Pakistanis getting to know our Indian Muslim members

[masterchief_mirza]

If you are ever in Birmingham - there is a place on Allum Rock Road - Mushtaqs. Top chapli Kebabs - @masterchief_mirza ever been their sir?

I'll have to check it out next time I'm in the area of "brumistan"!

Plenty of good apna food in Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester, loads of northern areas, and parts of greater London. Central London is all hipster fusion nonsense these days.

The best Samosa chaat I ever had was in Pollockshields Glasgow!

 

[padamchen]

I'll have to check it out next time I'm in the area of "brumistan"!

Plenty of good apna food in Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester, loads of northern areas, and parts of greater London. Central London is all hipster fusion nonsense these days.

The best Samosa chaat I ever had was in Pollockshields Glasgow!

I love samosa chaat too.

Cheers, Doc

 

[masterchief_mirza]

I love samosa chaat too.

Cheers, Doc

Samosa chaat is a dish the whole subcontinent understands.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

I'll have to check it out next time I'm in the area of "brumistan"!

Plenty of good apna food in Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester, loads of northern areas, and parts of greater London. Central London is all hipster fusion nonsense these days.

The best Samosa chaat I ever had was in Pollockshields Glasgow!

I once went to a great Lebanese restaurant in London called 'Taza.' Very good food there.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

I once went to a great Lebanese restaurant in London called 'Taza.' Very good food there.

"Beirut Express" is my favourite.

I think it's in the same area as Taza. Not sure though.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

"Beirut Express" is my favourite.

I think it's in the same area as Taza. Not sure though.

I went to a Morrocan place recently, had their Tagine, was phenomenal. It is cooked in a clay covered dish slowly. Meat becomes very soft.

I mostly eat Pakistani food at home or in functions, and eat Arabic, Turkish food from outside.

 

[AfrazulMandal]

If you are ever in Birmingham - there is a place on Allum Rock Road - Mushtaqs. Top chapli Kebabs - @masterchief_mirza ever been their sir?

Next time will make sure to be there.

 

[Musings]

I'll have to check it out next time I'm in the area of "brumistan"!

Plenty of good apna food in Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester, loads of northern areas, and parts of greater London. Central London is all hipster fusion nonsense these days.

The best Samosa chaat I ever had was in Pollockshields Glasgow!

If you are ever in the proximity - visit the sweet centre Lumb lane Bradford - one of the oldest restaurants in the UK - samosa chaat to die for!

 

[masterchief_mirza]

I went to a Morrocan place recently, had their Tagine, was phenomenal. It is cooked in a clay covered dish slowly. Meat becomes very soft.

I mostly eat Pakistani food at home or in functions, and eat Arabic, Turkish food from outside.

Dunno how we got onto food...but Adana Yogurtlu Turkish kebab is one of the best things I ever did eat in my life. I'd eat it daily if possible.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

If you guys are ever in NYC, be sure to visit Little Pakistan at Muhammad Ali Jinnah Way in Coney Island. It is the last major Pakistani area left in the city.

You can pray in Makki Masjid. Get some sweets at Gourmet next door. Get a haircut from Pakistani barbers. Visit some fine Pakistani restaurants for dinner. Bring some quality meat home from butcher shops in the area.

It is a representation of the vanishing culture of the Pakistani community of NY from the 90s.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Dunno how we got onto food...but Adana Yogurtlu Turkish kebab is one of the best things I ever did eat in my life. I'd eat it daily if possible.

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It is a thread about Pakistanis and Indian Muslims, food is the most common thing which we share and love.

Try Sigara Böreği as an appetizer next time, so good.

For Arabic light food, Za'atar bread.

Once I ran into a Kurdish Syrian brother who was making roti in his shop with an upside down frying pan (as Pakistanis do.)

He said it is a traditional food in Syria. I was shocked and it tasted exactly like roti back home.

Turkish and Arabic food is remarkably similar to ours.

They even make Tandoori Chicken just like us.

 

[peagle]

So after having been on this forum for a while, I have noticed that many Indian Muslims share commonalities with Pakistanis in their views about the Indian state (Congress/RSS) and generally about the world at large.

I wanted to create a light-hearted thread where Pakistanis and Indian Muslims can discuss and learn from each other in an environment free of the usual trolling.

So to get it started, i wanted to ask our Indian Muslim members some simple questions.

Why did you join PDF?

What did/do you hope to learn from Pakistanis?

How has your experience been on this forum?

Was there anything interesting you learned from PDF?

@xeuss @jamahir @Mad Scientist 2.0 @The_Showstopper @HalfMoon

Good one bro, well done!

Welcome to all my Muslim brothers and sisters, looking forward to learning more from you guys.

 

[Musings]

Dunno how we got onto food...but Adana Yogurtlu Turkish kebab is one of the best things I ever did eat in my life. I'd eat it daily if possible.

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Im a Kashmiri Butt - my life revolves round food

 

[peagle]

Thank you. This seems to be an extension of the introductions secton.



I was a reader before becoming a member. PDF was quite eclectic. Members from all over the world. @pak-marine's post about socialist activism in Pakistan, Muslims talking against right-wing extremism, @vsdoc's ( @padamchen's ) posts about Zoroastrianism and Iran generally, @ajtr's posts ( an Indian Hindu woman married to a Pakistani Muslim ), scientific and technological posts etc etc.



Cultural and political exchanges.

I don't know if it fits here but seems some Pakistanis didn't know that "saalan" is a common word in Indian culinary culture.



Wonderful. I believe PDF is an online extension of peace initiatives like Aman Ki Asha. Other than this I have gotten to know people from much of the world and their worldview.



Other than the above I found that I shared quite a few things with other members including things like music and films.

"Saalan" I believe is mainly used in Punjabi based cultures, here, some Urdu and Hindi speakers may also be familiar with it, but most others would not be familiar with that word.

Most of my Indian friends here are not, so much so that I've stopped using it outside of my Pakistani circle of friends.

 

[Sharma Ji]

"Saalan" I believe is mainly used in Punjabi based cultures, here, some Urdu and Hindi speakers may also be familiar with it, but most others would not be familiar with that word.

Most of my Indian friends here are not, so much so that I've stopped using it outside of my Pakistani circle of friends.

Mirchi ka salan, often paired with a good biriyani as a gravy. The mirchi/pepper traditionally used is the big fat not very hot one but sometimes they cheat and will just throw in a small hari mirch (hot as hell)

it's good just with plain rice too.