A local Lahori festive specialty, Katlama (pori base prepared with May’da i.e white flour) topped with Basin (gram flour) mixed with herbs and spices, and fried in oil in a flat iron pan of giant size (absolutely not for calorie conscious folks!!). No matter where you buy it, Katlama always tastes the same. It is also known as Desi pizza.  Read more... (202 words, 1 image, estimated 48 secs reading time)

Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghauri during his review visit to the site of the ‘Port Grand Food Court’ under Napier Mole Bridge has announced Asia’s largest and most modern food street to be built at a cost of Rs1 billion and spread over nine acres. It would be inaugurated by the end of November this year in Karachi.
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It cost just three rupees. Squashed between a doughy naan and seasoned with a splash of green chutney of dubious provenance, the ‘samosa-naan’ was sold for three bucks a pop at my college. With the triple dose of carbs – potatoes, pastry and naan – it was obviously filling. Less obvious is how satisfying the concoction was: the naan’s rubbery dough, the crushed but still crisp samosa shell, the spicy potatoes with little bursts of flavor in the form of anardana (dried pomegranate seeds) and dhaniya (coriander) seeds, the tart chutney. Is talk of textural complexity too pretentious for what is essentially a meal of necessity? I say no.  Read more... (943 words, 1 image, estimated 3:46 mins reading time)

You’re up even before the cock crows and the faint light of dawn is still very distant. But in spite of the ungodly hour, the entire household is up and about, and the house is vibrating with the sounds of clattering dishes and the wafting aroma of fried eggs, oily parathas, delicious Khajla, pheeni and steaming tea. That’s sehri for you in Ramadan. During the Holy month of Ramadan confectioners were busy preparing oriental delicacies such as “Khajla” and “Pheni”, small pancakes and vermicelli soaked in milk with sugar.  Read more... (155 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time)

As always Engro Foods celebrates the spirit of Ramadan. Engro has been renowned for its copies especially for the Ramadan. This year too Engro has challenged its self to go beyond and it has raised the bar even further which would be very difficult for anyone to challenge. It’s been 3 years now that Olpers brand is making some extra ordinary ads for Ramadan. I am so proud of the fact that our own local marketers turn out something utterly fabulous every year.  Read more... (184 words, 4 images, estimated 44 secs reading time)

Although, inflation in Pakistan has increased by a significant amount in the last few years, people have not compromised with their eating habits. The restaurants and cafés in Lahore have considerably raised their prices as compared to last year, but the customer following has not decreased.  Read more... (386 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Despite the question of hygiene, some of the better tasting food can be found on the streets as opposed to the fancy – and often prohibitively expensive – restaurants. You can have from Corn (Bhutta) to bun kababs & Samosa to chats at reasonable price to fill your tummy all over Pakistan on the streets. This video shows variety of food available on the streets of Pakistan. Ranging from spicy samosas and fruit chats to refreshing sugarcane juices.  Read more... (141 words, 13 images, estimated 34 secs reading time)

It is one of the most popular and best-loved fruits worldwide. Because of its excellent flavor, attractive fragrance, beautiful shades of color, delicious taste and healthful value, mango is now recognized as one of the best fruit in the world market. Mango has had a prominent position among the commercial fruits of Pakistan. It enjoys second position after citrus in Pakistan. The Pakistani Mango is well known for its taste and quality abroad. More than 54,000 tons of mangos are exported to neighboring and European countries. Mangoes are mainly eaten fresh, but are also used in preparing squash, jam, and other preserves and sometimes canned. Young mangoes are used in making mango chutneys and pickles “achar”.  Read more... (308 words, 8 images, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

Lays has been facing the prevalent and incensed crisis ever struck a food product in Pakistan. The issue of using E631 flavor enhancer and pig fat has really declined the sales and image of Lays. It has become a favorite brand in no time when introduced in Pakistan. The recent addition to the story was Junaid Jamshed endorsing the brand for the first time. He urges people to eat lays as he found that they are HALAL.  Read more... (367 words, 3 images, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)