Poppy Seeds Or Kash Kash Are White in Pakistan

I had not understood that poppy seeds come in various colors; I always believed they were black, since they’re in breads in Europe, so I was amazed to be told that the tiny grains of sand I had been looking at were in reality, seeds out of the poppy plant. I was shown a few more of a yellowish, a few dark-blue, and different seeds .   As bread as we know it is common in Pakistan, or not hot, there’s absolutely no bread with poppy seeds. The normal roti (or chapattis) are plain, as would be the naan sort breads, even though some naan are like pizzas, and topped with potato glue or g flour paste with pieces of tomato and sexy green chillies. Paratha are filled with veggies like grated mooli, and those are consumed at weekends for breakfast, even when folks are not in a hurry. Where I reside at Rawalpindi, market at just two rupees each roti, and not many men and women bother to cook roti, since they’re subsidized by the authorities. Given that the period of effort and time necessary to cook roti, it is a lot simpler to buy them in the neighborhood tandoor prepared made.

The Latin name for the poppy, Papavar somniferum (that the poppy of sleep) constantly reminds me of this scene at the “Wizard of Oz” when Dorothy and her partners succumb to the somniferous ramifications of these blossoms and fall asleep in a field of poppies.

The early Greeks associated the poppy using the little god Hypnos, the god of sleep, so I suspect that the opium obtained in the poppy was correlated with his twin brother, Morpheus, the god of dreams. Before I arrived to Pakistan, I believed poppies would be cultivated, though heroin is a different issue, however I have not noticed any areas and there does not appear to be a issue involving the use of morphine. Seeds contain little if any hint of narcotics, regardless of the fact that from is the one which supplies us with morphine and codeine.    

Traditionally poppy seeds have been used in medication on the Indian subcontinent. Infusion in the plant have been utilized to reduce fevers, and they’re cooked with glucose and green cardamoms to treat asthma, help with liver ailments and cure TB.

In Pakistan poppy seeds, or Kash-Kash since they’re called, are utilized earth to thicken sauces and in refreshing beverages. They’re also added to provide another flavour. Among those beverages is Serdai, that is produced with water or milk.    



1 litre water or milk

30 gr Spicy peppers

50 gr poppy seeds

4 green cardamoms, seeds removed and husks lost

6 black peppercorns


sugar to taste 


Publish the poppy seeds really well. Then grind the cardamom seeds and almond

Place the black peppercorns, sugar and water or milk into a pan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, place all of the ingredients and then leave to cool.

Drink chilled, with ice hockey.