Cooking without borders: Cuisine from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran & beyond.
An array of Turkish cheeses, fresh plump tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, an assortment of olives, sucuk (lamb sausage), tomatoes grilled with Turkish cheese, fresh thick yoghurt topped with a fruit coulis. A perfect breakfast in Istanbul with my husband.
Wonders of Pakistan Part VIII: Androoneh shaihair; Old City, Lahore.
Photo courtesy of Joselyn Fine, my sister’s best friend who visited Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan this year.
Wonders of Pakistan Part VII: Having a challi -corn on the cob grilled over coal embers- from the roadside in Karachi, January 2010.
Wonders of Pakistan Part VI: Buying ribbons to adorn kurtas and dupattas, in Liberty Market, Lahore, December 2009.
Wonders of Pakistan Part V: Glass bangle shopping in Chooriyon wali gali; the Alley of Bangles, Lahore, December 2009.
Wonders of Pakistan IV: my husband. It’s his birthday today, on St. Patty’s Day.
My own recipe for a chocolate cake with fleur de sel chocolate ganache, for his birthday dinner tonight.
Wonders of Pakistan Part III: A midnight run to the fruit-wallah, with my Uncle, Lahore, December 2009.
Wonders of Pakistan Part II: ‘Truck Art’, Karachi, December 2009.
Wonders of Pakistan Part I: Mum-in-law’s caramel custard, (crème caramel), Karachi, January 2010.
