White Mutanjan or Colorful Sweet Rice Eaten at My Aunts Place The Sweet Memory
The Day I Fell in Love with Mutanjan For the longest time, I was convinced that Yellow Sweet Rice (Zarda) was the only way to go. To me, “sweet rice” had to be that bright yellow color with that strong, cozy smell of cardamom. I honestly thought white sweet rice would be boring, so I […]
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The Only 2-Ingredient Sour Lavashak I Make When I’m Craving Something Tart
Hello my name is Fozia. From Tamarind to Lavashak: My Sweet and Sour Journey I have loved eating sour treats since I was a child. Whenever I ate tamarind (imli), its sharp tartness would make my eyes scrunch up involuntarily, but the taste was something else entirely! However, there was always one problem with tamarind—if […]
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My Secret Shortcut: How I Use an Instant Soup Packet for Perfect Chicken Manchurian
The Kitchen Experiment: How a Soup Packet Saved My Cravings! Hello my name is Fozia….. They say “Necessity is the mother of invention,” but in my world, “Cravings are the mother of all experiments!” It was one of those evenings when my heart was set on only one thing: Chicken Manchurian. You know that perfect […]
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