Known as the land of hospitality, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unique province where traditional sweets are a prominent food item in Iftar parties during the holy month of Ramzan. Besides other food items, the sohan halwa of DI Khan, gajar halwa of Bannu, mardani pera of Mardan and rajjar mithai of Charsadda district make iftar dinners more delectable in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where these mouth-watering commodities were being sold like a hot cake.
There are several varieties of sohan halwa brought from different districts including Multan to Peshawar as special iftar items, however, the Dera Ismail Khan’s variety attracts a substantial number of buyers due to its unique flavour, taste and low price. Ali Khan alias Pehlawan, who runs a famous sweet shop at Qissa Khawani Peshawar told media that he had brought 100kg of sohan halwa from DI Khan as a special iftar item and all of it was sold out by 12th Ramzan ul Mubarak.
“My son visited D.I.Khan last night to bring additional 100 kg sohan halwa for the remaining days of Ramazan to fulfil people’s pressing demands for iftar and Eid,” he said.
The ingredients required for the special halwa include milk, khoya, soni, fine flour, sugar and ghee besides dry fruits, which make it more delicious and tasty. He said traders from different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir and Punjab have placed orders ahead of Eid ul Fitr and extra labour was hired to meet their pressing demands for sweets and confectionaries.
