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Do you want to know about the famous traditional food of KPK? Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is renowned for its unique culture, tourism, adventure trips, and superb foods. It is known as the home of amazing foods.

The most exceptional thing about KPK is its cuisine, which is largely based on meat dishes, including lamb, beef, chicken, fresh fish, rice, and some vegetables. Some dairy products (yogurt, whey, cheeses), various nuts, and dried fruits also accompany them.

Here are some famous salty dishes from the province:

Chapli kabab

Chapli kabab is a special dish of kebab prepared from beef or mutton meat. It is also called Peshawari kebab because this dish originated in this city. These kebabs are very spicy and tasty. The ingredients include flour, a wide range of spices, coriander leaves, chopped tomatoes, onions, mashed eggs, ginger, lemon juice, and meat.

Chopan Kabab

Chopan kababs are lamb chops that are grilled on coal. It makes with jijeq, pieces of fat from the sheep’s tail. And, the meat pre-marinates with raw papaya, ginger and garlic paste, ground chili, fennel, and yogurt. And rest for 8-10 hours. Then these chops are cooked in a tandoor oven (clay oven).

Londei

This dish is consisting of spiced lamb jerky cooked with rice.  It requires cutting lamb meat into strips and then it dries with salt. And rice is cooked separately and then mixed to make a perfect food fusion.

Kabli Pulao

Kabuli pulao is a mix of rice, lamb, dry fruits, and spices. Due to the back root from Kabul, called Kabuli pulao. It is cooked during special occasions since the cooking process has several steps.

Mantu

Mantu is another appetizing meat dish of KPK and is also included in Turkish cuisine, Afghan cuisine, and Chinese food. It consists of a spiced meat mixture of lamb or ground beef. The meat is covered in the dough wrapper. This meat dumpling is cooked on multilayer steam. The edges of the dough are tightly sealed so that the filling doesn’t come out while cooking.

Bolani

This dish is a flatbread stuffed with vegetable filling. The ingredients for the filling can include potatoes, lentils, pumpkin, chives, or leeks.

Namkeen Tikka

Namkeen Tikka, or Shinwari Tikka, is a classic tikka dish of KPK. It is a famous desi food and available in every region of Pakistan. It includes meat pieces with only salt margination. The cooking process involves searing meat pieces over charcoal. They are served with yogurt chutney and fresh salad.

Dum Pukht

Dum Pukht made of meat and vegetables such as whole potatoes, tomatoes, ginger, salt, and whole spices. It cooks over low flame, in air-tight pots. This unique cooking technique, make it very succulent and full of flavor.

Aushak

This dish is delicate dough, Afghan leeks, mint yogurt, and minced beef or lamb. The meat sauce is made with a blend of vegetables, finely diced onions, garlic cloves, salt, black pepper, paprika, coriander, and either tomato sauce or olive oil. The wrappers used to encase the filling are typically square or round.

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