Comments on: Kallu Nihari

By: Amit Lohani

Amit Lohani — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:22:50 +0000

People who go to Shabrati ki Nihari should definately try his Butter Bheja.He take half a packet of butter ,heats it up in a pan and then put one bheja which in next to his Nihari Degh.He cracks open that shell and puts the bheja in the pan.The combination of Bheja & Butter is do dye for.Guys who har food freaks would fall in love with it.

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By: Rahi

Rahi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:38:40 +0000

For dishes like Nihari – Paya-Biryani-etc Visit
Bhindi Bazar area in Bombay.You will be surprised.
Just good reasonable food @ very humble place.

By: Arif

Arif — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:46:02 +0000

Ok I can say that I have had my share of nihari: In Houston sabri nihari was very good till they sold it.

B4 that sheikh chili’s nihari was the bomb till the old man quit & sold it. I dont like the watery kind of nihari. I was actually introduced to Nihari’s in Dubai. I had never even heard of it in Bombay.

Here lately I go to Shanai but the problem is they only make it once a week & I hate the old stuff so you never know when he actually makes it each time I call they never deny that it was not made the same day – So I take my chance sometime I am blessed with great nehari & at other times I want to throw it away coz i caught it at the tail end of the week old basi nehari. Hameed you told me about this kallu nehari lets go together to Delhi & have this authentic nehari & put our taste buds in 9th heaven – Kya bolta hai?

By: Hamid

Hamid — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:49:30 +0000

Does anyone know where good Nihari is available in Mumbai?

By: Yusuf

Yusuf — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:55:47 +0000

Haji Noora is one that i havent tasted yet but Kallu’s Nehari and Sarfaraz ki Nehari in the same locality are the ones that i have tried and defntly swear by it…I also disagree on adding butter to nehari as thats not the way its supposed to be eaten..

But my suggestion to all those people who really would like to try the real form of nehari, it has to be eaten at Subzi Bagh in Patna, Bihar…u once try that and i guarantee you that you will go back again for the experience…..

Thou Now next on my agenda is goin down to Haji Noora as i have heard the best reviews of the one served there.

For all those people who would like to trip on Nehari at Dawn, try visting Hazrat Nizzamuddin thou the flavor has no comparisons with the ones that are being discussed but its defntly worth a try for breakfast.

By: Saurabh Shahi

Saurabh Shahi — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:23:32 +0000

Dear Himanshu,

Kallu’s Nihari is certainly one of the best I have ever eaten. This year, I ate some of them in Iran too, in restaurants run by Pakistani breathrens. But I still believe Hazrat Nizamuddin’s Monis Qada Nihari is the best that is available here. Try that too once. I am sure, you’ll like it. And yes, this one also serves in the evening. What more, they also serve Chote ka Bheja–a must with Nihari.

By: mary-anne (shanti)

mary-anne (shanti) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:46:00 +0000

There is a place outside Delhi and I don’t recall the name where veg food is prepared simply and served as you sit on the floor. There are exhibits like a cow hooked up to a stone grander, and other things. It was wonderful-wish I could remember the name, but it has been 10 years. I was the only non-Indian and went with friends so I don’t think it is a tourist spot.

By: Anjum Siddiqui

Anjum Siddiqui — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:07:34 +0000

For all new to the mystique called Nehari. Especially those who think it is bad for the digestion. Actually, all mughlai foods if taken as regularly as we breathe are very deadly for the stomach, liver and other neighborhood organs. For the simple reason that they are extremely spicy and heavy with animal fat. But then if we make a pilot dress like a mine worker, he will not learn to dig but lose his own identity. There so Mughlai food is meant to be that way as thats its heavenly flavour. So the best to do is to have it once a week or fortnightly for those who really relish it. And have a feerni or cold sweet dish follow it close on its heels.

By: Soumya

Soumya — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:14:25 +0000

@Hemanshu

Came to this thread after a while, so was going through some of the earlier comments on this thread, regarding ordering nihari with butter..

Somehow I always have been a bit curious everytime I see you ordering nihari with butter or desi ghee. On our last trip to haji noora’s, I tasted the nihari both with and without the extra dollop of butter/ghee, and seemed to prefer the one without butter. Doesn’t adding butter or ghee mellow down the flavor of meat and spices? What’s your take on this?

Somehow the extra butter reminds me of a typical Punjabi tadka on dal makhani or butter chicken!