Street vendor in Pakistan.

[denel]

jrrr... are those samoosas. They are huge.
Here we dont have those supersize ones; right from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Moz and South Africa, they are thin pastry; around 4cm equilateral triangle filled with mince meat generally. They must be thin pastry not the pita dough from what i think it is being used there.

 

[ghazi52]

jrrr... are those samoosas. They are huge.
Here we dont have those supersize ones; right from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Moz and South Africa, they are thin pastry; around 4cm equilateral triangle filled with mince meat generally. They must be thin pastry not the pita dough from what i think it is being used there.

Yes. They are thin pastry not the pita dough and filled with mince meat generally.

 

[denel]

Yes. They are thin pastry not the pita dough and filled with mince meat generally.

ok. I had some at Fordsburg at Pak restaurants, not good; it was like having pita bread stuffed with potatoes or meats. It is then I learnt the difference between samosa/sambusa/Samoosa. Local chefs have a specific measure - must be between 3-4cm, thin pastry like wafer and crispy.
SA is food mad; this country adopts anything good as its own. For example, you will find mango pickle as a side dish as Chicken Licken and extremely spicy is norm. Babotjie - one of our national dishes is not even ours; it is from Java (it is known as bobotek) brought over 300+ yrs back by the migrant labourers who became part of our hertiage. Similarly, biryani or yellow sweet rice is as common. Many people who visit our country are confused by the plethora of fusion foods eaten by all.

 

[ghazi52]

I like this Beef Biryani.

Samosa Chaat

This is Karachi Samosa..

 

[denel]

I like this Beef Biryani.

This is what we call samosa in this part of the world not the sumo wrestler one shown before .
In Dar-es-Salam, there used to be a place - Naz restaurant, just amazing samosas and in east africa, they make small meat balls mixed up with breadcrumbs and deep fried.

 

[ghazi52]

Peshawar

Quetta

 

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Lahore

Peshawar

 

[ghazi52]

Street vendor Rawalpindi in c.1950's

 

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[ghazi52]

1940s: Street Food Sellers - Karachi

 

[ghazi52]

1940s: Roadside Doctor - Karachi

 

[ghazi52]

1960s: Snacks on Mobile Shop in Karachi

Till 1970s these haleem carts were found around each school in Karachi especially at the time when the schools' timing ended! What a great pleasure such small items used to give!!

1940s: Street Food in Karachi

 

[ghazi52]

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This Fish was UNIQUE !!! | Fish Karahi

Aisha Manzil, Karachi

 

[ghazi52]