Which is the other way round in Karachi. Sheermal is flat and has got same size thickness all over. Taftan is thicker with very thick edges. Taftan is less oily than Sheermal.
**lol...interesting to know...i must visit Karachi again to see and enjoy both taftan and sheermal...par shaadii waalii sheermaal aur naan gosht zarda pulaao ke kia kahne...hamaare gaaoN meN shaadiyoN kaa khaanaa mujhe aaj bhii yaad aataa hai...best menu was "saatoN [all 7] khaane"...hayeeeeeeee,
koi lauTaa de mire beete huye din
haN, dikha de, ai tasavvur! phir vo subH o shaam tu
dauR peechhe kii taraf, ai gardish e aiyaam tu! :(**
It was staple food of mughals therefore Lahori folks would not know the intricacies of this line of breads.
I am Lahori by the way , born and partly raised in Lahore , growed up in Karachi therefore I know what I am talking about.
well i havenot named them sheermaal-taftaan or vice versa. they are there with these names since ages. like i had been eating mohammadi nihari since 20yrs and whenever i used to ask them for taftaan they always used to give the soft but stiff sweet bread which is light pink/orange in colour. well i guess its just diff in karachi yet i am sooo surprised that not a single person knows what i am on about. hmmmmm
