Here is another very easy chat recipe. I wish I was totally in Pakistan now. My heart and brain is still there and never fully left as everyone who knows me is already way too familiar. I soaked 2 handfuls of chickpeas overnight and cooked them in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes with 1 … Continue reading Choli (chickpea) Chat
I have had some excess batter left from making that fried fish it can also be used for pakora. You can use any type of vegetable for this pakora potatoes, chilies, onions, spinach, eggplant, karela (bitter gourd), tomato, cauliflower, okra, etc. If you use cauliflower steam it until it becomes fork tender and drain. The … Continue reading Peshawari Pakora (Chickpea Flour Fritters)
Oh my God!!!!!!! When I ate this it took me back to Peshawar, Pakistan where my in laws lives. I really miss that place and being around my family even though we had a big tragedy that some very sweet family members had passed away. This snack is one of Peshawar’s street food at its … Continue reading Chana Choor Garam (Spicy Fried Lentil Snack)
It is bhindi in Urdu Bamiya in Arabic in West Africa it is known as okro and English it is called okra. Please feel free to tell me what okra is you your languages and dialects. All I know it is just plain yummy. It is also called lady finger too. I put in my … Continue reading Bhindi Masala (Spicy Okra)
Yesterday when I went grocery shopping I learnt from a gentleman that manzano chilies are great for using at barbecues. Wherever he is I just want to say thank you because he have me an idea how I should make this sauce. I have had these mazano chilies sitting in my freezer for a while … Continue reading Manzano Chili Sauce
This sambar is so tasty and so yummy I love it very much on a cold day just as much as I love pepper soup. Sambar is from South India and it is very comforting when it is cold out side while pepper soup is a most beloved African dish that I feel the same … Continue reading Mixed Vegetable Sambar Made With Toor Dal
I learned this from an old lady that was very close to me. One of her sons is my ex. After I broke up with him I still remained close to her. She also helped raise my girls and put my father in his place about me. This lady helped me a lot and when … Continue reading Hot Water Cornbread/ Sorullitos
I got this idea from an Indian food blog snnehh.com. However they made a mistake saag means greens in Urdu and they are green leafy vegetables otherwise known as greens. Instead they got it confused and mixed it up with the turnip root. Now I know my greens better then most people. They come as … Continue reading Turnip Sabsi
This thought had appeared to me when I was going through recipes looking for brown lentils. I couldn’t find one to my liking then this idea popped in to my head like a light bulb which you see in a cartoon when a cartoon character has a brain storm. You can see above his or her … Continue reading Benazir’s Spicy Brown Lentil Burger
Without a dear friend from Turkey this blog post will not be possible. She knows I love to cook and gave me this brilliant recipe. This is what Nuh (as) Noah made for his animals on the trip on the ark. This story is in every holy book the Torah the Bible and the Quran … Continue reading Asure (Noah’s pudding)
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