Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy, Healthy and Yummy 2013 !


I celebrated, watched New Year Celebrations at Burj Khalifa (on youtube :/ ), Dubai and had Chapli Kababs followed by cuppa tea. I hope you guys had a great time and wish you a healthy, happy and yummy 2013!


Friday, December 28, 2012

Flake and Strawberry Crêpe

My parents came over to my place last week from Riyadh. And Papa bought me strawberries ! *yum yum*. So, when they left after 3 days I was feeling all blue and felt like giving myself a treat to cheer me up. The treat turned out to be chocolate and strawberry crêpe =) it was easy to make and perfect for lifting up my spirits.



    






What you need:

Strawberries- Sliced or chopped
Chocolate - I used Flake, you can also use chocolate sauce.

Ingredients for batter:

1 Cup Milk
1/4 Cup Flour
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla essence
Pinch of salt

What you need to do:

Mix all the ingredients together. Then mix them with the help of a whisk.
There shouldn't be any lumps and the batter should have enough thickness to spread out but not too thin.
Put a teaspoon of oil in a frying pan at medium heat. Wait until 3 minutes.
Now pour the batter with the help of a bouillon spoon (soup spoon) and spread it around by moving the fry pan in a circular motion.

You will get something like this:


Its ok if you don't get the perfect circle. Once, you see the edges are little brown use a spatula to flip ur crepe. And let it brown from the other side too.

You are done! Throw your strawberries and sprinkle on the chocolate and fold it as you like.


Serve them for a breakfast with fresh strawberries, fresh cream or whipped cream and some extra chocolate sauce!





Monday, December 17, 2012

King's Bazaar



Hey Readers!
I wanted to tell you guys about this awesome facebook page. They provide handmade rugs, cushions, wall-hangings etc worldwide. Do visit them! They customize according to your wants! :D
Check out these cushions! <3

Here is the link : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kings-Bazaar/136383103183359

Tata!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Christmas around the corner


DIY Christmas Cake!
I am in the middle of moving so I can't really do the cake but I am posting this for you guys to give it a try at home for your Christmas..Just follow the link below and enjoy!

http://www.sugaredproductions.com/blog/cake-decorating/ruffled-christmas-tree-cake/





Sunday, December 2, 2012

Fish Karahi [ Fish in the Curry]

So, its like 5:13 AM in Jeddah and I'm kind of sleepy not really sleepy yet. And I don't like talking alot about the recipe for now. In short, there are many recipes in Pakistan for making a "Karahi" and mostly they are Chicken Karahi and Mutton Karahi (chicken and beef! yes! ) but what is a Karahi? Good question!
As I said not much of bla bla today, please goto : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahi

Left to Right: Wok and Karahi
Yes! That is called Karahi! And we make this curry-ish thing in Karahi and serve it in Karahi too! :D


What you need:
4 Fillet of fish
8 Tomatoes - Diced (preferably red and not at all the yellow ones)
3 Green chilies - sliced
5 cloves of garlic (hand chopped)
Half a cup coriander - chopped
Thinly Julienne cut ginger ( to garnish and its important to add it)
Salt to taste
1 1/2 teaspoon Red chili powder
1/2 cup oil

This is what you need to do:

1) Cut big chunks of the fish fillet and shallow fry both sides in a skillet. Until they are done.
2) Pour oil in your karahi ( you can use the skillet or a wok to cook it as well) and throw in your garlic. Don't let the garlic go brown just stir it a bit until you can smell the aroma. Now its the time for the tomatoes to go in.
3) Put salt and red chili powder in it and let the tomatoes cook. Until they leave the skin and the oil is separated.
4) Now take your fish and place it on the gravy and cover the skillet. Let it cook and get all the gravy taste for about 5 minutes.
5) Its time for the green chilies, garlic and coriander . You can simply sprinkle everything on the top.
6) Take it off the heat but I like to cover it for a while so that the garnish improvises its aroma too.


Mine didn't have coriander because I did not have it in home :P Hope you guys enjoy it...The ingredients are easy and you can make it with chicken or beef...I have tried prawns too! =D

P.S: Remember to keep stirring from time to time and keep it on medium-high flame to low flame as needed.