Lahori Food: July 2010

12:04 AM |

If you are in Lahore as a guest or a tourist, you will definitely hear or read some where about "Foot Street" in Gawalmandi Lahore. You will still see crowds inside Food Street at night. Don't be fooled; now only two types of people come here (a) tourists from smaller cities around Lahore who are not familiar with nice dining areas in Lahore or (b) your guest visiting Lahore, he will definitely insist on visiting food street because the place is over projected in the media as a prime tourist spot. There is yet another population that loves to visit this place, they are the guys who live inside nearby streets and who come here just for "pooondi" as their favorite past time.I am not saying concept of Food Street was a wrong idea, but the food quality is down to earth.Do visit this place and have a leisurely walk, you will definitely enjoy, but have your dinner in Lakshami Chowk that is just 10-15 minutes walk from here.

samosy pakory

10:20 AM |

is a fried snack (fritter) found across South Asia.[1] Pakoras are created by taking one or two ingredients such as onion, eggplant,potato, spinach, cauliflower, tomato, chilli, or occasionallybread [2] or chicken and dipping them in a batter of gram flour and then deep-frying them. The most popular varieties are palak pakora, made from spinach, paneer pakora, made from paneer(soft cheese), pyaz pakora, made from onion, and aloo pakora, made from potato . When onions, on their own, are prepared in the same way, they are known as onion bhujia or bhaji. A version of pakora made with wheat flour, salt and tiny bits of potato/onion (optional) is called Noon Bariya (Noon=salt) (Hindi: नूनबरिया;), typically found in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India.
Pakoras are usually served as snacks or appetizers. In the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland, pakoras are popular as a fast foodsnack, available in Indian and Pakistani takeaways as an alternative to chips or kebabs.
Among the Muslim Cape Malays of South Africa, pakoras are known as dhaltjies, and are usually eaten as an appetizer duringIftar, or as appetizers for weddings, births, or similar occasions.
In southern India, pakoras as described above are known as bajji rather than pakoda. For it to be a pakoda, a mix of finely cut onions, green chillies for flavour and gram flour is fried rather than dipping the onions in a batter and frying them. Unlike the pakoras of the north, this onion pakoda is very crispy outside and medium soft to crispy inside. There is also a variety that is softer overall, usually termed Medhu Pakoda in restaurants. If it is relatively softer (like the pakoras) and made of any other ingredients such as potatoes etc. dipped in a gram flour batter and fried, then it will be usually called Bajji with the name of the vegetable/ingredient optionally prefixed to it.

hlwa puri

1:48 AM |

Heat a grill to medium (350 degrees F). Leave bananas in their skins and make 1 slit down the length of each banana. Pack the slits with brown sugar.
Put the banana(s) on the grill and grill until soft and charred, about 5 minutes. Remove them to a cutting board and set aside to cool slightly. Peel the skins from the bananas and cut into 1/2-inch thick slices. Meanwhile, put the marshmallows on skewers and toast over the grill until brown and melty, about 2 minutes. You can also brown the marshmallows using a hand-held torch.
To assemble, spread some peanut butter on graham crackers and top with bananas and marshmallows. Cover with another cracker and serve. Enjoy!

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1:46 AM |

Former Star finalist Adam Gertler is chatting LIVE in the Star Lounge, Sunday at 9pm/8c. Then, follow Adam over to the sneak peek of his all-new show, Kid in a Candy Store, at 10:30pm/9:30c

slad

1:46 AM |

Former Star finalist Adam Gertler is chatting LIVE in the Star Lounge, Sunday at 9pm/8c. Then, follow Adam over to the sneak peek of his all-new show, Kid in a Candy Store, at 10:30pm/9:30c

sweet burger

1:22 AM |

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12:32 AM |

We brought the breakfast home. By then the time was well past noon and I thought it was time well spent. The 30 minutes experience of buying breakfast was a live course on human anthropology and behaviors of Pakistani society.
The breakfast itself proved to be a good buy. There were ‘puris’ in it as well as two different curries made from chick peas and potatoes (tarkaari). There were some pickles to go with the curries and above all there was a very tasty halwa (sweet dessert). After eating this heavy duty meal nobody in our family was ready to have another meal for several hours.
I thoroughly enjoyed my experience of buying and eating halwa puri from a local vendor after several years.
Photo Credits: Title photo by Ejaz Khan

grma grm

12:29 AM |

Dhamthal sweets had set up breakfast tables on a covered side walk. On one table a whole cricket team was sitting and enjoying greasy puris with boistering talk of cricket heroics. At another table a whole extended family was sharing family gossips over niwalas of sweet halwa.
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Customer cars were double parked on the main road interjected with motorcycles between them. Amidst all this hustle bustle a queue of take away customers was waving around the sidewalk like a snake. This queue was atleast twenty five people long and I was standing at position 25.
Look at the photo below which I took on the occasion and it shows the scene that I described above.
Dhamthal sweets had set up breakfast tables on a covered side walk. On one table a whole cricket team was sitting and enjoying greasy puris with boistering talk of cricket heroics. At another table a whole extended family was sharing family gossips over niwalas of sweet halwa.
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Customer cars were double parked on the main road interjected with motorcycles between them. Amidst all this hustle bustle a queue of take away customers was waving around the sidewalk like a snake. This queue was atleast twenty five people long and I was standing at position 25.
Look at the photo below which I took on the occasion and it shows the scene that I described above.

Pakoray

9:21 PM |

is a fried snack (fritter) found across South Asia.[1] Pakoras are created by taking one or two ingredients such as onion, eggplant, potato, spinach, cauliflower, tomato, chilli, or occasionally bread [2] or chicken and dipping them in a batter of gram flour and then deep-frying them. The most popular varieties are palak pakora, made from spinach, paneer pakora, made from paneer (soft cheese), pyaz pakora, made from onion, and aloo pakora, made from potato . When onions, on their own, are prepared in the same way, they are known as onion bhujia or bhaji. A version of pakora made with wheat flour, salt and tiny bits of potato/onion (optional) is called Noon Bariya (Noon=salt) (Hindi: नूनबरिया;), typically found in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India.
Pakoras are usually served as snacks or appetizers. In the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland, pakoras are popular as a fast food snack, available in Indian and Pakistani takeaways as an alternative to chips or kebabs.
Among the Muslim Cape Malays of South Africa, pakoras are known as dhaltjies, and are usually eaten as an appetizer during Iftar, or as appetizers for weddings, births, or similar occasions.
In southern India, pakoras as described above are known as bajji rather than pakoda. For it to be a pakoda, a mix of finely cut onions, green chillies for flavour and gram flour is fried rather than dipping the onions in a batter and frying them. Unlike the pakoras of the north, this onion pakoda is very crispy outside and medium soft to crispy inside. There is also a variety that is softer overall, usually termed Medhu Pakoda in restaurants. If it is relatively softer (like the pakoras) and made of any other ingredients such as potatoes etc. dipped in a gram flour batter and fried, then it will be usually called Bajji with the name of the vegetable/ingredient optionally prefixed to it.

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9:18 PM |

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