Peshawar is known for its chapli kabab and karhai . In Urdu a chapli means a shoe and a chapli kabab on average is the size of the sole of a shoe. It consists of mince made into a pancake and has salt, chillies, dried pomegranate seeds and an egg added to it. It is fried in an open flat frying pan in sheep's fat. Karhai are pieces of meat that are cooked with salt and tomatoes in a deep frying pot with very little oil.
People take care to wash their hands before and after a meal.
This may also include a noisy cleaning of the mouth and throat. There will be many other dishes for you to taste and be surprised about. Pakistani cooking is a great art, though slightly mystifying for the understanding of a foreigner as it takes many hours to cook one curry. Back to the Tourism page .