RECIPE: Pakora Dipping Sauce

I've always loved Pakora! Especially during Ramadan. 

But I always felt it was missing a sauce or something. So I did my research and found that in Pakistani cuisine, a sauce does exist for pakora. So, I mixed and matched ingredients from different online recipes and here's what I came up with...

Ingredients

1 medium-sized yogurt package (175 grams)

1 table spoon ketchup

1.5 table spoons Worcestershire sauce

2 tea spoons chili powder

1 tea spoon cumin powder

chopped mint (about 10 leaves)

 2 tea spoons lemon juice

salt & pepper to taste

Directions

Mix all ingredients in a bowel and serve chilled.

The result was perfect. I'd definitely make this dipping sauce again!  

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I'M LOVING: Choowy Goowy

Hidden behind ice rink at The Dubai Mall is probably the place that sells the best cookies in Dubai!

Living up to its name, Choowy Goowy offers the chewiest gooiest cookies around! They've got different flavors of cookies and other desserts. I bought a kinder chocolate flavored jar of cookies, and unlike Spinneys' cookies, they don't go stale after a day! If you have the time, order the cookie dough dessert with kinder chocolate. Its kind of like fondue but instead of cake, there's cookie dough with molten chocolate underneath.

 I want another cookie jar! 

I MISS BREAKFAST

A's Pasta Salad

Last semester, I was in love with the university's make-your-own salad bar. I'd have a salad almost everyday for lunch. Today I decided to make the same salad for dinner. It turned out great! I should've waited a little longer for the pasta to cool completely first though (the top was cool but there were a few warm ones at the bottom). This resulted in soggy lettuce. So don't make the same mistakes I did!

Ingredients:

cooked fussily pasta (drained) – American lettuce – broccoli – feta cheese – cucumbers – sweet corn -  green olives – ranch dressing – Italian dressing – salt and pepper – Tuna (optional)

Mix ingredients together in a bowl and serve. 

p.s. the the portion of each ingredient depends on how big you want the salad or how big the bowl you're going to use.

Bon appetite! 

RECIPE: The Vanilla-Banana Milkshake

This milkshake tastes SO good, plus its very healthy! I might try adding strawberries next time, or other types of fruit. Here's the basic recipe to serve 3-4 persons (there was a little left over; depends on the serving glass).


Ingridients:
- 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
- 3 bananas
- 1 heaped tablespoon of Horlicks
- a splash or two of milk


Directions:
1. Cut the banana into pieces and add to blender
2. Add a splash of milk and the spoonful of Horlicks then blend a little
3. Add the 1 scoop of ice cream blend a little, then add the other scoop, and so on...
4. Make sure everything is blended well using a spoon
5. Use some banana pieces as garnish for the glasses (I used desert glasses because they look pretty)
6. Enjoy!!