Flat Griddle

Every Pakistani kitchen has a tawa — it is the single most-used piece of cooking equipment for daily bread-making. Pakistani tawas are typically larger and heavier than Western griddles; a good cast-iron tawa, properly seasoned, is inherited and improves with age. The tawa is also used under dum pots to prevent direct flame contact during biryani and dum gosht cooking. Restaurant tawa cooking has evolved into a performance genre — giant commercial tawas hold multiple portions simultaneously under intense flames.