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| - 'Nihari' (pronounced 'Nee-haari' or Nay-haari') is a Spicy Pakistani Beef stew. It is cooked for hours to get the beef flaky tender. It has lots of pungent tasting gravy (thickened with flour) lots of lil on top, but no other complicated items. At the table, It is garnished / topped with julienned ginger, cilantro, and a squeeze of lemon/lime. Then consumed hot in a bowl (traditionally metal) with fresh baked leavened flat bread.
When a friend mentioned that these guys have the Best 'Nihari' in town, I was on-board.
Four of us guys drove from Downtown to this place. When you get here, it is sorta disappointing to see the restaurant (outside and inside) it is dark, dingy and smells of Nihari as soon as you walk in. bordering between clean and dirty. but when you think about it, its a low end casual joint, focussed on serving great tasting inexpensive food. And great food is what you get.
Make no mistake about it, it is a basic restaurant with no bells and whistles. You enter, order from the 10 or so items on the menu, order your bread. Then grab a table. You pick up your food, when your order is ready. You grab your cans of pop from the fridge in the dining room and go at the food. Pay after the end of the meal.
The Nihari was all that i expected and more. The Bread was fresh baked, crisp on the outside, soft on the inside. (a bit thick for my taste but i know that a lot of people like it this way) Exceeded my expectations.
The Chicken karachi we had was so so. but the Bihari Kebabs were pretty good.
People, Listen up! You gotta try this Nihari. One of the best Nihari I have ever had (even in Pakistan)
p.s. its Halal / Zabihah
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