*_*

Meetup with friends can be so revitalizing.

Chit-chats over cup of cappuccinos can give you an instant refreshing boost. This was our last meetup @ GA after my marriage and departure from Islamabad.

I’m glad that we made it to this place… refreshed our memories.

Until we meet again. You two’ll always remain fresh in my heart and mind

I ♥ u and a.

All the best to Pakistani Team for T20 finals … feeling high with cricket at the moment

All hooked on to the live-streams .. been quite some time.

#PakCricket on Tweetville is ur route to follow.

Inshah Allah.

I was so craving for it for last few days … Ahhh.

yup another dawat at my place … the hardest thing in a dawat is to think what to cook. Specially when its a novice like me in front of the stove.

BTW, I’m anticipating a HUGE mouthful bite of Strawberry Cheesecake too ..

Sine you may be knowing i’m a die-hard fan of cheesecakes …:D

In case you are wondering lately I’m getting fun out of cooking

Anyone wants some?

ps: All the best Pakis for T20…. *Thumbs Up* *Prayers Ready for You*

اَج لتھا نئیوں اکھیاں دا چاہ

تُو تھوڑی دیر ہور ٹھہر جا ….

راز نہ اے لنگے ماہیا، پاویں مک جاواں میں

نالے تیرے لائیاں اک اک ساواں میں

ڈھولا اک واری میری مَن جا

تُو تھوڑی دیر ہور ٹھہر جا ….

تیرا تکنا اے اکھیاں نے راہ

تُو تھوڑی دیر ہور ٹھہر جا ….

اَج لتھا نئیوں اکھیاں دا چاہ

Been quite some time that I heard music of this stature … post-NFAK days.

Its lyrics reminds me of Aaj Janay ki Zid na karo

Real music. Real melodies.

Mind blowing.

Loved the starting scores and the high-beats in mid till it ends.

Go hook onto more of Coke Studio.

Ah well Sayeen Zahoor being one of my fave voices after Khuda Kay Liyay and Noori rocks … ^ thought to share this too

Rock On !

Who says cooking is difficult? I think our older generation make it sound like some rocket science always … a month or so into regular cooking and WOAH you start making real good stuff =)

*Proudly Nods*  

Just to keep a receipt .. I shoot what I cook

Some yummy Qeema Bharri Shimla Mirchein (Minced Meat stuffed Capsicums) are being steamed above … and He thinks I made this real yum.

So here’s some peak-through into my cooking

That’s Haleem .. FYI that I didn’t cooked

But will make in a day or two Inshah Allah

Couldn’t take the picture of Dum Kabab that I made yesterday .. and the pineapple and strawberry delights too =( Next time Inshah Allah…

And the guests who came yesterday … they probably thought I’ve had the karahi … and kababs bought from some restaurant .. ROFL … I’m so proud of myself.

And that’s the sushi I ate couple of weeks back

ps: go through  tags of this picture to know more about my bragging

pps: Hops off for another dawat at my place … Yipppy.

Adieu with picturesque post …

Seeing this picture I yearn for PATEESA .. yup that yellow colored mithayi .. oh man. oh Allah actually I should say.

I’m not much a fan of sweets and mithayis but there are few things so tempting that saying NO is itself a big no-no Pateesas one of ‘em I remember in my younger years when I was probably 9 or something, on my cozin’s wedding I saw this small mithayi ka dabba full of patessas. I think it’d be half kg pack. Yours truly ate that ALL.  heheh …  and yeah I made sure no one knows that I’m eating it   (no stealing mind you I was just enjoying evening meal there in the kitchen alone when that dabba was placed there by some aunty Lucky me )  I can still do that … I hate it when people give mixed mithayi packets with no pateesa in it. If not pateesa .. atleast place a good krucnhy baloo shahi in it

Have you ever tried roasting Baloo Shahi in microwave for a min .. it becomes warm and a bit crispy. Do give it a try

Barfi was never my thing … but the whole thing changed in 2005. When I visited India. After eating Kajoo ki Barfi … I started actually liking it too … ladoo and gulab jaman are mood dependant

I dont know if Pheniyaan comes in this category of Mithayis or not … a typical punjabi delicacy. I always find myself buying a pack of it in Ramadhan. After rauza’s aftari … dipping lots of it in tea and drinking, sipping and eating isnearly divine. I hope Allah’s going to provide me with some pheniyaan up there too .. Inshah Allah.

And the comments below compelled me to post this white crunchy pateesa too (for people who are not aware of this). Its equally delicious. Its white and thready. The one below I bought from Dhaka Sweet House in F-10 Islamabad. I remember there used to be an elderly man who’d carry a platter full of pateesas and will sell it in our area in afternoons and evenings. He was a govt servant and used to do this as a part-time thing in evenings. I’m speaking of that golden time when people knew about their surroundings. A decade and half back. Whenever I used to hear his crispy shreiky voice outside calling Pateeeeeeeeesaaaaa ; I’ll ask ami to give me a rupee or two and would be out in matter of seconds to enjoy the mputh-savouring Pateesa.

Those were the days.

ps: I did find this white Pateesa in Tesco here I’m going to bring it down again this weekend Inshah Allah

Image 1 Courtesy: NidaIM

ps: post updated