Sunday, October 13, 2019

Chilly mornings bring roaring business for‘halwa puri’ shops

Islamabad:With a fall in temperature, demand of most favourite traditional ‘halwa puri’ has increased manifold and shops all around the country including twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi were seen crowded especially on weekends.Winter brings many flavours with it ,men, women and youngsters visiting these shops to hit the cold with soft puffy ‘puri’ with soft silky texture ‘sooji halwa’ and ‘aloo bhaji’ which is favourite dish of everyone but it becomes more popular in the winter season.According to sellers, with cold mornings, apart from other winter special food sales, the demand of traditional breakfast on rise. A customer Ali Iftikhar said, ‘puri’ and ‘channay’ are considered a full meal and had for lunch and dinner in several parts of Pakistan.However, Punjabis have the unique distinction of promoting this dish to a breakfast favourite. “Winter weekends cannot be completed unless they welcome relatives and friends in our guest rooms and present them special breakfast of ‘halwa puri’,” said a resident of Lahore, while buying ‘halwa puri’ for his family.“With the start of winter season many sweet shops are making various ‘halwas’ and a few have become popular for their special breakfasts among residents,” said Saud Javed. “Our most sold items throughout winter are traditional ‘halwa’,” said a shopkeeper.“During the winters, demand for other sweet items declines as compared to these specialties,” he added. "I am health conscious but in winter mornings it becomes difficult for me to avoid having hot ‘halwas’ with crispy ‘puris’ another customer Ahmad Mukhtar said.“It is routine for me to take special breakfast of ‘halwa puri’ home at least two times a week,” said Qasim Malik. Zain Irsalan said that oily ‘halwas’ are not harmful for children as it keeps them warm during winters.‘puris’, a staple bread-substitute for foodies across the Punjab cities, are made from fine wheat flour and rich ghee. Seller said that the recipe of the ‘channay’ was a business secret which never make like the same taste at home like the way shopkeepers cooked.“We use only white chickpeas and fewer spices,” he said adding pickles and additional spices can be added at the customer’s request. A online retailer said, many restaurants and homemade food delivery orders are offering special breakfast to citizens during the winter season which makes their routine life easy.

from The News International - Lahore https://ift.tt/2OQLlbk

Related Posts:

  • CTP chalks out traffic plan for MBS visitRawalpindi : The City Traffic Police Rawalpindi has chalked out special traffic plan which would remain enforced on February 17 and 18 in connection with the arrival of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) to Pakistan… Read More
  • ‘Action against NGOs a bid to silence voices for rights’LAHORE : An NGO has condemned the cancellation of registration of 42 non-government organisations (NGOs) by the federal government.In a statement issued on Saturday, it stated most of the NGOs affected by this decision were w… Read More
  • 998 held, looted items recoveredIslamabad police have arrested 998 outlaws during last 30 days and recovered looted items more than Rs75.6 million including 38 cars and 27 bikes from them, a police spokesman said.Following directions of Inspector General of… Read More
  • Siraj flays proposed ban on social mediaLAHORE : Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has condemned the proposed ban on social media, saying the PTI government wants to deprive the people of freedom of expression.Devising a code of ethics to deal with criminal… Read More
  • Man guns down sister, niece over propertyLAHORE : A 50-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter were shot dead in Factory Area on Saturday over a property issue.The victims were identified as Nasreen, wife of Hafeez of Ghazia Road and her daughter Bisma. Hafeez’s… Read More

0 comments:

Post a Comment