The month of pink and red decorations, hearts, chocolate cakes, and flowers is here. But if the clichéd Valentine’s Day stuff is not your thing, no worries. Why not celebrate…
Continue ReadingJanuary is my father’s birthday month and the time of year I miss him most “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure“Food is a major…
Continue Reading“My first sensation of life was the smell of machli ka salan, a spicy fish curry, rising through the floorboards,” recalls Hassan Haji in Richard C. Morais’ The Hundred Foot…
Continue ReadingThe juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams. Thomas Love Peacock Could it be described more beautifully? Can’t you almost taste the sun as the sweet…
Continue ReadingAloo Matar – Weekday Comfort Nothing fancy today – just some simple, homely but utterly comforting Aloo Matar or Potatoes & Peas Curry from the rustic and hearty Punjabi Cuisine…
Continue ReadingTeriyaki is a Japanese style of cooking in which food is broiled or grilled in a glaze like sauce. Teriyaki chicken and beef became popular in Pakistan a long time…
Continue Reading“Meatballs are the ultimate cure-all for anything that ails you.” The New Meatball Shop Cookbook Meatballs are universal! Yes, think of any cuisine and you will find some version of…
Continue ReadingWhat is Kunna Gosht The name Kunna Gosht is derived from the round clay utensil used to cook the dish, also known as Matka.This kunna or matka was buried under…
Continue Reading“Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.” — David Leavitt When I started my blog, nearly six years back, my daughters were 8 and 12. I started cooking kids’ recipes with…
Continue ReadingI created this recipe in answer to a 5 ingredients food challenge on aGoogle Plus food community .The ingredients list was really short and simple. What I most like about…
Continue ReadingDum kay kebab is a Lakhnawi cuisine that has a staggering variety of mouth watering non veg recipes, especially scintillating kebabs. It is believed that the royal chefs of Nawab…
Continue ReadingWhat are tater tots? The king of fried junk food: greasy, crispy, sinful Tater Tots. If you don’t indulge frequently in such food, I guess it’s okay to cheat once…
Continue ReadingTo be honest, growing up I despised the long list of similarish, kind of bland summer vegetables, like tinda, tori, kadu, ghiya (apple gourd, sponge gourd, pumkin and bottle gourd)…
Continue ReadingSmoked Chicken Curry- the name is quite self explanatory but still intriguing, right! We are familar with smoked chicken roasts and cold cuts of red and white meat but a…
Continue ReadingEid ul Fitr – Sweet Memories of a Sweet Celebration There is a reason Eid ul Fitr is called Meethi Eid (sweet eid) in Pakistan – the day begins with…
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