Be Fat, Be Happy.

My family was very into taking a smol vacation every year - and in 1998, that meant a trip to Murree/ Bhurban. Every year, without fail, we'd head up to the mountains in June/July because summer vacation. The point of that useless little tidbit was: we'd get pakoray along the way, somewhere very close to Murree. I remember we'd stop at this shady road in the middle of nowhere where all you could see was 2 pakora stands and that's it. There was so much fog everywhere, you could only see your hand in front of your face and vague outlines of the mountains - and places you could possibly fall off from and die. Anyway, those pakoray made my soul happy. Super hot, super spicy and SO, SO CRISPY they were amazing. Huddled around the car with those insanely good pakoray, garam chai, shivering in the cold is still one of my favorite memories. I can't recreate those exactly, but these come very close to achieving that level of extra crisp. Ingredients Veggies ...

So this genius @lahorihousewife calls it Shahjahani Pulao, but my brothers being brothers renamed it. Thori si mehnat hai, totally worth it though. Ingredients For Chicken Qorma Chicken ½ kg Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tbsp Red Chili Powder 1 tsp Salt To taste Fried Onions 1 cup (2 large onions) Ground Coriander 1 tsp Green Chili Paste Of 6 large chilies Tomatoes 4 (sliced or blended) For Layering Boiled Rice 1-1   ½ cup Mint Chutney ½ cup For Topping French Fries Of 4 potatoes Boiled Eggs 4 Toasted Almonds ¼ cup Method Fry the onions and keep them aside. Don't brown them too much, they'll turn bitter. Oil a deep pan, add ginger garlic paste and red chili with a little water. Add salt and fried onions, ground coriander and green chili paste. Fry for a few minutes, then add th...

Original recipe courtesy Chef Shai Ingredients Potatoes 4-5 Salt To tase Black Pepper 1 tsp* Paprika 1 tsp* Garlic Powder 1 ½ tsp* Butter 50 g Method Cut potatoes into wedges. Add garlic powder, salt, black pepper and paprika. Mix well until all the wedges are fully coated with the spices. Melt butter and pour over the fries then set to bake until done. Serve with Garlic Mayo Sauce, or Chilli Ketchup. * Quantity can be adjusted according to personal taste.

Ingredients Potatoes 6-7 (boiled and mashed) Salt 1 tsp Red Chillies 1 ½ tsp Cumin Seeds 1 ½ tsp Trachyspermum Ammi (ajwain) ½ tsp Coriander Seeds 1 tsp (ground) Batter Chick-pea Flour (besan) ½ to 1 cup Salt A pinch Red Chillies A pinch Trachyspermum Ammi (ajwain) A pinch Method Add spices to the mashed potatoes and shape into small balls. Mix flour with the spices and add water slowly until you have a thick paste. Dip the balls into the batter and deep fry. Serve with ketchup or mint chutney. Image Courtesy: Google.