Andaza Kitchen A household archive

Main Dishes

Salan, korma and everything cooked in a pot for a long time. The centre of a Pakistani table.

Punjabi · Everyday

Aloo Gosht

Lamb and potato salan. The most-cooked dish in the country and the least written down.

Living
Punjabi · Everyday

Achar Gosht

The same base as aloo gosht, redirected entirely by pickling spice.

Living In production
Punjabi · Sunday

Chicken Karahi

The white, dhaba-style karahi. No cream, no food colour, no apology.

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Punjabi · Sunday

Karhi Pakora

The yogurt-and-besan curry — not to be confused with karahi, which is a different dish entirely.

Living In production
Muhajir · Winter

Nihari

Six hours, shank and marrow, and an honest account of the Delhi-to-Karachi lineage.

Living In production
Muhajir · Wedding

Korma, wedding-style

Brown onion base, tempered yogurt, and the highest stakes in the household repertoire.

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Punjabi · Winter

Sarson ka Saag

The slow method. Every shortcut version tastes like grass.

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Punjabi · Everyday

Bhindi Gosht, dry

Okra cooked dry, and a straight answer to why yours went slimy.

Living In production
General · Everyday

Masoor Daal

The everyday daal, and the doctrine page on tarka that half the archive links back to.

Living In production
Sindhi · Everyday

Sai Bhaji

Greens cooked down with daal. One of the best everyday dishes in the country.

First documented here In production
Pashtun · Occasion

Namkeen Gosht

Meat, fat, salt, time. Almost nothing else, and that restraint is the dish.

First documented here In production
Kashmiri · Winter

Kashmiri Harissa

Pounded overnight, eaten at dawn, and genuinely disappearing.

Fading In production
Bohri · Occasion

Bohri Smoked Keema

Dhungar — a burning coal set under the lid — over a thaal tradition.

First documented here In production
Balochi · Occasion

Balochi Sajji

Whole salted lamb, slow-turned. Balochistan is the biggest blank space in Pakistani food writing.

First documented here In production

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