Karachi Family Invite Me For Dinner 🇵🇰

I was invited for dinner by Zulfi, the friendly Karachi theatre actor that I met the previous day. He hosted a meal in my honour at his family home.

Zulfi invited many of his close family members, including his friendly cousin Mubarak, who loves to meet foreigners. I was told that he would often visit Karachi's Jinnah airport just to see foreigners. Tourism is a fairly new thing in Pakistan, so many Pakistanis haven't seen foreigners roaming around in their country before.

Zulfi prepared a huge selection of local Karachi food that he wanted me to try. Some were bought from outside and some were made in his home.

For starters we had:

Chicken Malai Boti - Chicken covered in a delicious thick cream.
Shakarkandi - Sweet potatoes, seasoned with masala.
Finger Fish - Crispy, fried fish.

All were extremely flavoursome, my favourite being the Malai Boti. It was so soft and creamy and delicious.

The Karachi cuisine that we had for mains:

Beef Nihari: A savoury and spicy beef stew with tender chunks of meat.
Beef Pulao: A beef and rice dish.
Beef Malai Boti: Beef covered in a delicious thick cream.
Reshmi Kabab: Kebabs made from minced chicken, cream and cashew nuts.
Kheema Karela: Bitter gourds stuffed with minced beef.

I believe I've tried Reshmi Kabab before. I think that's what the chicken kebab was at Qureshi Kebab in Delhi, that I ate in a previous video. It was so extremely soft, creamy and flavourful.

The Kheema Karela was a completely new dish to me. I've tried chicken and mutton kheema (minced meat) before but not the beef version, and never stuffed inside a karela (bitter gourd).

That Kheema Karela was my favourite. I love to try food that I've never ate before. It's like giving your taste buds a big surprised, as you don't know what to expect until the food hits your tongue.

For dessert we had Carrot Halwa, a sweet made from carrots that I thought tasted like a carrot cake. I love carrot cake so I loved the carrot halwa. There were almonds and pistachios mixed in with it so it was a sweet and nutty taste with a combination of soft and crumbly textures. Delicious.

I've met so many friendly people in Karachi. It's such a wonderful feeling to be a guest in this city. For someone to go to so much effort for someone they had only just met shows real generosity and kindness.

Not only did they treat me to a meal fit for a king but I was gifted a traditional shawl and an English language version of their holy book.

And as if all that incredibly hospitality wasn't enough, they drove me back to my guest house, 1 and a half hours drive away, stopping halfway to treat me to chai.

Simply incredible.

0:00 Family Meal
08:55 Starters
09:40 Chicken Malai Boti
10:11 Shakarkandi
10:47 Finger Fish
12:12 Sweet Lassi
20:08 Traditional Shawl Gift
20:34 Main Dishes
23:04 Beef Nihari
24:36 Beef Pulao
25:01 Reshmi Kabab
26:21 Beef Malai Boti
29:03 Holy Book
30:22 Kheema Karela
34:26 Kasturi Milk
35:47 Chai Shop

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