All posts of Shaheen

Best of 2009: Savory

Garlicky Baked Fries: These fries have gathered a mass following ever since I’ve posted them with 109K views and still counting! Go.Make.Them.Now. Cheddar Cheese Biscuits: Cheesy biscuits are so much more fun than just regular biscuits. Olive and Rosemary Crackers: Made with olives and with a little parmesan cheese added- these are mighty delicious. Herb […]
15 years ago

Chocolate Hazelnut Marbled Cake

Before I get to the delicious cake, I want to tell you about the big news I was holding on to a while ago. If you’re following me on Twitter or Facebook, you might have heard me gushing about finally signing ‘the contract’.No, it’s not some corporate contract boohockey or a typical 9-5 job. This contract is my entry […]
15 years ago

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Until now I’ve had sun dried tomatoes from a jar and only after making these cute little babies did I realize what I’d been missing out on – über concentration of flavour. They are the same as sun-dried tomatoes, except that it doesn’t sound as fancy and the job gets done a lot quicker! While […]
15 years ago

Fig Tart with Vanilla Scented Frangipane

  So I did two adventurous things today: One – baked with figs, which I have never done before. And two – succumbed to my aversion for frangipane (fancy schmancy French name for a mixture of ground almonds, sugar, eggs and vanilla). Now it has got to be something that looks absolutely spectacular for me […]
15 years ago

Baking in Bombay

Baking Classes in Mumbai So many of you emailed me with questions, recommendations and information about what I use in the kitchen, and this post is filled with all the answers.  I’m hardly able to keep up with replying to individual emails so here are all your questions answered, hopefully. There is a WEALTH of […]
15 years ago

Spice Infused Grapes

What are better than grapes? Spice infused grapes! When I was at brunch at a local restaurant a while ago, I kept going back to fill my plate up with grapes, over and over again. It was something to do with the sweet scent that accompanied the grapes that made me eat so many grapes […]
16 years ago

Ginger and Honey Roasted Almonds

  December should be dubbed Good Food Month. For, this is the one month where I end up bookmarking the maximum number of recipes. And it’s also the one month where I tell myself I can eat without feeling too guilty because, well, everyone else is (see, this kind of peer pressure isn’t bad). Given […]
16 years ago

Chocolate Chip Shortbread

Or, instead, this post should be titled ‘I Love Dorie Greenspan’. The more recipes I try from her book Baking: From My Home to Yours, the more I feel like I don’t need any other baking book. I love how each recipe is written so beautifully with personal notes from experience and ideas for variation. […]
16 years ago

Mushrooms with Bacon and Sage

  I made these crazy delicious mushrooms last week. Has a familiar ring to it? Even for my previous post (the marinated eggplants), it took me a whole week to get to posting the recipe. Why, you ask? Of late I’m enjoying a little more of cooking over baking. Of late, I’m not taking too […]
16 years ago