It’s going to be Ramadan in less than 2 months, and this is the best time to start thinking about the preps that you can do to make the month of Ramadan as stress free as possible. This is why today I am sharing a step-by-step Ramadan food preparation guide (including recipes). Lots of tips on how to prepare in advance for sehri / suhoor, iftar, and dinner. When I was working on this article, I asked friends and family…
This blog post is all about how to make a Cheese Board for South Asians. Consider this a cheese board 101 guide with step by step pictures on what to do, along with things to keep in mind when serving a cheese board (or grazing platter) to Pakistani Indian guests. It also includes how you can add a Desi twist to your cheese board, with Pakistani Indian inspired savoury snacks and sweets. The steps and guidelines in this post work…
This post may contain affiliate links. The one question that I get all the time when I talk about my multi cooker is whether it’s suitable for Pakistani and Indian cooking. This blog post talks about what is a multi cooker and gives a list of reasons (10 to be exact) on why a multi cooker is an essential appliance in a Pakistani and Indian household. Read on ahead to find out why. First of all, what is a multi…
A guide to roasting vegetables – things to keep in mind when deciding to roast vegetables, how to roast different types of vegetables, and how to serve and use the super delicious roasted vegetables. Let me be honest. I have struggled with roasting vegetables many times – it’s not a common technique in a Pakistani or Indian household. Even when we make full chicken (or charga) we cook and fry it, but rarely roast. It’s only in the last few…
This blog post contains many creative ways to use up leftovers, along with leftover recipes that will result in new meals for you and your family. Reduce food waste, use up leftovers, and also save money. In my last blog post, I talked about how to reduce food waste and leftovers from happening. But there are many cases (some intentionally) when we end up with leftovers, that we just don’t know what to do with. This article talks about a…
Nip it in the bud – how to reduce food waste and leftovers. This blog post covers 12 ways to stop leftovers from happening in the first place, so food waste is minimised. Today is World Food Day, an international day celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. Every year, World Food Day has a different theme, and…
A couple of weeks ago I got a message from a reader who needed help in stocking her pantry with the food essentials, especially the Pakistani ingredients. It made me think of how difficult it was when I moved countries and had to setup my kitchen from scratch. It also made me realise that while there are some excellent resources on stocking a pantry and kitchen organisation, there’s not a lot of information for the Desi pantry. Especially not for…