I will not ask beyond Iran. In fact I shouldn't have asked about Iran also. Because I have heard in the entire world only 3-4 regions have genuinely delicious food - Pakistan, North India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. And I have doubts about Afghanistan also.
Iran and Turkey food must be having European type standards.
- PRTP GWD
Well jokes apart.
Their is something wholesome about our food.
In pakistan I see certain difference from India as I have seen your cooking channels. You have become sort of commercialised while in pakistan people prefer to stick to old recipes.
Butter was not so heavily used as in India. You guys put butter in everything and think it would taste better. Well that's not the case. Butter is good in dishes where it is required. For example karahis are made with butter or pure ghee. But ordinary vegetable are made with ordinary oils. With bhindi or others butter won't do good.
We use less haldi. You guys put lots and lots of haldi we don't.
We don't use kashmiri lal mirch or paprika for color a lot. Some people does. But it is not practiced. Sindhi mirchis are fine for us.
Food is heavy on chicken as it is cheap.
Though true good cuisine is made from mutton. Beef was surprising not eat that much.
We still don't have dishes like palak paneer, butter chicken or chicken tikka masla. And that's fine.
People don't go out to eat vegetables in restaurants. Usually people go out to eat barbecues and karahis and roast stuff.
Vegetables and daals are avaliable in dhabas style small hotels where poor people eat.
And surprising they have vast verity of vegetable dishes. I have some university friends, while working on final year project they took me to some dhaba. The dhaba has a vast assortment of daals and vegetables. Mash ki daal was divine. Kari was awesome.
Since I am from punjab people eat sersoon ka saag with love. My mother cooks it a lot.
Also another common dish is yakhni pulao. Yes we call it biryani (karachite can balme us).
Fish is only eaten in winters. That is a rule. I don't know how they do it in karachi. But in lahore everyone was eating fish in winters and even if you want it don't get good fried fish. Fish restaurants only work in winters. In summer they do other stuff.
So only fish you get in summers is frozen fish. And in winters inky river fishes is avaliable.
You can find all American fast food giants. Even the ones Americans have not heard off. And people love them. And yes they have no vege alternatives. You cannot find anything vegetable in macdonals or any burger joint. Even their salad is made of chicken.
And yes food is spicy in punjab. And in villages it is less spicy simple. So is the case with sindh. But in kpk, gb and balochistan really less spices. But their good is awsume. You see everywhere baloch and phustoons restaurant. Whenever you are tired of eating your food too much. You go there. They work meat best. Without much spices. And people of punjab and sindh are fast developing the taste. Specially people of karachi.
