Forget Expensive Gifts! Make Cookie Pops Bouquet This Festive Season. Holidays, special occasions, cheer up gifts – I like to give gifts that show ‘I Care’ ! Somehow expensive gifts…
Continue ReadingParfait in French means ‘perfect’ and when I tasted this dessert for the first time, I immediately understood why it’s called Parfait! The layers of crunch, cream and caramel make…
Continue ReadingThis delicious and rustic apple ginger scrunch pie is a holiday favourite dessert with my family. The apples aren’t cooked separately, to a jam-like consistency, before adding to the pastry.…
Continue ReadingWith the first nip in the air, Lahore begins to get decked with piles autumn fruits and vegetables on the street side stalls and big, bright yellow and orange marigolds.…
Continue ReadingIt just doesn’t seem fair not to take advantage of the lovely Fall produce and since a juicy harvest of carrots has just hit my city so I’ve baked two…
Continue ReadingSo strawberries and cherries leave my city, Lahore, around midsummer…and then arrive grapes that stay till mid autumn. Not only they are one of the most delicately delicious fruit…
Continue ReadingThough I love pumpkin pies and apple desserts but they are hardly a novelty by this time of the year. The season is brimming with all sorts of luscious winter…
Continue ReadingSometimes I think a food processor is a foodie’s best friend in the world…specially when your mind gets obsessed with something particular to cook and eat like a do or…
Continue ReadingI think this kind of recipe happens when your heart is divided between two objects of equal fondness and you can’t decide which one to prefer. Well, at least this…
Continue ReadingThis recipe for phyllo candies requires minimum ingredients and can be done in minutes if guests arrive unexpected or you have a sudden craving for sweet. I filled in chocolate…
Continue ReadingMuesli is my idea of a soothing, energising and satiating breakfast. A hearty bowl of muesli with warm milk and honey and some cinnamon sprinkled over it makes my morning…
Continue Reading“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz These Chocolate Eclairs are melt in the mouth, with coffee custard filling…
Continue ReadingKulfi is the Asian counterpart of ice cream, but not really an ice cream. It’s richer, creamier and denser, because of its density it takes longer to melt under room…
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to dessert toppings and sauces, I get seriously double minded about what to choose … chocolate or caramel !!! Digging your teeth in a thick layer of…
Continue ReadingEid ul Fitr – the Sweet Feast The excitement of Eid al Fitr (also called Sweet Feast, the feast of breaking the fast, Sugar Feast) after a month of fasting…
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