"If Western breakfasts were any good then nutritionists wouldn’t have to remind people to stop skipping them all the time. Of course there is a place for a fry up, for that rare perfect croissant, but otherwise Asia has Europe bang to rights in the “things people actually want to eat in the morning” stakes. One of the great world breakfasts is halwa poori, a dish that for Desi-tongues has the Proustian force of a thousand madeleines. The key is the interplay of four simple and perfect parts, all of which Karachi Cuisine in Norbury nails: a soothing, spicy chana, a potato curry medicinal with turmeric and fennel seeds, ambrosial semolina halwa, sweet and sandy with ghee and sugar, and pneumatic tissues of poori, slightly crisp and covered in a thin film of oil. One portion, with a spiced omelette or half fried eggs and a cup of Pakistani chai on the side and that’s enough food until dinner. Karachi Cuisine only does halwa puri on weekends until 2pm, but outside of that it’s an offal specialist. Try the kata-kat at dinner, a spicy dish of chopped brain, heart, kidney and testicles that is quite literally nose to tail eating." - Jonathan Nunn
