[HELP]Authentic Pakistani Food

XTR3MiST

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Guys I need your help for a school project.We had to choose a country and make a menu for it's traditional foods.
I obviously chose Pakistan so now I kinda need help. Could you guys tell me certain foods eaten in Pakistan w/ a description of it( like Kheer would be described as Rice pudding with nuts).

So, I need
Appetizer minimum of four
Soups and Salads minimum of two each
Main Entrees minimum of five
Desserts minimum of two
Beverages minimum of three
I have assembled my own list with help at home but asking you guys just so I could add more.

Also if you could find some menu of Pakistani restaurant and provide I picture of it, it would be great.

Thanks!
 

CrashBandicoot

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Sire Ahsan is PG's resident Chef.......PM him...he may help you..

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Apetizer....."Yakhnee"
Thats soup of chicken legs...
 

XTR3MiST

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Sire Ahsan is PG's resident Chef.......PM him...he may help you..

---------- Post added at 03:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:48 AM ----------

Apetizer....."Yakhnee"
Thats soup of chicken legs...
Thanks for that! I particularly need help on Soups and Salads by far I only got Yakhnee in Soups and Kachumar Salad in Salads. Need atleast one more in each:unsure:
 

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Gulab Jaman, Haleem, Nehari, Harissa, Desi Chargha. Ask if you want more or detail on these.
 

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1- Chicken Bryani
2- Chicken Karahi
3- chicken kabab
4- chicken haleem
5- Nihaari
6-Special chana chaat
7- Fruit Chaat
8- Desi ghee BUSREE
9- Pathani Tea with Almonds
10-Custard and kheer
11- Raaitaa and salaad of Carrots and cabbage
12-Gobi ka paratha
13- daal ka halwa
Buhat kuch hai :)
 

Sire Ahsan

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Lets get first things first. Pakistani cuisine doesnt have the traditional 'Entre, first course, second course, dessert' method.

Here, multiple courses are served at the same time, followed by dessert and then tea ... and then a paan or something of that sort for 'haazma'. Cold drinks are part of the entire meal. "Salads" are a compliment to the dishes, mostly being salsaas (The kachumars) or pickles (Achar).

If you want to go TRADITIONAL PAKISTANI ... forget entres and the 'salads' (a.k.a. boiled stuff with a posh name). Just not how it goes here.

Ill keep the traditional Pakistani wedding/bari dawat menu in mind here (and Im one of them dehli walas who have like HUUUUUGE friggin menus at shadis)


Rice Dishes

You need one (or even two) rice dish ... specifically a BIRYANI. Theres varietys ... sindhi, deghi, memoni, dum, pulao (plain no spice) etc. Generally CHICKEN biryani is kept spicy, mutton is kept plain (a.k.a. pulao). Biryani is rice cooked seperately, then layered on a gravy/spice mix in which the chicken is also cooked.

Curry/Salans.

The 'Shahi Qourma' is one of the most traditional, with roots to the Mughal Era. Its a mutton or beef gravy, the gravy being a heavy mixture of dahi, tomatoes and alot of onions with a heavy use of Garam Masla along with other aromatics such as Cardamon, Star Anise, Black peppers etc

Chicken Karhaee is also pretty popular. Chicken cooked in a wok, the traditional being a rich tomato sauce ... with varieties including Green (base ingredients being Green Parsley, Green Chillies ... hence the name). Theres also the Black Pepper karhaee, the name obvious give away to what its base ingrediant is.

Bit on the traditional but not popular side is a Kunna made from Sheep (Dunba). Its a thick rich gravy, cooked in the fats of the sheep meat. Dont know much of its ingrediants.

There are more things traditional. But they are definately preferable as an own meal. That would be stuff like Nihari, Paey, Haleem

BBQ!

Bihari Chicken (kinda like Chicken Tikkay, but served as 8 per chicken, and slightly different flavor) ... and BBQed kebabs ... be it Gola Kabab, Bihari Kabab or any other. You GOTTA have these two on the menu.

FRIED STUFF.

First and foremost, Shami Kababs. A kebab of lentils (daal) and beef with some spices. Add fish to this, deep fried in a spicy mix. Finger fish, of preferably a good fish like a Big Phomplet (Bara papelait)

BREADS

Roti is also important. You can serve just anything. You got to have Til Walay Naan (Flatbread with sesame seeds) ... and Sheermal (not exactly sure hwo to describe it, its basically a thick flatbread that after baking is brushed with ghee/oil/butter to give it a very soft n lovely taste ... PERFECT with Qorma). For hte BBQ ... gotta have your Parhatays (Deep fried flatbread)

SWEETS

Traditional would be Dahi Baray (Balls of fried lentils with a sweetened yogurt), Sooji ka halwa(A grainy pudding of semolina), Shahi Tukray (Sweetned bread, could call it our version of the French Bread ... dont know much about it). Gulaab Jamun, a mithai, served dipped in warm sugar syrup.

Ice Creams you got to go to the only 'traditional' flavor we have ... the Peshawri.

Drinks

Drinks ... hmm. Well ... usually the 'PAPSI' though if you want to go traditional there is the Lassi. Suggest you put in Salted, which is light. So much food and Sweet Lassi (Yogurt Milkshake) doenst go with these meals. As funny as it may sound, Roof Afza is pretty much a tradition now. A bit odd at such a meal though. You got to have DOODH PATTI (Tea brewed in milk rather than water). Or Kashmiri tea (Google it up)

Sides (what you need as salads)

Thee are always condiments of sorts. No seperate salads. Got to have Raita. Hari chatni. Cucumber, Tomatoes, Carrots etc as a salad. Achar (pickles, esp. the mango pickles).

End it all with a Paan or Gota (Mix of Saunf, Cocunut shavings, parsley seeds, sweet bits n stuff)

Good enough ?
 
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XTR3MiST

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Thanks everyone! Now I got more than enough.
So, After I have set it up, I'll post my final menu and just so you could check it for any errors or stuff.

Thanks again!
 
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