What is Paya (food)?
'''Siri Paya''' or '''Paya''' is a traditional dish of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]].<ref>chef Zubaida Akhtar, 'Traditional Pakistani and Indian Recipes' Karachi, 2001</ref> It is especially popular at various festivals and treated to special guests and get togethers. Paya means feet in [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi]]. The main ingredients of the dish are the trotters or hooves of a cow, goat, [[water buffalo]] or lamb; cooked with various spices.<ref>'Paya in Shorba' article in Upper Crust magazine, 2014</ref> It is cooked to a thick, soup-like form and eaten with special ''naan'' bread dipped into it.<ref>'Paya in Shorba'</ref> Some of the best and most famous Siri Paya in [[South Asia]] are made in the [[Taxali Gate]] area of [[Lahore]] city. ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|food|Asia}} [[Category:Pakistani food]] [[Category:Indian food]]