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“Bun kebab vendors on Burns Road in Karachi are particularly famous—and imitated by frozen versions worldwide.”

Bun kebab

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Bun kebab (also spelled bun kabab) (Urdu: بَن کباب) or anda shami (Urdu: انڈا شامی) is a sandwich that originated in Pakistan, but is now popular throughout South Asia. Bun kebabs are a signature in Pakistani metro cities like Karachi and Lahore, but they can be found all over Pakistan. Bun kebab vendors are scattered all across Karachi, vendors on Burns Road being particularly famous, and imitated by frozen bun kebabs sold in South Asian supermarkets across the world. In India, it is eaten as a regular street food, specifically in the Indian cities of Bhopal, Lucknow, and Hyderabad. It is especially popular with Indian Muslims; the dish is eaten late at night during Ramadan. Bun kebabs are usually sold at roadside stalls, side street vendors, and fast food restaurants. They are also commonly known as "anday wala burger" (egg burger). A ‘fried’ version of the bun kebab is popular in Lahore; it's known as a ‘bun plaster’ due to the copious amounts of butter and super tender or paste-lik

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Bun kebab is a Pakistani sandwich that has traveled across South Asia, from the famous vendor stalls of Burns Road in Karachi to late-night Ramadan tables in Indian cities like Hyderabad and Lucknow. Built on a foundation of spiced kebab and egg, wrapped in soft bread, it's the kind of street food that exists everywhere and nowhere specific—equally at home on a roadside stall or frozen in supermarket aisles. In Lahore, the 'bun plaster' version leans into excess, drowning the tender kebab mixture in butter until it becomes something closer to paste than meat.

Order it here when it has

  • signature metro dish
  • regional fame and adaptation
  • versatile—main course or snack
  • late-night Ramadan tradition

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