When I was growing up, nihari was a special occasion meal at the mosque, where we ate it with naan or thickly sliced French bread. When I started cooking it for myself a decade ago, and eventually ...

Earlier Nihari recipe had myriad variations of spices due to which it was slow cooked over night and served the next morning on special occasions and festivals like Eid. Here is the special royal ...

Chicken Nihari is basically a stew dish made from succulent chicken pieces dipped into a spicy and fiery gravy made with a pool of aromatic spices, curd and slow cooked to the perfection. Next step is ...

Chote Mamu would call the naanbai (bread maker), providing him with the ingredients to craft the khamiri naan – the perfect companion to nihari in my opinion. Meanwhile, the women of the house ...