KARACHI STREET FOOD

Immy: We’re at Dhamthal Sweets and Nimcos ready for our extremely intense desi breakfast.
Tani: If you come to Karachi and don’t have halwa puri for breakfast then what’s the use of coming here.
Tani: We’re at Dhamthal Sweets and here we’re going to have halwa puri for our breakfast.
This place is located in the FB area of  Nasirabad.
It is said that the breakfast which we get in this place cannot be found anywhere else in Karachi.
Let’s see what the hype is about.
Immy: So when you order a plate, you get Puri, Aloo Bhaji and then you get Halwa, Chutney
and pickle. We also ordered some tea. Here they have a family sitting area so we are sitting there.
Let’s go. Tani: The best thing about halwa Puri is that the Puri is not sticky.
They are not oily. In many places, they have a lot of oil in puris or ghee and due to that, it becomes very heavy to eat. This puri is not oily at all. 
Immy: I’m getting fuel for our extreme Karachi street food tour but I need some tea.
Tani: The breakfast for the people of Karachi is incomplete without tea. So we have ordered tea.
We ate Halwa Puri nicely. Now our task is to go and have a golgappe.Tani: The ultimate snack food of Karachi is golgappe. Which is called Pani puri in the local language. So we have reached such a place which serves the best golgappa in Karachi. The name of this place is Manpasand. Let me tell you where it is located.
It is located near the Maskan Apartment or Maskan Chowrangi.Immy: so the hunt to find the best golgappa in Karachi was really a long one. Those who had nice pani, didn’t have good golgappe.
Those who had good golgappe didn’t have good water.But this place has aced everything and now we are going to share with you all the tasty golgappe.
Tani: The best thing about Manpasand’s Pani Puri is that they assemble them and then give you.
It has chickpeas, chutney, chips, onions, and everything. When all these things go inside your mouth then it feels very good. They’re making hot and tasty golgappa.At the back, they’re making chaat and there’s paani puri too, they have papri and dahi bade too.
Immy: so if you don’t know how to eat a golgappa, you get the actual golgappa and thank God they have done the complete feeling. You dunk it in the water, I lost my spoon, and wow that was so delicious. It was a crispy outer shell which I think they themselves made. And the best thing is that they have tamarind and chilli chutney in the correct ratio. This water is completely cold. I think there’s ice in it. Wow, it's so good. So, guys, I’ve eaten tasty Gol Gappa and we are going to jump from one snack food to another. Now we will have Channa papdi.and we are going to go to Bahadurabad. Let's go.
Tani: Brothers and sisters, Karachi’s Street Food tour is incomplete without having a chaat or Gol Gappa. So we have reached our favorite place for chaat, Mehran spot which is located in Bahadurabad
Charminar Chowrangi. Those who don’t know about this place, this place is located here for a long time back. your childhood was spent eating chaat from here. We always used to come here with friends or family or cousins to eat chaat and the best thing about it is that the quality of chaat is top-notch. You won’t get better quality than this anywhere in Karachi. Immy: the best thing that I love about this chat is that they serve it really hot every single time. The chickpeas are cooked very nicely and they give you extra chutney or spices, a full box of it. I drench it in chutney and I eat it like a crazy person but it is hands down my favorite chaat in Karachi.
I had it a few years ago for the first time. After that day I didn’t like chaat anywhere else. Tani: The man who makes it is such an expert. Due to years of experience, now his hands work like a machine. He adds sweet chutney, curd, sour chutney, papdi, onions and the best thing that makes chaat perfect are chickpeas. As Immy mentioned, the chickpeas are nicely cooked and are soft and small as they should
be. In many places, they use big chickpeas which remain uncooked. They are not completely soft and due to that, the chaat is incomplete. They have used onions and papdi in a large amount which increases its taste.            
So we’ll try this now. Immy: Tani, have a bite. Tani: You feed me. Immy: I gotta mention that I can have this anytime in a day. I’ve been here for breakfast, lunch and dinner and also a midnight snack and I never get sick of this amazing chat. Tani: So if you also want to eat good chaat in Karachi then you don’t have to go anywhere else. Come straight to Charminar Chowrangi. There is a toy shop and you’ll find Mehran Spot near it. Remember the name. Come here and have a good quality chat. Tani: Biryani is a thing which is eastern and cooked everywhere in the world.
But the biryani found in Karachi, Pakistan, cannot be found anywhere else in the world. We’re at Liaquatabad and the place we are in is known as Qadri Biryani. The name of the shop is Ghousia Nalli Biryani. The best and famous thing about it is that they give you big bones in biryani which has bone marrow inside and when you eat it you feel so good. You won’t get such a tasty Biryani anywhere else in Karachi. It is the father of all Biryani. The man: Ghousia Nalli Biryani of Liaquatabad is very famous and few days left for eid. Tani: In Karachi, various kinds of biryani can be found, from less spicy to extremely spicy, from chicken to beef, but the best thing about Ghousia Nalli Biryani is that they have hospitality and they have quick service.
They’ll quickly bring your order. Besides that, you see these big bone pieces, when the bone marrow inside it is mixed with Biryani and eaten then that taste won’t be found anywhere else in Karachi. Immy: This is the main reason for the biryani’s taste. Tani: The meat is nicely cooked. I’ll show you. Can you see how easily it can be broken? And when this goes inside the mouth along with that bone marrow, and with nicely cooked rice, that’s a whole different feeling. So Ghousia Nalli Biryani is actually amazing and perfect. You cannot get a better Biryani than this anywhere in Karachi.
The man: Assalamu alaikum sir. My name is Md. Sakib. I’m the owner of Ghousia Nalli Biryani. This is your own shop. It was started in 1992 by my father.
And today, in 3 years and 9 months, this shop got recognition because and due to Allah’s blessings, from Liaquatabad to Karachi, from Karachi to Pakistan, from Pakistan to the whole world, this Ghousia Nalli biryani has become famous.
You loved us. And now everyone eats Biryani from here because this is our own Pakistani Biryani. We’re proud that we’re Pakistanis. Pakistan is our pride. We promote Pakistan in everything. Ghousia Nalli Biryani is our Pakistani dish. It’s made without oil or ghee because it’s nalli biryani.
It is made with bones and meat. There’s an aroma in every rice. Those who eat from here definitely say ‘wow’ after having it This is your love. Ghousia Nalli Biryani, father of all Biryani.  Immy: So we’ve reached Kaybees and have ordered their brand new oreo cone.
They’ve added crushed Oreo on the top, there’s chocolate syrup, a complete Oreo biscuit, there’s chocolate cone, strawberry ice cream and mango ice cream. You won’t get a mango ice cream like theirs anywhere else in Karachi.
I’m gonna go for my first bite. Tani: in Karachi, you’ll get many shops where you can find various kinds of ice cream but the taste in Kaybees ice cream cannot be found anywhere else in Karachi.
The best thing is that the texture of the ice cream is in the way that it should be. We bought mango and strawberry flavors. The flavor of mango is rich. It doesn’t seem like synthetic mango flavor is added. Same with the strawberry flavor too. Immy’s favourite is the coffee flavor here. Immy: The coffee flavor is like having an affogato like it’s creamy with vanilla and coffee mixed together.
It’s very tasty. But you’ve to eat it very quickly because it melts fast in Karachi’s heat. Tani: The best thing about this come is that you’ll get it of two types. One for 130 rupees And another for 160 rupees. So this one is of 160 rupees and they’ve given an Oreo biscuit in it and this is an Oreo cone. The best thing about it is that the wafer you can see is very crispy and tasty. It’s not like the ones found in other stores which become soft inside the mouth. So this is the best thing about Kaybees’ cones. So we’ll give it 10 on 10. Immy: For me, it’s a solid 10 out of 10. Tani: Let’s go
Immy: To beat the heat of Karachi, the best thing to have is a cold glass of lassi. I’m gonna try this lassi and where are we? Tani: We’ve reached Burns Road and the place we’re in is known as Punjab Lassi House. They claim that you won’t find a Lassi like theirs anywhere else in Karachi. The best thing is that the layer which you see on the top of yogurt is added to it and it’s an amazing lassi. It’s time to take a sip. I’m going to take my first sip. Immy: I had a really big sip and it was so good.
Tani: It’s an amazing lassi. Immy: It’s really thick in texture Some lassi are thin like water. But this is not one of them. It’s super thick like a milkshake. I enjoyed it a lot. Tani: As Immy said it is right that the heat in Karachi is nowhere else in Pakistan. It might be in some places but Karachi’s heat is extreme. It causes you to sweat a lot.
Lassi is very necessary. Our mouth has been sweetened after having lassi. Now it’s time to have some salty food so we’ll go to have haleem. Immy: Karachi Haleem. Let’s go Tani: Haleem is such an item that every Pakistani loves to eat. We’re going to have a tasty beef stew. On the top, you can see many ingredients are there. There are fried onions, chaat masala, mint, ginger pieces. Immy: If you don’t know what haleem is, it has wheat, rice, and pulses cooked for a certain period of time and it makes a delicious dish.
Today’s weather is becoming nice too. So I’m gonna take my first bite. Tani: It’s a hot and tasty stew. Haleem is found in every city in Pakistan but I don’t think you can find a better haleem in Pakistan or the whole world than the ones found in Karachi. If I say this, I’m not wrong. The best thing is that they cook it very nicely during the night.
During Muharram when they cooked haleem, my friends and I used to help them, and then the haleem which is ready in the end is the most amazing one. Immy: Hot jalebi is being cooked here and I think I should try some. This is definitely street food. Let’s order it. This is Fresco’s hot jalebi and hot sugar syrup is coming out of it. It is super crispy and I’ve had my sugar fix for the day. Let’s go!  Tani: The place we’ve reached on burns road is known as Azad Bun Kebab and they claim that they have been here since Pakistan got independence and seeing these amazing tasty bun kebabs. We’ve come to try these.
The best thing about it is that the bun, the kebab, and the salad all are given separately. So you can assemble them yourself. First, you put the kebab on the bun, then put chutney, salad, raita, and then fold like this and when you take your first bite, then all money seems to be worth it, and all your tiredness goes away. Immy: This bun kabab has made me go crazy.
Tani: It’s an amazing bun kebab. The best thing is that it doesn't have lots of ingredients. In other places, they add so much chutney that the taste of kabab is lost. It has simple green chutney and along with it has onions and bun. So just these few ingredients make a bun kabab. Immy: On the patty of this bun kabab, they’ve applied egg or something like that which is so delicious.
Burgers of the whole world on one side and the bun kabab of Karachi on the other side. There is absolutely no comparison and I give this bun kabab an 8 out of 10. I think it’s amazing. I wish it was bigger. Immy: We’ve had tasty bun kababs and now it’s time to have rabdi. Tani: I’ve many old memories attached to this Delhi Rabbri House.
I remember that I used to come here with my grandfather when I was small and I demanded to have rabbri from this place. I used to say that I want this daily. The kheer here is also famous, which is sold in clay pots and after eating, we used to break those pots by throwing them on the ground. So today we’ve reached here again.
So let’s have the rabbri and we’ll tell you that the taste is the same as it was 20 years ago. Immy: So I’ve eaten rabbri for the first time in Karachi only and this is the only place I’ve ever had it from. If you don’t know what it is, it is like a milky sweet dessert.
I think they cook the milk and it becomes really thick like a custard. It’s super delicious. Tani: The correct way to eat it is that you stand on the street and take a big bite through a spoon so that the pollution here when mixed with rabbri and the taste you get is amazing. Immy: It’s intensely sweet. Tastes like condensed milk. I really like it.
So now it's the turn for hot and sugar syrup coated gulab jaman we are currently at Burns road in Karachi Waheed kebab is right in front of us This cart/stall is named Lal sahab and they're located right in front of waheed kebab They sell sugar-coated gulab Jaman and what a tasty gulab jamun it is. It has a perfect ratio of sweetness in it.
Tani: Eat and show it. Immy: Inaya is trying to steal it. It tastes milky and rosy and it’s hot. have it or not. That’s what makes it amazing. Tani: The best thing about it is that it isn’t overpowering. By seeing it from afar, I thought it was immersed in sugar syrup and so it would be very sweet. But the sweetness is balanced. So anyone can have it. I won’t recommend it for diabetic patients because it’s very sweet. But it’s tasty. Tani: any video of Karachi Street food is incomplete without coming to Waheed or having its kebab. So we have reached here and are going to have their amazing nihari.
Along with it, fry kabab and one secret item which you’ll know by the end of this blog. So watch the video till the end and don’t forget to subscribe, like and share. So let’s go enter Immy: Waheed’s kabab has been established since 1961 and Tani told me that they’re pretty spicy but I think I can handle Karachi’s spice now.
What do you guys think?
Tani: The nihari is very tasty and amazing. Along with it, we ordered fried kabab. So the best thing about it is that it has oil in the right amount. In other places, they put lots of ghee and so it becomes very oily and the taste is spoiled. Here Immy has given me a bite to eat. Immy: How’s it? I gave him enough that he didn't say anything.
Let me tell you that it is very tasty.
It’s spicy like there’s a real kick to it and the sides are balanced. It’s not too oily. It’s perfect. Tani: I think the kababs and nihari are perfect 10 on 10. And one secret item is there which we’re going to try so let’s reveal it to the people?
Immy: end of the blog.Tani: Watch it till the end. You’ll get to know. Tani: We are at Dhoraji and we’re having amazing and colorful Gola Ganda(shaved ice). Immy will have the first bite. How are you feeling after having it? The one we’ve bought is the simple one.
In special ones, they add dry fruits, nuts, jelly, and many more things. This one is simple. It doesn’t have many things. It only has flavors that are added in the form of colorful juices. It has chocolates and we’ve assured them to add jelly to it. Immy: So in Pakistan, gola ganda is amazing because not only does it have the flavors, it has come which makes it so much better.
And the chocolate which they add becomes frozen and then the jelly, the total combination is amazing.I would give this a solid 10. For the first time when I had it in Pakistan, I got high. Tani: It’s time to get high. I’ll also eat it. I also want to get high. I’ll drink it first. Immy: It became like a milkshake.Tani: amazing thing is that the ice inside it is in 3-4 layers.
In Many places, they just add one layer of ice, and then it starts to melt. It has 3-4 layers so it is not melting and is nice there. There are flavors, chocolate, and jelly on it. It’s an amazing item. After having such rich food, if you have this then you’ll feel amazing.Immy: If you’re a sweet food lover like me, this is your ideal dessert.
Tani: And After having such sweet food, some salty food is required so let’s have kheeri? I’ll tell you what it is 24:40-25:40- Immy: So if you have made it to this part our bonus and amazing item so if you wonder what it is, it is called kheeri.
Tani was like you have to try it. It seems like some sort of organ. I’ll eat it like that or with Roti? I am going in for the bite. It’s so soft Tani: Now let me tell you what it is. Immy: It’s nalli. Its texture is like nalli.I actually like it. It’s spicy for Inaya. If you’ll try kheeri then tell us in the comments and if you enjoyed our Karachi street food, please definitely tell us in the comments so we can make more crazy street food blogs.
I’m feeling spicy so I’ll drink some water. 25:41-26:22- Tani: So it’s time that in this amazing and sweet note, Tani and Immy end this beautiful and full of excitement and adventure Pakistan series and move further in the hope that The next series we’ll show you will be more exciting and entertaining than our previous one.
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