Nihari

Nihari is a stew from North India consisting of slow-cooked meat, mainly shank meat of beef or lamb and mutton, goat meat and chicken, along with bone marrow.  It is flavored with long pepper (pippali), a relative of black pepper. Medically, Nihari is also used as a home remedy for fever, rhinorrhea and the common cold. Nihari is a traditional dish of Muslims of Delhi, Bhopal and Lucknow. After the partition of India and creation of Pakistan in 1947, many Urdu speaking Muslims from northern India migrated to Karachi and established restaurants. In Karachi, Nihari became a roaring success and soon was found all over Pakistan. Now Nihari is available in Pakistani restaurants around the world. A particular favorite is nalli nihari, which is made with marrow added to nihari, and makes the stew very rich. In some restaurants, a few kilos from each day's leftover Nihari is added to the next day's pot. This re-used portion of Nihari is called taar and is believed to provide the unique flavour. Some Nihari outlets in old Delhi boast of an unbroken taar going back more than a century.

 Name origin 
Nihari comes from the Arabic nahaar (), meaning "morning". It was originally eaten by Nawabs in the Mughal Empire as a breakfast item after their Islamic morning prayer of Fajr.
References

Category:Indian food
Category:Pakistani food