by Fatima Rana
This arugula watermelon salad is a special one. Quite literally. It’s a summer special at my favorite restaurant, Antico Posto. It’s on the menu for a total of three weeks, and you bet I’m there every week when it is. But this year I feel like we all need something special, and we need it to last more than three weeks, so I recreated my favorite salad just for you. It’s just fresh, simple ingredients that create a flavor palette like no other.
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I’m gonna be honest. It took me a very long time to get the hang of making daal, a seemingly harmless recipe that if you ask anyone how to make, will entail answers like “ohoo it’s so simple” and “buss pressure cooker mein cheezain daal ke charha do” (just toss everything in the pressure cooker and you’re done)…
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Dal is such an important part of my Dad’s side of the family. Everyone knows how to make it, and they make it fast. So naturally, I had to come up with my own quick version of instant pot dal. When I think of Dal, I think of my paternal grandmother, who we all called Bibi Ji. Bibi Ji was the queen of the family, and she always got what she wanted. Besides her affinity for McDonald’s fish fillets, she loved dal. We had it almost daily.
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The lemon cuts through the creamy butter, while the butter mellows the acidity of the lemon. It’s all about balance, and balance is what every recipe craves.
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A Crispy Veggie Pakora and a rainy day go hand in hand. It is everyone’s favorite tea time snack. We all love a crispy veggie pakora, so why the hate towards it all of a sudden? Why do we need to air fry it, or swear it off, especially during the special time of Ramadan? We don’t need to deprive ourselves of this delicious treat. I’ve come up with a simple and fool proof recipe that you can enjoy every now and then even if you’re watching your waistline. These crispy veggie pakoras are light, crisp and full of flavor.
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It’s Ramadan, and no matter how vigorously you swear off fried food before it starts, you end up in a downward spiral towards all the deep fried foods that have become associated with fasting, because who needs all the health benefits, right? And the king of fried food are delicious crunchy and fulfilling Pakorey. I refuse to call them potato fritters or onion fritters, or fritters of any sort. They are Pakoray, and that’s what they shall be called…
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Sconce & Scone 