For those who were raised in Pakistan, share some of the food that you used to buy from hawkers outside your school ..
I remember Kataary, falsay, qulfi and gola ganda in summer and KaKree, gajak and moong phali in winter …
name more ..
damn Nostaligia 
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When I went to India with my father, I was adamant that I wanted to eat at a theyla or some sort of dhaaba - half the experience is eating at these places. He refused :hinna:
He siad it wasn’t hygienic and that I’d end up sick. I wanted to eat gol guppay - he made me go to a restaurant to eat it 
Edit: though we did go to a genuine roadside dhaaba that served hari matar ki chaat and aloo tikkis in those litte leave bowls/katoris 
(what was the urdu name once again?)
You have to show him ‘No reservations’ with Anthony Bourdain and ‘Bizarre Foods’ with Andrew Zimmern and the kind of food they eat all over the world. He will gladly let you eat off thailaa’s next time 
Shakar Qandi
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Makiye(?) and bhuttas with lemon and chilli peppers as well as corn soup with slims crushed in.
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Oh yes, Bhuttay were awesome ... cheap and quite filling .. perfect lunch food for students on a tight budget.
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1 rupay ka cholay wala bun. Ironically i have no idea how this hawker looked like. During recess (the school gates would remain closed) you would have a herd of kids getting on their knees next to one of the the school gate and passing 1 rupee notes outside from under the gate (there was a 4-5 inch clearance) and hey presto 10 seconds later the hand would return with a chola bun instead. As delicious as it was unhygenic. This is from classes 3 - 6.
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cholay wala bun .. never heard of that but sounds delish
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Its basically a bun with choloN ka salan (and a fly or two) inside it.
Other germ infested treats for my tummy during school years: channa chaat, mirchi walay chanay, mirchi aloo, pani puri, kachoree, meethi poori, bhel poori, patties, samosay, kulfi, gola-ganda, makkai, shakar-kandi.
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good thread.. lol..
I'll list mine..
definitely anaar .. its anaar danay on rehri.. with chaat masala
badam was one thing kids used to eat.. I didn't like this
shakar kandi.. yum
bhootay ... corn.. either on cob or one roasted in this sand i guess (channa makkai)
papar
Kulfi with khopra
gola ganda
falooda
bun kababs
cholay/chaat
and so so much more!
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what is Kataary?
Umbi /ambi
brown/black choolay with imli wala paani
bhoota
daal (dry) with lots of mirchain
sunnf sapaari
toofiyaan
aalo kabaab
aalo pattie
faalsay and bay-R
In addition to whatever is mentioned above.
Khopra/narial ( coconut not the skull , lol)
Bhunay chanay
Chilghozay
Gannay ka rus
Mosumby ka rus
Gajak
yee sub dishes parh ker tu kam hee nahee ho raha office main :(
gotta call begum and plead to have at least one dish from this long dish tonight :D
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... and gundayri-Yaan
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you guys forgot
I'm craving these so much right now :(
I remember when I was wee little one and we went to Karachi, we went out with the cousins and got bhutta for everyone. Here the youngers were eating the bhuttas while the olders were haggling over prices. The olders got angry at the bhutta waala (he was overcharging) so they said, hum main nahiN chahiyay aap ka bhutta - the kids returned half eaten bhuttas to the theylay waala 
Although now that I think about it, I feel guilty kai us bechaarey ka haq halal ki kamaee maari gayee.
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^ That is just so, so wrong. :/
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ba’er 
more
nam’ak per paki hui cha’ali
^ That is just so, so wrong. :/
I know, I'm hanging my head in shame.
But to the olders' defense, they didn't realize the youngers had actually eaten the bhuttas.
But, ab jab kai ehsaas huwa hai, to kafaara bharna hai.