Paya

Name: Paya
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 4 lamb trotters, cleaned; 2 onions, chopped; 2 tbsp garam masala; 5 cloves garlic

پائے/PAH-yeh/

Also known as: Trotter Soup

About this dish

A rich, gelatinous trotter soup simmered overnight, a hearty Pakistani breakfast dish.

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Ingredients

🐑4 lamb trotters, cleaned

🧅2 onions, chopped

🌿2 tbsp garam masala

🧄5 cloves garlic

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the trotters in plenty of water with onion and spices for several hours.

Continue cooking until the broth is rich and gelatinous.

Add garam masala and adjust seasoning.

Skim any excess fat from the surface.

Serve hot with naan for breakfast.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Paya is a traditional Pakistani dish, made from slow-simmered trotters, valued for its rich, collagen-thickened broth.

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