In 1939, the restaurant was started as a roadside food corner by a person named Haji Mohammad Hossain.

Later on, the business took dramatic change and became part of the culture of Dhaka city.

In Old (Puran) Dhaka, it is located at 70 Kazi Alauddin Road, Nazira Bazar.

The recipe includes highly seasoned rice, chevon, mustard oil, garlic, onion, black pepper, saffron, clove, cardamom, cinnamon, salt, lemon, doi (yogurt), peanuts, cream, raisin and small amount of cheese (either cow or buffalo).

Haji Mohammad Shahed claimed that, “I have never changed anything, not even the amount of salt”.