Ghias, who opened his shop in 1986, has been having the nombu kanji during Ramzan, every year till date. “Some 20 years ago, the kanji was served in mud pots at the Big Mosque,” he remembers.

The holy month of Ramzan passed with the devout fasting during ... when The Holy Quran came down to us, we kept ‘kanji’ ready by 4 p.m. so that those breaking the fast at home or office ...