Eid always brings with it a feeling of love and togetherness. Nostalgic memories of childhood and hope for a prosperous future filled with love and happiness. The word Eid literally means ‘festivity’ in Arabic and every year, Muslims all across the globe celebrate this festival with full zeal and love. For me however, Eid is not complete without the Continue reading «Bread and Butter Pudding with Toffee Sauce»
What better time to play with dates in desserts; Ramazan! When the kitchen is in all of its glory. This Eid, there is nothing better than devouring this date pudding with a generous serving of caramel sauce! The world might make sense again. The story of this recipe evolved from an episode of the latest Continue reading «Sticky Date Pudding – Perfect Eid Dessert»
‘Zarda’ is a traditional and aromatic Pakistani dessert which takes you back to its origin – ‘the Mughal era’. I wonder why it is called zarda? I asked Ali, my husband, and he lazily replied back “due to its yellow colour”, which surprisingly is true. Zarda is a Persian word which means yellow. In India Continue reading «Zarda – a Royal Treat »
Celebrating at midnight with balloons, flowers, sparkling candles and a homemade cake; birthdays are my favorite time of the year. I still have not figured out the reason why I love birthdays so much! I start the count down 30 days ahead of mine and the excitement never dies. In fact, it has increased year Continue reading «Celebrating with Red Velvet Cupcakes- Guest Chefling»
Being an army housewife means to live in the available resources- more appropriately to live in limited resources. My mom , like many army men wives, made the most out of it. One of the wonder products out of her kitchen was the Marble cake that she cooked in a pressure cooker! Why? Because she Continue reading «Marble Cake from the wonder bakery in a pressure cooker»
I have loved cooked and baking since I was a little girl of just 11 years. I am enjoying some free time after my recent Graduation, nothing gives me more pleasure than spending time in the kitchen trying new stuff n reviving my cooking skills. Though i have made doughnuts alot, but this new recipe Continue reading «Chocolate Mini Doughnuts – Guest Chefling »
Hosting dinners for me is more like scheduling another challenge triggering event! The menu has got to be something they haven’t tasted before, something they can’t stop having more of and something they might as well insist on getting a take-away for too. Here’s something I dug up from my collection of ‘Divine Desserts’ database Continue reading «Cappuccino Mousse- Guest Chefling »
So I have been asked by many of my friends for this recipe of Chocolate Eclairs. I myself tried it only very recently when me and my best friend had my place all to ourselves and decided to do some baking to satisfy our sweet cravings. It was something we had been planning to make Continue reading «Chocolate Eclairs – Scrumptious Bites»
I have a hyper-active sweet tooth which craves for ice creams, cakes and anything sweet, all during the day and even at wee hours of the night. But there are times when a chefling is just lazy or tired after work or just not in the mood to stay long in the kitchen! That’s when brownie Continue reading «Guest Chefling: brownie-in-a-mug»
The first time i had a banana bread was from oven of Erika- as some of you must know her by now, she is a dear friend from Japan. We became friends at a Yoga class in our apartment building in Bangkok. She is a perfect friend- the kindest of people I have known in Continue reading «Banana-Walnut-Cinnamon Bread – A Perfect Friend »
