Awesamosas: One duo's mission to reinvent the old classic
Everyone has one greasy food vice that they just can't resist. Ask Pakistanis what their guilty pleasure is and the answer is likely to be the samosa.
The sight of that hot, fried, aloo triangular piece of joy from a roadside stall is enough to make one salivate (and rejoice since it's pocket-friendly) but changing that up is Daniyal Noorani and Seemi Sani's, the duo behind Awesamosas, the gourmet samosa stall that took Lahore Eat by storm.
They say it's what's on the inside that counts. Daniyal says it's what's on the inside of their samosas that counts.
"I was always fascinated by fusion cooking; I'd make eccentric things like mushroom daal. From that hobby stemmed the desire to reinvent the classic samosa; I ran the idea by my cousin, Seemi and she was game so we got to work right away," shared the co-founder.
"We started experimenting right away with flavours; we made samosas with Butter Chicken filling and Manchurian Chicken filling. After a while, we decided on six solid flavours that we added to the menu."
"We took the plunge with it at Lahore Eat and the response was so overwhelming that the logical sequel of that was to venture into delivery," he adds.
Daniyal and Seemi have now opened their flagship outlet in CSD, Cavalry.