Author: benazirkhan

I love to cook I collect and try out new recipies I am in to yarn craft and I collect knitting and crochet patterns plus I am married I even play runescape and I am an avid reader I even am a music junkie I collect music because I can't live without it I speak German English Urdu Pashto Hindko plus I am still learning Arabic Turkish and Spanish The music I listen to are jazz, rock, R&B from the old school, European classical. regae, Hip Hop from old school, the blues House from old school, Songs in English, German, Urdu, Hindko, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish and Arabic, Um kalthom and Mohamed Mounir, Fauda Arar, Baris Manco, Amr Diab, Tual, Yalin, Sesan Asku, Ahmet Keya, Ahmet Ozhan, Alamgir, Quamar Gulla, Nashenas, Naghma, Noor Jahan, Mohamad Rafi, Lata, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mahmood are my favorite singers. The list goes on etc. and of course I love latamore and luther vandros, the beatles, rolling stones and Yusef Islam is also one of the greatest voices and Allah blessed them all with such great talents.
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Fish Pies

I have to admit when I made these last night that these was the first things to disapear. It was Mr. Riaz that ate most of them and he really enjoyed it. This was a part of my first  batch that came out of the oven. As you can tell that this is very ideal … Continue reading Fish Pies

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Fish Stew

I wanted a  fish stew and I mean badly.  This is  made for every type of  fish. How do I put a fish in a stew without it breaking apart and scattering.  Simple bake or fry it.  This way it will hold firm an hold its shape and not scatter. I used perch for this … Continue reading Fish Stew

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Ful

This dish is made like  hummus and it is a different bean entirely.  It is also made similarly to baba ghanouj.   Ful is an Arabic word meaning fava beans.   I took 1 cup of fava beans washed  and soaked them in 1 liter or 1 quart of water  overnight. I  put them in … Continue reading Ful

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Hummus

This one is similarly made like baba ghanouj  except it is with a bean and not an eggplant. It is just as delicious though and this can be eaten at anytime during the day and great for breaking fast during Iftar during Ramadan. It is a very short ways away and I am really looking … Continue reading Hummus

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Baba Ghanouj

This is one of my most favorite dishes ever and I found out that when other people would make it from their blog posts that theirs is more bland. Me however I love mine with lots of flavor and everyone has there preference. I used to boil my eggplant before making and I got pretty … Continue reading Baba Ghanouj

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Sheermal

I wanted to make something a little differnt. Mr. Riaz would bring sheermal and taftan already made and however they are dripping ghee  and too overly sweet. Here I have made it in to a healthier version. I am not in to eating white flour at all, especially the white processed flour. I am in … Continue reading Sheermal