A halal butcher near Pollokshields

Getting here from Pollokshields

From Pollokshields West station, the train runs to Shawlands station in a couple of stops on the Cathcart Circle, and the shop is a few minutes' walk from there. Kilmarnock Road starts at Shawlands Cross and we're at number 44, near the Shawlands Arcade.

If you're driving, there's on-street parking on and around Kilmarnock Road. Please check the signs for times and any charges.

Cooking for the whole family

We cut whole and half lambs to your list: roasting joints, chops, curry pieces on the bone and mince, all bagged the way you want. Mutton comes on the bone, boneless or minced. For big quantities, ask at the counter a day or two before you need it.

Our crowd calculator works out how much meat and rice to buy for the number of people you're feeding. Planning for Eid? The Eid feast guide has a menu, quantities and a cooking timetable.

Rice and spices in family sizes

Sella basmati in 5kg bags for biryani and pulao, chapati flour, red lentils and other daals, and the everyday spices in big bags as well as small packs. See the grocery for the full list.

Dishes worth the trip: lamb biryani, mutton curry, yakhni pulao and beef nihari.

Cook something tonight

• Lamb biryani Spiced lamb layered with part-cooked basmati, saffron, fried onions and mint, then steamed until every grain is fragrant.
• Mutton curry (bhuna gosht) Mutton on the bone cooked slowly with plenty of onion, whole spices and black pepper until the sauce clings to the meat.
• Yakhni pulao Basmati cooked in a fragrant mutton stock with whole spices, so every grain carries the flavour of the meat.
• Beef nihari Beef slow-cooked for hours in a deeply spiced, silky gravy, then finished with ginger, green chilli and lemon.

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