Winter mornings start early in the old city, with lines at the harisa shops by 7 am.
Salted tea brewed dark with a pinch of baking soda, then turned pink with milk.
A soft round bread about 20 cm across, baked on the wall of a clay oven. Bakers open around 6 am.
Lavasa, girda, kulcha, tsot, sheermal and bakarkhani: every bakery has its morning favourite.
Lamb and wheat cooked overnight in copper pots, eaten hot with bread. Bohri Kadal and Rainawari are known for it.
Khanyar, Bohri Kadal and the lanes around Jamia Masjid have the most old-style bakeries.
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