Gappa Raja & Katori Chatori: Mouthwatering Snacks Experience

Last year when my Eldest bro visited Pakistan with my Sister-in-Law, he was on a mission to explore different, new and unique dishes available in Pakistan. He always comes up with some new idea and this time, it was related to food which means I am totally in as a foodie and sharing different places and cuisines so he can make some awesome content for his instragram page.

I heard about Gappa Raja at work from one of my colleague and shared the same with my Eldest bro. its like a father of Gol Gappa, bigger in size. Gol Gappa is a famous snack in sub-continent and it has other names as well like Pani Puri, Pani K batasha etc etc. However, people like change and in doing so, I am not sure who introduced this Gappa Raja first in the market but it also becomes famous. But it is not commonly served in all the restaurants. There are few restaurants where you will find this type of unique dishes.

When we discussed this with my other bro, he knew one of those restaurants and its quite famous so we headed to that restaurant: Chiller Party & Manpasand Food Valley located at Maskan Chowrangi, a nice and decent food street in Karachi.

We ordered one Gappa Raja, we were not exactly there for dine in but just to film the making of Gappa Raja. We took the permission and get into their kitchen area where the experts were busy making these snacks for their customers. Kitchen area was neat and tidy and it felt good to see the cleanliness of our restaurants. My Eldest Bro, who is expert in making movies from his cell phone, started filming and chit chatting with the staff. While I was busy taking his pictures doing it. Lots and lots of stuffing in Gappa Raja, I am not sure how many items he added in this dish but in the end, it was like who is going to eat it. It’s a complete meal, not just a snack. It was looking amazing.

There I saw a basket type stuff and asked what it is. The staff told us that it is Katori Chatori, I asked them to make one for us. a basket made up of fried dough and they filled it with Chaat material. Both of these items were mouthwatering just by looking at them. I thought we should keep them safe in show case instead of eating it lol

We enjoyed eating these two items and its definitely worth tasting. So delicious and different taste to experience. I liked Katori Chatori a lot. Gappa Raja was nice too.

Later we had couple of drinks, a limca and a Sharbat. They were just ok, nothing so special about these drinks. Or it could be because we had those wonderful items and we didn’t like anything after that. Highly recommended.

All above pictures are taken by me and the video is created and edited by my Eldest Bro.