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Pakistan Food

Pakistani food is very common for their flavorful ingredients, distinctive cooking methods, and aromatic spices that have been passed down from many generations. Consisting of many meals variety that are enjoyable for people with different tastes and preferences. Variety of street food dining is offered and open all the time.  Pakistan’s cuisine shows the reflection of South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian food combined.

Here are the Top Five Foods!

  1. Biryani: In South Asia, including Pakistan is a well-known rice dish. It includes different types of meat, herbs, and spices making the rice flavored. One main yogurt sauce is served with this food called Raita with a side of salad.  Biryani is commonly served at weddings, traditions, holidays, and home cooked meals.
  2. Haleem:  This is a known as a stew composed with different lentils, meats, and spices cooked for long period. This is commonly used in the month of Ramadan for Muslims being able to fast for long hours, while eating something healthy and filling.
  3. Nihari: This is a Mughal-era dish that is slowly cooked with meat. It is prepared by blending in favorable broth/spices, and monitoring that the meet has been cooked to the point of it thickening. Typically, this is eaten with a type of bread called Naan, which you can even add more favoring to including lime, ginger, cilantro.
  4. Chapli Kebab: This is a popular dish in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region for common street food. It is prepared by combining minced meat with different herbs, spices, onions, and tomatoes. While cocking you must form it into a small patty, while pan-frying the inside till its soft and the outside till its crispy.
  5. Saag Paneer: This is when spinach and a type of Indian cheese are combined to create a vegetarian dish. By blending in different spices, onions, and garlic, which will be used to combine into thick sauce. Adding on, you would add paneer cubes to make the sauce become more softer. Usually, naan or rice are served with this dish.
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