05 Sep 2024
A Pilot Guides report puts the number of Pakistanis in Italy at around 114,000 who work there and send money to Pakistan from Italy to offer financial aid to their families back home. Italy has a robust economy, with a nominal GDP of $2.05 trillion and a GDP Per Capita income of $34,776.4. This helps job-seekers find their way into the Italian job market relatively quickly.
However, where the Italian economy takes care of you, if you go there to find jobs, what do you do to give a satisfying meal to your pallets? What do you do to attend festivities you have grown up attending in Pakistan? You will miss the food as well as the unique festivities of Pakistan. Let’s travel through the Pakistani cuisine and festivals in Italy.
Have you ever been in Italy, surrounded by the smell of yummy pizzas and pasta? What if you found another amazing smell, spices you've never tried before? That could lead you to a Pakistani restaurant with food as exciting as Italy's but different! Pakistani food is a big mix of flavors, just like Italian food. It's got history, culture, and all sorts of unique spices. Imagine spicy chicken cooked in a pizza oven or a hearty stew with creamy Italian polenta! Pakistani food in Italy is a chance to try something completely new and delicious.
Italian chefs are famous for being creative cooks, and Pakistani spices like cumin and coriander could inspire them to make incredible dishes we've never seen before. Feeling brave? Try a spicy Pakistani stew or chicken dish with a cool yogurt sauce. Even bruschetta, that yummy Italian bread with toppings, could get a makeover with a Pakistani chutney – a special sauce with unique flavors! Every meal needs a sweet ending, and Pakistan has impressive options. Think warm, sweet dumplings or creamy rice pudding with nuts and spices. The perfect way to finish your East-meets-West food adventure!
But Pakistani restaurants in Italy are about more than just food. They can introduce you to Pakistani music and culture. Take a cooking class to learn how to make those fantastic spices yourself! Next time you're in Italy, don't just stick to pizza. Find a Pakistani restaurant and try something new. You might just discover your favorite food in a place you wouldn't expect!
You feel excited because you imagine Italy and the unknown that you want to explore. Right? You are also happy about eating Italian cuisine because you want change. But what do you do when you are fed up eating Italian cuisine? Are you not going to Italy to find a job and earn a living so you can send money online to Pakistan from Italy? Yes, now you get it! Therefore, look below at the most famous Pakistani foods you can find in Italy.
This is one of the most popular Pakistani foods you can find in Italy. It is named after the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Typically, the food (chicken or lamb) is marinated fully and then roasted in the most traditional ways to give you the ultimate smokey flavor. It is served with rice in the most traditional sense. But do you know the most unique part? The whole lamb is roasted at once and in one piece!
It is another Pakistani dish you cannot miss. It is made of meat cooked with bone marrow on a low flame for a long time. This food is usually eaten at breakfast. The beauty of Nihari is the time it takes to cook because the meat is incredibly tender and soft in the end. Every serving is served with slices of lemon, chopped green chili, ginger and fried dry onion.
Perhaps this Pakistani food needs no explanation as it is unimaginably popular worldwide, including Italy. Typically, this dish is marked by rice cooked with different types of meat, which leads to the parent food’s other variants. These variants include Mutton Biryani, Aaloo (Potato) Biryani, Chicken Biryani, and so on.
It is another famous and one of the most delicious Pakistani foods originating in the Pushtoon culture. It is made of minced meat, both Mutton and Beef, but mostly it is made of beef. It is a round-shaped flat piece about 6 inches in diameter cooked deeply in oil. Dry coriander, pomegranate seeds, green chili, and mint are spices that enhance the unique flavor of the food. So, the next time you feel worried because you have to financially support your family through a money transfer from Italy to Pakistan, just relax, eat these foods and enjoy!
It is one of the most popular foods in the country. Typically, the meat is cut into slices and put on the stove on a low flame. It takes a lot of time to cook. Midway through cooking, some uncut tomatoes or potatoes are added to the meat. Strangely enough, no oil is used, and no spices are added except a pinch of salt. You will continue to eat it unless the quantity might give you a bad case of indigestion! These are some of the most popular Pakistani foods you can easily find in Italy. The best part is that the dishes are affordable. They say nice food releases tension!
Pakistani food is getting more popular in Italy, which is awesome! But there are a few challenges on the road. Finding the right stuff can be tricky. Pakistani recipes use special spices and halal meat, which can be hard to find in Italian grocery stores. To fix this, Pakistani people in Italy are opening unique shops that sell these ingredients. People might be unsure about the taste. Since Pakistani food is new to many Italians, they might be hesitant to try it. But restaurants, festivals, and cooking classes are showing people how delicious it is, and more and more folks are giving it a thumbs up!
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Some of the most popular Pakistani foods you can find in Italy as a Pakistani migrant are Nihari, Balochi Sajji, Biryani and Rice, Chapli Kebab and Rosh. You can also find many other foods, like Halwa Puri, Haleem, and Paye. All of these are extremely delicious.
Yes. You can find several restaurants, both Italian and Pakistani, that cook the typical Pakistani foods and dishes, some of which have been listed above. The reason is that the Pakistani diaspora has a significant presence in Italy.
Some of the most famous Pakistani festivals are Eidul Fitr, Eidul Adha, Pakistan Independence Day, Pakistan Day or Pakistan Resolution Day, and Pakistan Defence Day. These festivals are celebrated both in the country and abroad with equal excitement and joy.
You can easily celebrate Pakistani festivals in Italy if you join the Pakistani diaspora communities residing in different parts of Italy. Finding these communities is more accessible on the internet, and you can connect with them online once you find them.
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Resource(s)
· Pakisatni Diaspora in Italy
(The Pakistani Diaspora – PILOT GUIDES)
· Italian GDP
(GDP (current US$) - Italy | Data (worldbank.org)
· Italian GDP Per Capita
(GDP per capita (current US$) - Italy | Data (worldbank.org)
