All posts of Shaheen

Technique: How to make Vanilla Bean Sugar

Remember the time I told you about sticking in the used pods of vanillas into a jar of sugar to get sweet smelling vanilla sugar? Now, what if I told you that I’ve got you something even better? Something that smells more potent, something that comes with the gorgeous specs of vanilla caviar, and something […]
15 years ago

Mango Lassi

After learning what a riotous combination fruits and yoghurt make together, I’ve been in love with all things fruit + yoghurt (cherry frozen yoghurt coming up!) With Alphonso mangoes aplenty, I’ve been making a lot of mango lassi through the summer and can’t seem to get enough of it. If you can get your hands […]
15 years ago

Chocolate Cinnamon Babka

Rejoice yeast-o-phobes! I have found the perfect recipe to convert you. I am one anxious person when I’ve to make bread. I’m never sure if a new recipe I try will work out. Will it rise? Will it get a nice brown crust? Will it smell too yeasty (answer to this: I used to think […]
15 years ago

55 Knives, the Book I co-authored, is now available!

Remember I told you that I’m working on a chapter for an e-book a while ago? Well, that book, titled 55 Knives, is now complete! Nick Evans of Macheesmo has done a fab job putting together the book of 55 chapters by food bloggers together (thank you, Nick!) What do you get in this book? […]
15 years ago

Hasselback Potatoes

Fancy looking potatoes, aren’t they? You’d never think how incredibly easy they are to make. When I was leafing through Falling Cloudberries, I couldn’t help sticking a note against the recipe for Hasselback potatoes once I read the note from the author that said “Hasselback Potatoes are gorgeous: they have style and show up with […]
15 years ago

Technique: Hazelnut Extract

If you’ve hung around here a while, you’ll know that I’m pretty obsessed with hazelnuts (hazelnut cheesecake, hazelnut truffles, hazelnut cake, Nutella cookies, Nutella cupcakes, being some of my favourites). And to think that a hazelnut fanatic like me can’t find some quality hazelnut extract around here is a total shame. After reading up on […]
15 years ago

Nutella Pop Tarts!

I have a confession to make: I have never bought a pop tart in my life, ever. And although I went ahead and made strawberry pop tarts after finding a gorgeous recipe online, I didn’t really have anything to compare them with. So I couldn’t say things like “Oh it was the even better than […]
15 years ago

Rich Chocolate Tart

I had been craving a chocolate tart for the longest time before I actually made one for myself. I didn’t want something that was simply filled with a soft ganache, but something a little more wicked: something with lots of cream and butter and eggs. To fulfill this long standing hankering, I found the perfect […]
15 years ago

In the Times of Indiaaaaa!

So guess who’s in The Times of India today? In the Wine and Dine Section in the Crest Edition, is an article that provides a “grazing platter of delicious food blogs” and The Purple Foodie is one of them! I am tickled pink to be mentioned alongside some really amazing food blogs (wohoooo!) For those […]
15 years ago