No festival is complete with food and Eid-Al-Adha is no different. From a variety of mutton dishes to sweets, there are preparations to tickle all the taste buds. The must have traditional recipes includes sheer khurma, shami kebab, awadhi biryani, qurma, seviyan kheer, kebabs, kaleji and much more.
“Eid is all about elaborative dishes. During Bakra eid we have mutton in abundance, so most of the items prepared use mutton as its ingredient. It’s believed that one must use all the parts of sacrificed animal/s. So, except for the blood and horns, we use all other parts. The skin is given to the butcher and one portion of the meat is given to the needy. From the remaining mutton, various delicacies are prepared. First item to be used is kaleji, so most of the household prepares kaleji as the first dish. The celebration continues for three days, and the meat is used accordingly. At my home, we make kaleji and have it with parantha, then we cook mutton chops for dinner. For mutton chop, meat is marinated with a paste made with papaya. Other food includes biryani, bihari kebabs, sheer khurma and more,” says chef Sadaf Huss