A quintessentially Delhi dish, Nahari was originally meant to be eaten on an empty stomach in the morning in cold weather. Get out of bed and tuck in
It’s early morning in Old Delhi: the city is still in a deep slumber, as if exhausted by the night. There’s a sweet coolness in the late October air, and the serenity of the morning is occasionally disturbed by the shouts of pigeon-fliers from the rooftops, calling their birds home.
Nahari by Sadia Dehlvi, author of Jasmine and Jinns: Memories and Recipes of My Delhi.
Shabarati Nahari, Haveli Azam Khan. (Mohammed Ilyas)Shahi Nehari at Dum Pukht, ITC Maurya. Shahi Nehari at ITC Maurya is made here using nahari-specific cuts of meat.