Best Daal Chawal places in Karachi

Top Street daal chawal Places 

Daal chawal is a dish which no desi foodie can say no,  the most nutritious and economical food in Karachi, specially office workers in lunch like to eat daal chawal, a handful of lentils and a few spices, mostly home we all love homemade daal chawal made by Mons, but here in Karachi Daal chawal is a very popular street food, every other street one can easily spot a place selling Okhai memon daal chawal, Okhai Memon daal cocked with blend of four different pulses, lauki (Bottle Gourd) and served with pickle (Achaar), here are some top places selling  best daal chawal in Karachi Bhadurabad, most places are road side stalls, Hawkers and small startups selling  tasty daal Chawal in Karachi.

Daal Chawal at Bhadurabad Charminar chowranigi 

Daal Chawal at Bhadurabad Charminar chowranigi : The place is right opposite to dhaka sweets selling tempting Daal chawal, flavor of daal is perfectly delicious and worth a visit for a Daal chawal fan

Okhai Memon Daal chawal at Alamgir chowk 

This street vendor is near Zameer Ansari, they serve daal chawal with Shami kabab, crispy paapdi (cracker) and also with Channy ki tarkari , their daal chawal almost get the look of Daal chawal Chaat with addition of pickle (achar) and sauce (chaatni) 

  Indian Kitchen near Balouch flyover

A place for people looking to eat tasty daal chawal in a hygienically well maintain place, Casual clean dinning place for those who don’t want to eat at road side places, Indian kitchen serving daal Chawal platter having Shaami kabab, authentic Achaar (Pickle) and separate Daal in a small bowl. Exact location is if you are going balouch flyover from nursery side just before flyover on left hand side this place is located.

Data Shahi and Bismillaha Okhai Memon Daal Chawal 

Two different Daal chawal vendors right next to each other but both having different and unique taste, Bismillah Daal chawal is serving their daal chawal with Haleem which is quite unique on the other hand Data Shahi Daal chawal serving it with delicious tasty daal, interestingly both vendors claimed to be oldest places here to sell Daal chawal

Location :  Khushal road right opposite street of dolmen centre and near to auto A.C market at Tariq road 

Data Daal Chawal

Daal chawal with Haleem

                                 Daal Chawal at Kurta Gaali

The search of best Daal Chawal in Karachi receives a high answer here, the vendor at Kurta gaali is serving top of the mark Daal Chawal in taste  A unique and different crispy in paapdi (cracker) adding green sauce (chatni) and pickle (Achar), The Combo of Paapdi (crackers), Gajjar ka achar (carrot pickle) and Haari Chattni  (Green sauce) makes it stand out in taste the only drawback this  place has that there is no seating arrangements, either stand and eat or eat in the car, but certainly a top place for a Daal chawal lovers, should be tried.

Location :  From liberty signal go towards Kurta gaali. At very last in a row there is Four Star building, right under four star building this daal chawal vendor is, interestingly it has no name on stall 

Billy’s at Bhadurabad near Tosso

Billy’s Daal Chawal is a street Stall but extremely focus to maintain high standard with taste and hygiene, Daal is made with four different pulses having looki in it with thick texture, pickle is also unique blend of mango and Garlic pulp, Daal chawal is served with Aloo (potato) cutlet, serving was in neat and clean steel platters, their rates are bit high Rs. 150 a plate, comparing the quality and taste its worth to try.

Location : Bhadurabad Char minar chowrangi near Tosso Restaurant

Daal Rice at Boat Basin

Daal rice is serving yummy Daal Chawal thaali containing seprate Daal in a small bowl with well garnished perfectly cooked rice, Daal spreading aroma of gram masala (spice) flavor which made every bit deliciously tasty, thaali is served with Shami kabab, onion ring salad, green chillies and you can also add on namkeen Lassi which is quite tempting for a daal chawal fan to try this place.

 Location: Boat Basin near subway next to meezan bank 

Garden Bistro an eatery with comfortable ambience and taste in Karachi

Garden Bistro

Garden Bistro a fresh entry in the list of Karachi Restaurant and rightly worth every penny and all the money you are going to pay for the food here. Garden Bistro is a pleasant modest place with lots of sun shining through if you visit for breakfast here, Team KFD tried some dishes from their menu and got amazed with the taste and quality offered here, they have very unique verity of dishes which can’t be found in every other restaurant in Karachi.

We Tried their Grilled chicken and Penne Pasta with garlic Basil cream sauce, the whole wheat Pasta having deep Garlic and basil flavor along with grilled chicken provided delight of creamy feel, Second dish we tried here was Chicken Sambal, it had brown rice and Grilled chicken piece having gravy of Sambal coconut curry on top, third item of the menu we tried was tiramisu French toast which had creamy filling inside, this was most liked item in breakfast at  Garden Bistro,  it was nicely baked, In dessert we had warm freshly baked Chocolate mousse it was light fluffy but was full of flavor burst in last tried Blueberry smoothie which had yummy soothing final punch on taste buds.

All the items were best but chicken sambal, Chocolate mousse and blueberry smoothie was star of the show, so do try and let us know how you felt.

It’s located at Khayaban e sehr, DHA phase 6.

Best Daal Makhni in Bahadurabad

Best  Daal Makhani  and Paneer Reshmi 

Sadabahar is dhaba restaurant in Bahdurabad but with real exquisite dishes, surprising with its amazing tasty food, not a fancy place just serving food at road side so can’t talk about ambience much but serving hygienic and affordable food  which really compensates for everything,  Quetta Sadabahar hotel has unexpected verity in their menu particularly daal Makhni, Chicken Qeema, Qeema Aloo, chicken palak, Reshmi karahi, & fried daal Maash,but Daal Makhni is a must try at Sadabahar,Their Paneer Reshmi is same like kolachi, served with crazy hot tandoori roti and one can double the taste of food with by their dhaba tea and kehwa.

The place is open late night so if you can’t find quality food at late night, we four people got total bill of 800 compare to the tasty dishes sold here could easily be charged double priced at a fancy restaurant  

Location: Opposite ideas(Gul ahmed) near char Minaar chorangi Bahadurabad

Authentic Pulao in Karachi

Try Pulao at Soldier Bazaar

Being a Foodie one can ask, where to find best pulao in Karachi, I came to know this place several years ago which I can say sells authentic Pulao in Karachi, if you are looking for a good tasty beef pulao, you should visit Mehboob Food Center at Soldier Bazar,  this place is got famous because of their signature pulao, which has all the perfect ingredients and blend of flavor,not too much dry and not much greasy, cocked with green masala not much spicy nor too dull, one can say without a doubt best yakhni paulo to have, can also try their side snacks with pulao, cutlets, Chicken shashlik stick, Shaami kabab, and much more

Mehboob food center is also famous for its Daal chawaal and Daal Ghost, their Manu has complete verity of pakistni dishes like Aloo Keema, Kaari Khichri, and Chicken Qorma but Pulao is stand out in Karachi, they have recently renovated the place, before it was very much casual and not much suited for family but now they made it more comfortable environment, Mehboob food center is located at soldier bazaar no. 2 Karachi south they area is bit overcrowded and busy.   

Gol Gappay at FB area

  Paani Puri near Ayesha Manzil

Want to eat Crispy Crunchy chili milli tasty paani pori here is the place near , Its also famous from Latif Bhai kay Gol Gappay, Mr Latif selling this mouthwatering spicy Paani puri from last 35 years the taste is unmatched quality with filling of Channa and different chuttny is awesome and paani the tasty water has a great Chily Imlee taste which will definitely surprise your chatkhara Taste buds.

Location : Block 11 Near Tahir vila Chowranig near Shadab Masjid and Opp to first step school

Fish to try at Lea Market Lyari

Qalandari Sea Food Centre in liyari 

A worth a visit fish place in lyari town, this is the place for specially people living here at old city area of Karachi or anyone who's big fan of to tryout Fish places , Qalandari Sea Food Centre in liyari town offering a wide range of Fish verity, their taste is worth trying, the place is selling fish here from last 30 years, a road side place having good taste We ordered dohtar, paplet, and fried prawns, it was balanced spicy, fresh and crispy and Prawns was really tasty.

Location: Lea Market, Napier Road opposite to Rangers Choki

Famous Biryani near Mobile market Saddar

Thaal Biryani 

The Biryani Craze in Karachi's people started from Saddar,Student Biryani became a famous name starting selling biryani from Saddar, friday (Jummah) is official day for people in Karachi to eat Biryani and here is one more super hit biryani place to try, Address is Mobile Market on front side of Bambino cinema Saddar.

This is Called Thaal Biryani, this biryani vendor is so famous that he easily sells around 10 deghs of Biryani in just few hours, the place has no proper seating arrangements just stand in a queue and get your Biryani token and then get you Biryani Thaal which is sold single in Rs 150 and double Rs. 300, This a pure street food just for a tasty biryani lover, only a true biryani fan can compromise the zero ambiance and eating biryani on road side. This place only sell on Friday yes only once in a week, other then Friday you will not find this biryani vendor