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Nazira Bazar Nightlife · Marinated Rib Steak

Beef Chaap

Beef Chaap — street food from Old Dhaka (Puran Dhaka), Bangladesh
📷 Closely related photo — Photo: MD Abu Siyam / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The neighborhood's chaap stalls barely stir until sundown — Nazira Bazar's alleys only fill with smoke and crowds after dark, running straight through to the pre-dawn sehri rush during Ramadan.

Bone-in beef ribs are pounded thin, marinated in a yogurt-and-spice paste, and pan-seared on a flat griddle until the edges char. Nazira Bazar's crowded lanes are lined with stalls frying it fresh alongside kebabs and biryani, sold to a steady stream of late-night customers.

Why it's made this way: Nazira Bazar, near Bangshal in Old Dhaka, is one of the old city's best-known food streets, with biryani, kebab and chaap shops clustered along its lanes and serving customers late into the night.
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