- All right, check it out guys.
It's Trevor James.
We just made our way into Karachi for Ramadan.
The street energy here is off the hook.
And today we're goin' for a full-on
Ramadan street food adventure.
Let's check it out.
In this video, we're bringin' you in
direct to Karachi for two nights,
just to show you how the locals eat
during Ramadan in Pakistan.
And for the first night, we're picking up
some insane street foods and breaking the fast
with our friends Shiroz and Eliza in a local restaurant.
And for the second night, which you're definitely
gonna wanna see, they're bringing us to a local spot
where hundreds of people break the fast
right under a bridge in Karachi.
Let's eat.
And look what we just found here, guys.
(speaking foreign language)
- (speaking foreign language)
- Chicken chargha?
Oh wow, look at this guys.
So we've got these little chicken,
putting into this rich oil here.
And you can actually smell the masala in that oil.
And we've got all these chicken, here,
covered in rich masala.
Tasty.
Chicken chargha.
- Chicken chargha.
- Chicken chargha, whoa.
So we're gonna pick up a buncha' snacks today.
And then go break the fast with all the locals for Iftar.
It's gonna be a lot of fun.
Wow.
(speaking foreign language) can I have
ek chicken chargha, please?
Ek, ek.
Ek, one please.
Yes, please.
To go.
Oh, and we're just gonna get one right here.
Look at that.
It goes right in the oil.
That is potent.
Oh, yeah, look at that.
Right in the oil.
And the oil is red from all the masala
that's been soaked into it.
And we're gonna bring that to break the fast
with all the locals for Iftar.
Oh, yeah.
Look at that whole chicken.
Wow.
And it's just gonna go right over there,
and we're gonna cover it,
and even more chaat masala.
Chaat masala.
Burns Road chicken chargha.
Oh, wow.
This is great.
It's good.
- It is spicy and yummy.
- Spicy, oh.
And a little lemon.
- Ah, lemon.
- (speaking foreign language)
- Oh, (speaking foreign language).
Thank you, bye.
There we are, guys.
Thank you.
The chicken chargha.
Thank you.
Pakistani chicken chargha.
Okay, guys, we got one chicken chargha,
and we are on the busiest street, here in Karachi.
Lookin' for food.
We're gonna pick up lots more.
We're gonna cross the street and see what else there is.
This is absolutely magical here, in Karachi.
And it is so good to be here for Ramadan.
I've long dreamed of seeing what food there is,
and you can already see there's tons of unique stuff
on the streets.
Let's keep goin'.
Oh, and we got more food here.
(speaking foreign language)
Wow.
(speaking foreign language)
Dahi wada?
Oh, sweet.
Very sweet dahi wada.
And look at that, guys, that's the dahi wada.
Oh, you can see the yogurt and the wheat puffs in there.
This is a famous street food all across Pakistan.
But here, for Ramadan, you can see
it's just brought to the next level.
Oh, it's so thick.
And we're gonna get a bag of that to go.
And it's served with these little crispies here.
Oh ho!
Tasty.
Oh, wow.
It's so thick.
Can I get ek, please?
Ek dahi wada.
(men speaking foreign language)
Ninety, okay.
Okay.
We're gonna get one.
Okay.
No money?
- No money.
I give to you.
- Really? - Yah.
- Oh, no. - My brother.
- I feel guilty.
Thank you, bye.
Whoa, I can't believe that guy's dahi wada.
Thank you, bye.
Thank you very much.
Wow, people are just amazing here.
And we're gonna keep goin' and get more food.
Thank you, bye.
And it's just crazy.
It's just crazy here, guys.
Look at the streets.
All full of street food.
So much action here.
Everyone's pickin' up the snacks to go,
and we're gonna go see what else there is.
This is unreal.
This is like a street food dream.
There's thousands of stalls here in Karachi.
Oh, and look at this guys.
We've got the fresh preparation.
(speaking foreign language)
Wow.
(speaking foreign language)
- (speaking foreign language)
- Oh, pakora.
- Pakora, piaz pakora, palak pakora.
- [Trevor] Piaz pakora.
- [Man] Spinach pakora.
- Oh, so we got the piaz pakora,
which is the onion, and then palak pakora,
which is the spinach pakora.
This is unreal.
Spicy.
- Spicy.
- Oh.
This is amazing, guys.
And you can see we've just got a full row
of fried goods here.
Samosa?
- Samosa, aloo samosa.
- Samosa?
- Aloo samosa.
- Aloo?
- This wonton.
- Wonton.
- Wonton, chicken, chicken.
- Chicken wonton.
- Chicken samosa.
And then spring roll.
- Chicken roll.
- Spicy devil roll.
- Okay, (speaking foreign language),
can I get two samosa?
Two samosa.
And some piaz pakora, please.
Oh, yeah.
We're gonna get the piaz pakora and the chicken samosa.
Three chicken samosa.
- Three chicken samosa?
- Yes, please.
Thank you, bye.
It's just nonstop.
Thank you.
Oh, and gulab jamun.
Oh, and there's gulab jamun in the back.
- Gulab jamun, famous gulab jamun.
- Famous?
- Famous.
- Oh, and jalebi.
Oh, we gotta go take a look in the back.
(speaking foreign language)
Oh, gulab jamun?
Look at this, guys.
We've got these monster gulab jamun here.
On Burns Road.
Hot, very hot.
Oh yeah, you can see it's still steaming.
So these are the syrup-soaked dough balls with saffron.
Unreal.
And we're making jalebi right over here.
Let's go take a look.
So, you can see here, guys, we've got the jalebi being made.
Right in the oil.
And those are gonna be soaked in a super sweet syrup.
This is next level, amazing street food selection, here.
Let's get some gulab jamun over there.
My absolute favorite dessert of all time, in the back.
No money?
- No money, no money.
- No money?
- No money.
- Oh, please, please.
- Nay, nay, nay, no money, gulab jamun.
- Wow.
- Pakistani love person.
Pakistani love person. - Pakistani is so friendly.
Thank you, bye.
This is unreal.
Oh, gulab jamun.
Wow.
Okay, thank you.
Pay, money?
No money.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you, bye.
Thank you so much.
This is just amazing, guys.
We got our snacks.
We're gonna go meet our buddies Shiroz and Eleza
to break the fast.
It's unreal.
It's so good to be here.
And let's go see how the locals break the fast.
Okay, so this is a two-part fast-breaking series.
This is the first fast we're gonna break.
And then tomorrow night, we're gonna do another one.
Oh wow.
- [Shiroz] And here we've got dahi wada.
- [Trevor] And this is that dahi wada.
The wheat puffs.
Oh, and look how thick that yogurt is.
Oh, this is a feast.
- [Shiroz] It's gonna overflow.
- Yeah.
That's amazing.
Oh, and this is the crispy, the cracker.
What do you call this?
- [Shiroz] It's called paprik.
- [Trevor] Paprik.
- Paprik, yeah.
- Paprik.
- Yeah.
- [Trevor] And we're just gonna top that
with local masala.
- [Shiroz] Yeah.
- [Trevor] Awesome.
Dahi wada.
Wow, and that's full of, you can see, chili flake.
And there's the chicken.
- [Shiroz] It's called chargha.
- [Trevor] So this is the chargha?
- [Shiroz] Yeah, it's deep-fried whole chicken,
which is marinated in the masala before they fry it.
- [Trevor] And we can just cover it in that lime.
Beautiful, look at that.
Deep-fried whole chicken.
(chuckles)
This is unreal.
Look at that chicken there.
And can we dip it in the raita?
- [Shiroz] Yeah, that's what you should do.
- [Trevor] That's what you should do.
Oh yeah.
I'm just gonna take it, here.
- Cheers.
(Trevor laughing)
- Mmm.
Mmm, oh, it's all about the masala.
And the lime.
- It's really infused in the chicken.
- [Trevor] You like that?
- [Shiroz] It's really good.
- Mmm.
And next we can try the dahi wada.
This looks great.
Mmm.
Oh, it's a sweet yogurt.
- That mix of sweet and savory.
- [Trevor] With the masala.
- [Shiroz] Oh, wow.
- It's a sweet masala-packed yogurt.
And after trying each of the snacks,
especially the delicious and super-plump,
syrup-infused gulab jumans, we made our way back home,
and went out again the next evening
for the ultimate local fast-breaking experience.
Right under a bridge.
And this is it, guys.
Whoa.
Right across here, Shiroz, you were saying,
this is where all the locals are gonna break the fast,
under the bridge, right?
- Yeah.
- With biryani.
- Yeah, there are gonna be hundreds of people here.
- [Trevor] Wow.
This is incredible.
(horn honking)
- Oh, that was close. - And they've got
all the decks right up here.
- Yeah.
So they're gonna, they have pots,
huge pots of biryani, which they're gonna scoop out,
with probably like a big, plastic plate,
onto like big metal plates.
- This is cool.
- Which will be shared by groups of three or four people.
We have about 15 minutes to the start.
- Perfect.
- [Shiroz] So, I think this is a good time.
- Oh, and here it is.
(speaking foreign language)
- (speaking foreign language)
- How are you?
- I am good, how are you?
- We're so happy to be here.
Wow, and you've got a lot of biryani.
- Yeah, lot of biryani.
- For Ramadan.
- Chicken biryani?
- Yeah, chicken.
- Yeah, amazing.
And these are all the decks here.
(man speaking foreign language)
Oh, and we're gonna go take a look inside.
- [Shiroz] Yeah.
- Okay, let's do it.
Oh, it's gonna start now, right?
- There go, yeah, there go the first few lids.
- Oh!
Look at this, guys.
It's pure action.
Oh, wow.
And that looks like it's potent.
So many spices in there.
(Shiroz's voice drowned out by vehicle engine)
Oh, wow.
This is crazy.
Oh, yes.
Wow, this is so cool.
And you can see there's dates as well.
They're scooping the dates, and then all of the locals
are just sitting down, anticipating that first bite.
- [Shiroz] Yeah, it's basically gonna get stormed
in the next 10 minutes.
- [Trevor] Wow.
(dish clatters)
(people shouting indistinctly)
- [Shiroz] Well, they're already down one pot.
- Yeah.
And we're just gonna scoop all of those out.
And get all the locals out there.
(people shouting indistinctly)
Look at the color in that biryani.
- And if you look, the pulao has chickpeas in it.
- Oh.
- [Shiroz] Yes.
- [Trevor] And you can actually see all the spices as well.
The cumin and the fennel.
- And the tomatoes, you can see,
you can see specks of tomatoes all in the pulao, too.
- This is so crazy.
Unbelievable.
- Look at that.
Look at the way he's taking it.
Look at his stack there. - Whoa!
And this is all for charity?
- It's all for charity.
- So it's for--
- It's a family that's already in the catering business,
and they're out here in Ramadan, doing this
as part of charity.
- Just for the love.
- Just for the love, yeah.
- Beautiful.
And you can see, all the locals here
are just waiting to break the fast.
Thank you, bye.
Okay, that should be good, right?
- Yup.
- So we're just gonna follow and pass this out.
(horns honking)
Okay.
One for each.
Okay.
(people speaking foreign language)
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
Okay.
Thank you.
Here we go.
Thank you.
Wow.
Okay, thank you, bye.
Thank you.
This is so amazing to see.
Look at everybody here, just waiting to break the fast.
Really amazing.
Look at that.
Oh ho!
This is amazing.
Oh, thank you.
Wow.
So now we just wait--
- For the Azan, for the call to prayer.
- And then we can eat that biryani, the pulao?
- Yes, yes.
- Awesome.
And that just looks so colorful.
Look, you can see the chicken, the chickpeas,
the chili, the potato.
- [Shiroz] The tomatoes.
- The tomatoes, yeah.
Looks amazing.
And this is just such a unique experience
to see how it's done here.
- Would it be like another, we must be around
four, 500 people right now? - Yeah.
It's amazing.
And this is it, you can hear it from the mosque back there.
(voices chanting faintly)
So once this is over--
- [Shiroz] No, we can start now.
- [Trevor] We can start now?
- Yeah, yup.
- Oh, yeah. - Look around.
- Everyone's started.
So what should we do first?
Just start with the dates?
- Let's go with the dates first.
- Okay.
Oh, wow.
Oh, those are sweet.
It's like honey.
And there it is.
Look at that basmati rice, how fluffy it is.
And how its just standing up,
because it's been steamed so perfectly.
And you can just see all those spices in there,
and we're hungry, so let's just go in.
- [Shiroz] We're starving.
- [Trevor] Okay, let's go in.
- [Shiroz] After 18, 16 hours of no food.
- [Trevor] Yeah.
- [Shiroz] Just dig in.
- Oh yeah.
(vehicle engines humming)
There it is.
Let's try that out.
Mmm.
Oh, wow.
It's so fluffy.
- Wow, that's actually, that's really good.
- That is some of the fluffiest basmati rice
I've ever tasted.
- [Shiroz] It's really good.
- Would you say that's a better one?
Better than normal? - Definitely, definitely.
- It's lightly spiced.
You can taste a bit of cumin.
Maybe a bit of coriander seed.
- Yes.
- And the best part is the fluffiness.
- And there's one more thing.
I'm not sure what this is called in English.
- It may be a bay leaf.
- [Shiroz] Is this?
- Bay leaf, yeah.
Mmm.
Oh, yeah.
And look at, out on the bus, they're throwing drinks
to the people on the bus, there.
They're throwing them that juice.
Yeah.
(people cheering and shouting)
(Trevor chuckles)
Amazing.
Yeah, they're just throwing those drinks.
(Trevor laughs)
So cool.
So they're, they must be going home,
and they must be thirsty on the way.
- [Shiroz] Yes, yes.
(car horns honking)
They're helping them open their fast.
- Yeah, thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you, that was amazing.
Really good.
That was truly an amazing experience, guys.
Wanna give a huge thank you to Shiroz and Eliza
for taking us around.
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