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What’s your favourite way of ringing in the New Year? Mine is having my family with me, being thankful for all our big and small blessings, watching a funny movie…

Isn’t the very sound of it heartwarming?! Maple. Lavender. Chicken. Roast. Aah!!! Now chicken roast is like a blank canvas, you can paint it to be anything from downright boring…

It won’t be an exaggeration if I called ‘Karahi’ the national dish of Pakistan. Not only its one of the most popular of dishes on all the restaurant menus in…

Gobhi or Cauliflower is perhaps one of the oldest vegetables around but came to the Indian subcontinent quite late. It was introduced here by the British in the 1800s and…

Easy Teriyaki Chicken Baked: Being a mom is definitely the most difficult job on the planet! Why am I thinking this way? Because last evening when I opened my refrigerator…

The name of the poor vegetable begins with the word ‘bitter’ which immediately drops it down to the least favourite foods list for many people. The Urdu/Hindi name for it,…

Dates and Fish Tagine A tagine or tajine means a ‘large pot’ in Persian language and is a popular North African/Arabian dish, named after the conical pot in which it…

“I’m into very colourful food. Obviously lots of flavour, but I think we eat with our eyes first, so it has to look great. The presentation has to be great.”…

Chinese Almond Chicken Recipe: Ever wonder why Chinese food is so popular all over the world?! Every country seems to have their own version of Chinese food – dishes that…

Korma Lawand is mild and hearty, meat and cashew curry. It’s the Afghani version of korma, as we know it in Pakistan and India. All kormas usually have nuts, yogurt,…

The name “Empress Chicken” suggests as if we are about to cook something really complicated, with a long list of ingredients and half a dozen cooking techniques that only professional…

Bottle gourd, known as Lauki in the Indian subcontinent, is considered to be the oldest cultivated plant in human agricultural history. Initially it was used as water container, hence the…

Murgh Saagwala is a delicious and comforting chicken curry from the land of greens- Punjab. ‘Saag’ is a common name in Punjab for dishes prepared with different green leafy vegetables,…

Beans and lentils have always come to my rescue for easy mid week meals. Can’t say for the kids, who love everything chicken, but my husband and I prefer to…

“Mutanjan” is Persian for ‘fried in a pan’. A classic recipe from the Sultanate era (1206-1526) in the Indian subcontinent. The Muslim food during that phase was mostly inspired by…