Lunch: Masoor ki daal with piyaz and mirch, Karachi

Lunch: Masoor ki daal with piyaz and mirch, Karachi
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

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Massor ki daal, usually cooked for lunch but may also be eaten as a dinner. Mostly eaten in our house with hari mirch (also called Madani mirch or talhi hui mirch) and piyaz (onions) & tamator (cut tomatoes). Sprinkling of chaat masala completes the taste. Must be eaten with either chawal (cooked rice but not boiled) or tandoor ki roti (unleavened bread cooked by Pathans or Afghans in a huge, underground tandoor).

Cooked by my wife.

Lunch: Urach (maach) daal with achar and bajray ki roti, Karachi

Lunch: Urach (maach) daal with achar and bajray ki roti, Karachi
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

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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.