. 

If you have a trip to Pakistan, be sure to try this delicious food in Karachi and Islamabad restaurants. Generally, this dish is served with hot pepper, onion, and lemon juice.

Chicken Karahi

Chicken karahi is another Pakistani dish made with meat, also called chicken kadai. This dish is not only one of the popular dishes of Pakistan but it is also cooked in North India. 

Usually, Pakistanis like to cook this food in a deep frying pan called Karai, hence its name. This delicious meat dish is served in all Pakistani Restaurants. They use many spices to marinate the meat of this dish, the most dominant of which are ginger and tomato. In some areas of Pakistan, this dish is prepared with hot chili pepper, which has a spicy taste.

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