What is your favourite Pakistani dish?

PS For recipes I'll have to ask my mom = D buh u can check out this site too http://www.khanapakana.com/pakistani-urdu-recipes/urdu-recipes.aspx

Sawayyan hath he ki banai jati hain... koi aur way bhi hai?

These are the special ones my relatives in pak send us from there.

Okay, I am hungry :p

Are there any "Machini Siwayyan" too ???

@ Hassan: if not, that could be a good business idea. lolz

LOL Okay but the one im talking abt are special : P

lolz. I am sure they are as special as my basan ka halwa ;)

Daleem is not a pakistani dish I think so....:)

I love gajar ka halwa as well as Kheer : )

I actually like both dishes. :)

yea ... good choices ...

thnkxx all...

i certainly dnt knw hw to cook them.... soo no Recipe.. :P

Seriously? I only have it when I am at my granma's :) Forget the Gosht part, Aalo salan is fine

Why only Aaloo? are you a "SHAKAHARI" (a silly word for vegetarians)?? :P

lolz. really, you guys call vegetarians Shakahari? I didn't know. Well, basically living in a non-Muslim country might just make you one as you have limited options, but nope I am non-veg, just cannot eat too much meat. :)

Okay, someone really loves Naharii. :p Everyone out there, if you are by chance invited by Hasan, chances are high that you will have Nahari for lunch, dinner and yeah perhaps also breakfast. hehe.
Rabri - I need to try this one. Have heard the name before, but forgetting what it is.
Oh, I love those sand potteries wali kheer. I guess they are made of rice? :)

Well its usually my Mom's decision what to be served to Guests, not mine ... So don't worry if you r not a Nahaari lover (which i doubt is even possible hehe) ...
And yes you are right about the kheer ...

u love food hassan, dun you :D

We will make sure to be soooo nice that she will ask her 'beta, kya kah na hai' and we will of course, just to make you happy say 'aunty je, Nahari chalay ge'. :p
Ahh, I was trying hard not to say it, but well, my mom's make Nahari for me on my b-day. So here you go!

*mom makes

@ Zainab: Who doesn't !!! I mean don't you?
@ Sumi: If someone does that, he/she sure will enter my awesome ppl list .... :D
@B'day: Wow what a great B'day that would've been ... Too bad I wasn't thr ...

Hmm i "like" it : P

lolz. we shall do you that favor :D
btw, what if that kind of nehari does not match your taste? :D

We'll never know unless I taste it ... nom nom nom ....

:) so now it's our mom's nehari we need to taste. lolz

I think after this question ... All of us will end up being FATTYs .... specially you Sumi !!

lolz. See, another reason why I am asking all these food-related questions is because I'm on diet :p If you cannot eat, you can at least talk about it. lolz.
There is so much halal food one could eat in Pakistan, no wonder why people gain so easily there :p

Hahah thats right Hassan, Im hungry after reading this question : P

guess, it's time to eat it now.

May be? But sadly, I don't think it's possible in near future! But we never know. maybe InshaALLAH

InshaAllah

You HAVE to try it!

Oh, I have always found it interesting when people call dhai baray, dhai ballay. I guess, it is Punjabi? By the way, what is Saag?

Starters: I hope you named two different starters, since a combination of fruits with beans and olives is quite new to me :p But for sure a healthy starter. Cannot say the same for the main course! Dishes I don't know: Sarsson ka saag and makai ki roti (I think your chappal kabab is what I call chappli kabab?). I didn't know that there exists a daal ka halwa as well! Interesting! Need to google these three dishes!

hahaha... Minutes ago u urself said Pakistan mein sab milta hai ... :P dear variety is spice of life, the starter i'm talking abt is single one... U just put some fruits beans, olive oil some black pepper if u like (i love it so i put loads)..den have it, its heaven.. :P khud ki creativity hai janab mazaq nai hai ;)
Main course, all dishes are very common over here... Chapli bolo ya chappal baat tu aik hi hai na yar... :P sarsoon ka saag nd makai ki roti is special dish of punjab... Veryyy veryyy yummy i love it buh its too heavy u cnt have much in a single go...contains lots of desi ghee nd butter... :)
Nd halwass... Yar daal ka halwa is my favourite.. Channay ki daal ka banta hai nd lots of dry fruits... :) halwa sirf suji ya gajjar ka nai hota... u knw shakarkandi (sweet potatoes) ka bhi halwa bht fit hota hai nd eggs ka bhi... :P seriously... !!
Next time u come to Pakistan have a company of some foodholicc den u'll getta knw yahan kia kia milta hai ;)

haha...my stomach sadly does not allow me to experiment too much when I am there :'( I once had egg ka halwa and I liked it. Never had daal and shakarkandi ka halwa, but I can sure feel it must be heavy heavy! Oh just checked, you are from Pindi - is it true that people at that end eat lots of 'heavy' food? Sarsoon ka saag is a dish with spinach? Makai ki roti - I have a feeling that I might have had it once (looks similar to basan ki roti).

hahaha... Definitely if your stomach gets upset trying different things den u must avoid them.. Buh seriously u missing all special foods of Pakistan... U must try them yar, stomach ka kia hai theek hojaye ga... Yahan Hajamola bhi easily mil jati hai asli wali Dabour ki :P so no worriess abt stomach upset... Lolx
Nd yea daal ka halwa is very heavy coz ov desi ghee nd loads of dry fruits badaams kaju, nd akhroot... Buh shakarkandi ka tu light sa hota hai..
Yeah sarson ka saag is dish prepared frrm sarsoon whch is from the family of spinach... Almost have same taste... Nd makai ki roti is diff frm baisan ki roti, makai (corn) ki roti is prepared with flour of corn in desi ghee...
Haha... Nai yar pindi walay awayein badnaam hain... Lahore ka ilzaam hum pe laga diya... Overall punjab province ko lo tu yes we love to have more nd more food... Heavy ho na ho doesnt matter, bus food ho :P

Hajamola must be some kind of 'hazmay ke dawaey', I suppose. :) Yeah, I used to blame women for not looking after their health (weight) after getting married, but realizing that it's men who just love food so much and make their wives cook and eat! Na khud khayal apna kar tay hain, nahe dusroon ka :p
Ahhh makai = corn! Thx for that!
I am getting this weird feeling that the kind of food I eat, hardly any 'solid' Pakistani will like to eat :p

lolz...yeah Hajamola is hazmay ki dawai... specially made for sensitive ppl...lolx.. I mean sensitive stomach walay.. :P
Ummm... Dats not the case in every scenario... There are girls who loveeeee to eat nd they eat alot buh still they have kept themselves well maintained... Even after marriage :)
Nd the scenario u r creating, i wud still blame women if they dont take care of their weight after marriage... Becharay men ka kia kasoor, wives ko zabardasti thori khilatay hain... :P apni marzi se khaati hain khudi nai rakhti apna khayal wo... Jo rakhti hain wo maintain karlaiti hain apne apko baki phr u knw zameen par bojh ban jaati hain... Lolxx :P ab bechaara banda kitna khayal rakhay ga... ;)
Bakion ka pata nai buh there might not be anything for me that u eat nd i dnt like :P i'm a solid Pakistani as well.. temme what u eat over there nd thnk this way???

Geesh, someone got into defending-mode. lolz.
Well, I mostly eat Italian food. I'd be a happy girl if I get boiled rice with salad and dressing and something fresh to drink! I love pasta. If it has to be meat, then I like Lebanese food. Give me a kabab ka sandwich and I won't complain (that is the Pakistani kabab). :) You won't see me eat sea food that much - I simply have issues digesting it!

Lolzzz... I had to get into defending mode coz u were attacking with the wrong blame on us.. :P nd I love Italiannn tooooooooooo much ... buh u r right Solid Pakistanis mostly are not into italian or chinese... they prefer desi food more... Mein tu sab kha laita hon :P aur bht shoq se... sea food , i also have problems digesting it buh still i lovee to eat it buh only selected one's and from selected places... ;)

:) don't take it seriously...I might be sounding as if I am blaming one side and not the other, but I honestly don't. Those who want to take care of their health, they do so and those who eventually wish to give up, they do so too. :) I hardly see my Pakistani guests even properly touch the salad (green green patay kon kah ta hai?). Food is food and it's Allah ke naimat. We have our preferences and we try, we can get used to different things. It's just a matter of taste and flexibility.

"green green patay kon kah ta hai?" ... lOlzzzz ...This is epic reality... I have to agree with you on this... and yar u're absulutely right in that regard, those who wish to maintain themselves they do so... just like me ;) i'll be leaving for jog in 45 mins InshAllah after Salaah... :)

:) inshaAllah do so. Salams

Take care... Regards :)