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Course | Breakfast, lunch, dinner |
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Place of origin | Indian subcontinent |
Region or state | Lucknow, Awadh |
Associated cuisine | Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi[1] |
Invented | 18th century |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Shank cut of beef (mainly in Pakistan and Bangladesh), lamb and mutton, goat meat, or camel meat, as well as chicken and bone marrow |
Other information | Served with naan or rice or Roti |
Nihari (Hindi: निहारी; Bengali: নিহারী; Urdu: نہاری) is a stew originating in Lucknow, the capital of 18th-century Awadh under the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of slow-cooked meat, mainly a shank cut of beef, lamb and mutton, or goat meat, as well as chicken and bone marrow. It is flavoured with long pepper (pippali), a relative of black pepper. In Pakistan and Bangladesh, nihari is often served and consumed with naan.