Feasting on pakoras, samosas and kachoris in Ramazan
RAWALPINDI: Throughout the month of Ramazan, demand for traditional fried food increases. The more popular items are vegetable, meat or chicken-filled kachori, onion, spinach and eggplant pakoras and somasas and rolls filled with chicken and potatoes. Piping hot jalebis are a favoured side with after iftar tea.
The small shops of Raja Bazaar, Purana Qila, Bhabara Bazaar, Saidpuri Gate and Kartarpura, which specialise in making desi fried food are especially busy during Ramazan. For most people, iftari is not complete without pakoras, samosas and kachoris. These fried foods are then chased down with lemon soda.
“In this hot weather, it is a blessing for women that pakoras, samosas and kachoris are being sold outside. They can concentrate on making other foods,” said Abdullah Chaudhry, a resident of Murree Road.
He said variants of the traditional fried foods were also available with most shops in Committee Chowk and Bhabara Bazaar also offering chicken and paneer pakoras as well.
A shop on College Road is famous for its samosas, and that the shop is busy from afternoon onwards during Ramazan, he said.