Bannu Postees

The land of cultural diversity I come from is full of beautiful and happy ways to live. Only most of the things have been relegated during our race to modernity.

Lately my friend Muhammad Yaqoob had to go to his home town Lakki Mawat to attend a family event (it was sad occasion though). The lunch had to be served to all those who were attending. Yaqoob shot this video while Bhatyaares from Bannu were backing huge Postees (breads) for the guests.


I could not and eat that Postee but given my interest, I asked him the detail. Rotti (bread) is called Postee some areas of NWFP. Bhatyaree (bakers) from banuu are famous for baking Postees; hence they were called from Bannu to bake

Postees are broken into small pieces and put into a big sized coldrum filled in with a special soup and chicken which is called Painda (panda) and is cooked separately and served to group to eat together. Eat it with hands because poking fork (or spoon) in it is considered bad; culturally.

Painda is a thin gravy of chicken or beef prepared with a lot of spices and butter oil (Desi Ghee). This reminds me of Arab dish called Sobat-e-Sareed only their bread is smaller in size.