My collection of recipes has grown since I came to live in Pakistan, and now it includes several dishes from the region. My palate has been enriched, and some of my discoveries have become tradition in my family.
This dessert is one of my favorite such additions. It’s perfect in Winter, because it’s warm and rich, sweet [...]
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Carrot Halva
Posted in Favorite things, Food, Recipes, tagged Carrot Halva, Dessert, Desserts with vegetables, indian pakistani food, Recipes on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
B is For Bread
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Culture, Expat, Favorite things, Food, Honduras, Life, Memories, NaBloPoMo, Recipes, tagged Baleadas, Cooking, Expat, Flatbread, Food, Honduras, Tortillas de Harina on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have tasted fancy dishes and eaten at fine restaurants many times in my life. I have sampled the strange and unfamiliar. I have found fresh favorites and discovered new ingredients, but nothing tastes so delicious to me as the flatbread I ate as a child.
Tortillas de harina, a bread made out of wheat flour and enriched [...]
Delicious Roasted Eggplant
Posted in Cooking, Favorite things, Food, Pakistan, Recipes, tagged bharta, eggplant, indian pakistani food, Recipes, vegetarian on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the pleasures of living in this part of the world is the food. I have become exceedingly fond of nan baked in a clay tandoor, of juicy, tender meat generously rubbed with spices and dripping with flavor on an open flame, and of creamy, cooling raita with cucumber and roasted cumin.
Since arriving in Pakistan three years ago [...]
Raspberry Cheese Coffee Cake
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Recipes, tagged Baking, cakes, easy recipes on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This cake is very easy to make, it’s ready in just thirty minutes and it’s delicious, with a soft, tender texture. What more do you need?
Ingredients
1 package of cream cheese, softened at room temperature
½ cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
¼ milk
1 ¾ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ [...]
Perfect Basmati Rice
Posted in Food, NaBloPoMo, Pakistan, Recipes, tagged Basmati, NaBloPoMo, Recipes, Rice on November 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Basmati rice is a fragrant, fragile grain that needs to be handled with a gentle hand. Rice is a staple food in Asia, and getting it right is so important, that if I ever write a book about what it’s like to immerse oneself in Pakistani culture, I have a thought to call it “How to [...]
Scrumptious Fruit Salad
Posted in Food, NaBloPoMo, Recipes, tagged Fruit salad, healthy desserts, NaBloPoMo on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I learned how to make this delicious dish from my husband’s aunt. It’s called fruit chaat, and it’s very popular here in Pakistan. Most people use a store-bought dressing mix, which contains chilli powder, but I always try to avoid processed foods, so this recipe was perfect, and it is tangy without being hot. Some people [...]
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