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Khausa was brought to Pakistan by Jethpur Memons from Burma. They learnt this dish while doing business in Burma and after partition brought it here. Khausa or Khausay, as the dish is known, is usually cooked for dinner but may also be consumed for lunch. It is arguably the best Memoni dish on offer and I have never heard any non-Memon becoming an expert cook of this. It's cooking requires lot of hard work, patience and intricate understanding of the masala and timing for spaghetti boiling. Garlic must always be fried and must come out crisp. Lal mirch must be fresh and so should be coriander leaves as well as chips. If chaat masala is missing or lacking in taste, it will half-destroy the entire taste of the dish. Meat must be cooked in small pieces and eaten as such.
Cooked by my good mother as a gift for all of us.
Showing posts with label Pakistani dish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistani dish. Show all posts
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Lunch: Chicken shashlek, Karachi
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Chicken pieces cut by my good mother. Cooked by my wife and sisters. A wonderful dish except that it is traditionally cooked using wooden sticks. Due to lack of time, it was cooked directly on 'tawwa'.
Chicken pieces cut by my good mother. Cooked by my wife and sisters. A wonderful dish except that it is traditionally cooked using wooden sticks. Due to lack of time, it was cooked directly on 'tawwa'.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Lunch: Urach (maach) daal with achar and bajray ki roti, Karachi
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Urach or maach ki daal is a purely Memoni / Gujrati dish and therefore, alien to a majority of Karachi's population. This dish actually has lot of other ingredients like fried onions, green chillies deep pan fried with slit in the center; fish pieces and some salads, as per requirement. This is a specifically lunch dish and is rarely eaten for dinner.
Urach or maach ki daal is a purely Memoni / Gujrati dish and therefore, alien to a majority of Karachi's population. This dish actually has lot of other ingredients like fried onions, green chillies deep pan fried with slit in the center; fish pieces and some salads, as per requirement. This is a specifically lunch dish and is rarely eaten for dinner.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Dinner: Chicken handi with tandoor
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This dish is called Chicken handi because its cooked in a 'handi' (pronounced as handee in Urdu). Handi or Handee refers to a backed clay pot and is a common feature across Pakistani kitchens. Even 5-star hotels use them for certain dishes to give an additional, earthly flavour. Tandoori naan or simply tandoor is a bread baked on earthern or metal underground pits designed specifically for this purpose. You will find 'tandoors' across Pakistan and many parts of India and Bangladesh and everywhere where there are Pakistani cooks. Onions, lemon and freshly cut garlic complete the taste and the aroma. My great mother must be given credit for this.
This dish is called Chicken handi because its cooked in a 'handi' (pronounced as handee in Urdu). Handi or Handee refers to a backed clay pot and is a common feature across Pakistani kitchens. Even 5-star hotels use them for certain dishes to give an additional, earthly flavour. Tandoori naan or simply tandoor is a bread baked on earthern or metal underground pits designed specifically for this purpose. You will find 'tandoors' across Pakistan and many parts of India and Bangladesh and everywhere where there are Pakistani cooks. Onions, lemon and freshly cut garlic complete the taste and the aroma. My great mother must be given credit for this.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Memon winter breakfast: Hara lehsun with bajray ki roti, Karachi
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This is a confirmed Memon / Gujerati winter breakfast across Karachi, parts of India (Ahmedabad and other cities and towns of Gujerat province, South Africa, UK and parts of USA where this linguistic / ethnic group resides). We are Memons and every winter we get to eat this nicely cooked breakfast. It consists of finely chopped spring garlic mixed with either bajray ki roti or chakki ka atta and served with dahi. If you want, you may have chai or sugarcane juice. I prefer chai as sugarcane juice is hard to get at this time. You may also have brinjal.
This is a confirmed Memon / Gujerati winter breakfast across Karachi, parts of India (Ahmedabad and other cities and towns of Gujerat province, South Africa, UK and parts of USA where this linguistic / ethnic group resides). We are Memons and every winter we get to eat this nicely cooked breakfast. It consists of finely chopped spring garlic mixed with either bajray ki roti or chakki ka atta and served with dahi. If you want, you may have chai or sugarcane juice. I prefer chai as sugarcane juice is hard to get at this time. You may also have brinjal.
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