Lucknow’s iconic eating joint Tunday Kababi will be back with its signature dish – the buffalo meat galouti kebab .
Tunday Kababi, a 112-year-old heritage restaurant chain, had stopped beef on March 23 after a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses by the Yogi Adityanath government affected meat supply.
Since then, the eating joint – popularly known by the shortened named Tundays – had been serving chicken and mutton kebabs, which food connoisseurs say are not as tasty as the buffalo meat variety.
“Sale of the buffalo meat kebabs would start from Wednesday onwards. I am happy as now we can cater to people belonging to the weaker section of the society, who could not afford chicken or mutton kebabs that are much expensive than buffalo meat kebabs,” said owner Mohammed Usman, whose grandfather set up Tunday Kababi in 1905.
Tunday Kababi was even forced to shut shop for a day due to non-availability of meat in Lucknow, once known as the City of Nawabs, the aristrocatic food-loving class of the Mughal period.
“Hence, it is decided to restore the sale of buffalo meat galaouti kebabs that are not only in demand but also much affordable.”
