🇵🇰 Pakistan recipe
Karahi
Karahi is Pakistan's most popular restaurant dish, named after the round-bottomed wok in which it is cooked. The Lahori and Peshawari versions are most celebrated, each featuring meat cooked at blazing high heat with tomatoes, green chilies, and freshly ground spices. What sets karahi apart is its simplicity — no onion gravy base, no elaborate preparation — just pure, intense flavor achieved through aggressive heat and quality ingredients.
Prep15 mins
Cook30-45 mins
Serves4
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 750g bone-in chicken or mutton, cut into medium pieces
- 4 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee
- 1 tablespoon ginger, julienned (plus extra for garnish)
- 1 tablespoon garlic, finely chopped
- 4 green chilies, slit lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, roughly crushed
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- 0.5 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 0.5 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- Fresh coriander leaves for garnish
- 1 tablespoon butter for finishing
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 28 g
