Mutton paya, Ikhlas Halal Butcher, Bradford

What is paya, and where can I buy trotters in Bradford?

September 18, 2026 Ikhlas Halal Butcher

Paya is the Pakistani and North Indian dish of trotters, the feet of lamb, mutton or beef, cooked for six hours or more until the gravy turns rich and gelatinous. You can buy HMC halal trotters in Bradford at Ikhlas Halal Butcher, 26–28 City Road: lamb trotters at £6 per kilo and beef trotters at £6, either left whole or chopped to paya cut. They are cleaned, singed and ready for the pot.

£6/kglamb trotters

£6beef trotter, whole or chopped

6+ hrsthe cook that makes paya

Trotters at our counter

	Per pack	How it comes	Best for
Lamb trotters (paya)	£3.00 / 500g · £6 / kg	Full trotters, or paya cut (split)	Classic lamb paya; 4 trotters per person
Beef trotters (paya)	£6.00 each	Full trotter, or chopped paya cut	Beef paya, nihari-style; one trotter feeds 3–4
Chicken feet	£1.50 / 500g	Cleaned	Stock and soup; not paya but the same idea
Beef shin	£5.00 / 500g	On the bone	Add to beef paya for meat in the pot

HMC ink stamp on a hanging lamb carcass, Ikhlas Halal Butcher, Bradford — Trotters come off the same HMC-stamped animals as everything else.

Beef counter with price tickets, Ikhlas Halal Butcher, City Road, Bradford — Offal and trotters are on the counter every day, not by special order.

Full trotters or paya cut?

Paya cut means the trotter is split lengthways and chopped through, so the marrow and the gelatin get into the gravy faster and the pieces fit a pot. Full trotters are for people who want to present them whole, or who will split them at home. If you are not sure, take paya cut. It is the same price and it is what most Bradford kitchens ask for.

How many trotters for paya

Lamb: four trotters per adult, so a kilo (roughly 8–10 trotters) serves two to three. Beef: one trotter feeds three to four, and most people add 500g of shin so there is meat as well as marrow. For a Sunday breakfast for eight, buy 3kg of lamb trotters or two beef trotters plus a kilo of shin.

What we do before you get them

Trotters are scalded, the hair singed off, the hooves removed and the surface scraped clean, then rinsed. What you take home is ready for the pot, a wash and they go in. If you want them extra-cleaned or blanched, write it in the order note.