Chapali Kubab, prepared through minced beef and other items including egg, red onion, tomato, cilantro, chopped mint, ginger-garlic paste, crushed coriander seeds, salt, grinded cumin, grinded cayenne pepper, round sliced tomatoes and cooking oil or ghee is considered to be a key recipe of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which is like throughout the province.
In district Masehra, Chapli Kubab of Shinkiari is considered to be most tasty and chapali kubab prepared in other cities is also named as Shinkiari Chapali Kubab to attract the customs. The customers visiting the kubab shop firstly looked for its name whether it is Shinkiari Chapali Kubab or kubab of any other brand. They have their deep trust in the taste of the Shinkiari Chapali Kubab, therefore, they just ask for its name without checking the taste and avoid to consume kubab of other brands though they have better taste than it.
Balakot is considered to be main market for the surrounding mountainous areas and residents of these hilly localities visit Balakot for purchasing the daily use commodities. Police station, post office, banks, hospital, NADRA, TMA and other government departments are also located in main Balakot city.
Hundreds of residents of the surrounding hilly areas visit Balakot city on daily basis. More than 70 percent of these citizens visiting Balakot for different reasons, consider it mandatory to enjoy Chapali Kubab on the occasion.
Men and women suffering from different diseases who visit government and private hospitals of Balakot for their medical checkup also consider taking chapali kubab obligatory for them. Even the patients of digestive disease also don’t return back with consuming chapali kubab.
