Taste with Mary

23/06/2024

Hello friends!

I hope you are all doing well and staying safe. As promised, I am here to share with you the baklava recipe I made on Eid! 😍

First, let me tell you that making baklava may seem daunting at first, but trust me, it is easier than you think. And the end result is absolutely worth it. So let's get started!

Ingredients:
- Phyllo sheets
- 1 cup melted butter
- 2 cups chopped nuts (I like to use a mixture of walnuts, pistachios, and almonds)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 lemon, juiced

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 170 degrees C.
2. Butter the bottom and sides of a baking dish.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine the chopped nuts with cinnamon and set aside.
4. Place 2 sheets of phyllo dough in the bottom of the prepared dish and brush with melted butter.
5. Spread the nut mixture evenly over the phyllo dough.
6. Continue layering the remaining phyllo sheets brushing each sheet with melted butter.
7. Before adding the final layer, use a sharp knife to cut the baklava into desired shapes.
8. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until golden brown.
9. While the baklava is baking, prepare the syrup by combining sugar, water, honey, vanilla extract, and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat.
10. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
11. Once the baklava is done, immediately pour the hot syrup over the hot baklava. Let it cool before serving.

And there you have it! A delicious and mouth-watering baklava that will surely bring a smile to your face. Trust me, the combination of the crunchy layers of phyllo dough and the sweet and nutty filling will have you coming back for more! 🥰😍

31/12/2023

During these turbulent times, full of happenings and changes, injustices and uncertainity, I want to end the year sharing all the things I am grateful for:

Grateful for each and every member of the Family.

Grateful for the geniune Friendships.

Grateful for the learning through the challenges faced.

Grateful for People who taught you who you didn’t want to be or be around.

Grateful for the emotional growth.

Grateful for the new experiences.

Also, Grateful for the privilege of living in a place where wars are not being held directly. Which also, at the same time brings a sense of guilt for the ones suffering, specially keeping in mind the live genocide we get to see of Palestinians. Also Sudan and Congo seem to be going through the same... It just feel surreal. The World seems to be the most unfair right now as ever.

This is why I chose to practice Gratitude more than ever. I thank God every day for everything and everyone in my life. Alhamdulillah ♥️

-Mary

24/10/2023

A quick lambs chops recipe without oven and served with Beans salad and green peas pulao. Also don't forget to follow me on social media, search me with "Tas...

22/09/2023

New video on YouTube channel after a long time. Do watch and leave your feedback 🥰❤️

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20/08/2023

Dessert Alert 🚨

Vanilla pudding with several layers of sponge cake and banana. As toppings I used dry and candied fruit 🍨🍧🍨

27/07/2023

Peshawri Naan And Baingan Raita🤤😍🤤😍 Made by mama with sisters' help ofc. -Meanwhile I was at the office working and drooling watching the pics-

I must admit, I got my portion reserved though 🤭tbh it was even more delicious than it looks in the photos😍🤩

01/07/2023

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27/05/2023

❤️Another Proud Sister moment ❤️
Graduation 2022-2023 🥳🥳🥳

The pride in parents eyes, along with the fantastic food (of course) is all a kid can ask for in life 🥰😍

As a person who is from a desi household, I'm here to remind you all you shouldn't ever forget to celebrate life's events. Every small or big life event that makes you happy, gather your loved ones and celebrate. ❤️
Life is full of ups and downs, mostly downs, so when those ups knock your door, let them entre and celebrate with whole heart🫶🏾

Alhamdulillah and MashAllah ❤️❤️

27/04/2023

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16/03/2023

🥟Sweet Nutts Braid🥟

Made by Mama♥️

Layered homemade dough filled with brown sugar and nutts🤤😍🤩 Baked for 20-25 mins.. and viola!💫✨

01/01/2023

Highlights from New Year Eve's Dinner 🤗💟

Seeing off 2022 with the best way we know: FOOD + FAMILY ♥️

Grateful for everything happened this year, for the good moments and for the bad ones, for the family and friends who stayed through thick and thin and for all the lessons learnt.💫
Alhamdulillah💝

Menu:

▪︎Snacks
Guacamole and toasts
Dry Fruits Cocktail
Olives
Cheese Sticks
▪︎Crispy Chicken Burger with Potato Chips
▪︎Salmon and Cheese Pie
▪︎Prawns
▪︎Cheesecake
▪︎12 Grapes

08/12/2022

Capamento ⛺⛺🥰

What a great experience making an amzing Multicultural Menu for everyone at the camp😍🥰😇

Above all, the fantastic feedback received from everyone😍😍😍

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22/10/2022

Autumn Travels 🍁🍂

Second time in UK, but this time in Manchester✅ Sharing some of the clips 💟🤗

Special thanks to Bhai for driving us to places and treating us so respectfully😇😇 Another special mention to .hibashafi 😘 for being there all the time😍🤩

28/08/2022

📣Baking Day Alert📣

The nieces had an awesome time decorating these cookies, making them into Minions🤩🤗🥸

They LOVE "helping" me in the kitchen and entertaining them with this was a great idea to keep them away 🤭😝

It was real fun, actually💁‍♀️

27/08/2022

Sunny Day + Picnic, a perfect combination❤

It was very sudden and quick Picnic plan. We just made the Biriyani (which we were gonna eat at home anyway), Chana Chaat, some snacks, Pinapple, choclates and drinks. Viola! So easy😉😎
Also, took some rackets🏸 cards♣️ and football🏐 to play.

In short, Some food, bit of Sports and lot of Nature😍🏕

Summer's about to end and this is going to be missed as everyone's going to be busy at school/work. So let's get best out of the family gatherings and outings, specially in the nature🥰

31/07/2022

Tired Feet, Happy Heart 💟
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19/06/2022

🍢Family Day Out: BBQ version 🍢

Picnics are the best idea to spend in fresh air. And BBQ is always a Great option, of course😉🥰

Also, a reminder that planing a picnic, and in this case, a BBQ picnic isn't easy at all! You gotta get all the preparing started the day before. Have the marinations done at the night time, put all the stuff together (tools, plates, glasses, etc), pack them, get the dresses ready and much much more!🧐

So never take it easy or granted for when others do it for you😇🥰

For more pics, go to my stories "Picnic" and get to know more tips and recipes.😍🤩.

14/06/2022

🎂SAFA's BIRTHDAY🎂

Organising my lil sister's birthday pics taken yesterday, I realised I hadn't share any pic of my little niece's cake photos here in the posts section...😪

So here I am sharing few pics of her Birthday's celebration😇🥰 the day She was born was on 28th April, a special gift in the Covid-19 days. A miracle like no other🌼💞

Here's to many many many more, full of joy, happiness, love and blessings IA!🌞🤩

😘MashAllah 😘
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11/06/2022

Last week, it was the 50th anniversary of the High School my siblings and I have studied to.🤗 They organised a special lunch for all the current and former teachers and the ex-students, where apart from having “the reunion” and having delicious food, there was an exposition of the Time Capsule made 10 years back. The pictures, videos and notes of that time made me nostalgic and a bit emotional.🤭🥰😇
However, the best of all was the fact of meeting (some of) the teachers that have left an important mark on my life⭐Meeting them and realising they all remember you…🥲🥰 in good words..😍 what a feeling!!
From the tightest hug to my PE teacher at the restaurant’s door, to hearing the Principal (of that time) saying he remembers me wishing him “Happy Birthday” in Urdu on the blackboard… Each compliment and good wishes by the respected teachers is such a blessing! 💞
A student remembering and praising a teacher is way much “normal” and easier than a teacher remembering a student. Despite having so many students through their professional life, when one of them comes and say that they remember what a good and charm student you were… oh well! *unlock achievement*🤭💪 I guess
Also, many of them saying “I remember you wanted to be a doctor” OUCH! 😝

Anyways, beautiful beautiful day, wonderful seeing all them. Missed many others…
FOOD: a great resource to reunite people. ❤🤍❤🤍

05/06/2022

🍹The Halal Cocktail🍹

Very much needed in this hot weather🙊🌞

This drink is super refreshing and delicious for you to enjoy in a balcon, next to swimming pool or in a garden having sun bath🕶⛱

Ingredients:

▪️Mint
▪️Orange
▪️Lemmon
▪️Pinapple Juice
▪️Brown Sugar
▪️Fizzy Drink
▪️Ice Cubes

Yes, it is super easy and trust me VERY REFRESHING😉🤩

Best to enjoy with friends, family or all alone. Up to you😋🌼

04/06/2022

🥗HEALTHY BUN PLATTER🥗

After getting back home from a special lunch out of town, we found mama making the buns shown in the pic. The kitchen was filled with the delicious aroma of baking🥰

The buns were tremendously soft and spongy🙊💟 Also, I can asure you they were million times fresher and healthier than anyone found in the market💯

For this platter, I used fresh homemade buns, along with fresh salad made with organic lettuce, a couple of good fresh cheese slices and some organic seeds🍱

And viola! A perfect dinner is ready😉✅

Behind every food and/or recipe there's a story. Find it, explore it and live by it❤

01/05/2022

🌼MY IFTAR PLATTERS🌼

As Ramadan 1443 comes to end today, let me share with you some of my Iftar Platters🥰🤩

First of all, Alhamdulillah for the blessing of being able to choose what we eat for iftar❤

Although, Ramadan is famously and mostly known for 'not eating and drinking', what we often don't talk about is that it's a month of spiritual cleansing and purification. A month we Muslims try to increase our worship, good deeds and charity.✅

And for me, one of the most beautiful things of this Holy month is the time of Sunshine and Sunset (Sheri and Iftar) where the whole family sit together to have the meals we've been planning and making over the day. 🥰🥰

This page is itself a manifestation of love brought by food, and living the whole food experience in Ramadan is even more womderful: from the point to decide what to make, to making it and finally enjoying it, has a special place in my heart❤

I tried to make a daily platter pic, but sometimes in the rush I wasn't able to. Also Insta feed post only let me upload 10 pics at a time😅

Will try to cover them all in a reel🎥

If you've been fasting hope your Ramadan went all good and you reach your set purpose 🤗🤩🌼

30/04/2022

Chicken Tikka Burrito🌯❤

Naïka • Sauce

13/03/2022

⛺ Camping Dinner ⛺

Such a great experience making dinner at the camping of 🤩😍

The fusion of traditional Pakistani food with Western touch has been an absolute hit😇🤗

Plus the great welcome and over all the company of all the people around has made it all a Tastefull experience🔥🥰

Will repeat for sure 😘

09/03/2022

🎂 Bisma's Birthday 🎂

Here are a glimpse of the birthday party. Finally, my niece is big enough to ACTUALLY enjoy her Birthday🤩😍

From picking her own dress to demanding the gifts, Bisma has definetly understood our version of Birthday celebrarion😜😎🎊

Plus, this is the first time she enjoyed cutting the cake, previous two years she'd get afraid of that much attention. And this time, well this time the atention is all she needed😎😍😍😁

It was her special day, but we definetly enjoyed it as much as her❤

PS: absolutely LOVED the cake carefully ordered by Bro and Sister in law (Bhai Bhabhi😜)🌈

MashAllah! God bless our Family❤

26/02/2022

🟡Motichoor Laddu🟡

Today I decided to make some laddu's for dessert. It was my first attempt on making these sweets.🤓 I had watched some recipes before and had tasted homemade laddus before as well made by my sister in law. So I had an idea of how it may go. 😎😉

The recipe isn't hard at all! You can make them with total 3 ingredients 😳 Yes!💥👍
The "hard" part is when you don't have the professional tools and you gotta go with at-home-stuff😜

Anyhow, overall it was not that difficult and the Laddus turned out to be SUPER delicious!😍🔥

Plus if you're into cooking like me, you'd know that cooking can be therapeutic🥰 It helps you to evade from the daily stress and gives you the inmediate satisfaction of the final result to enjoy yourself or/and for your loved ones✅❤
#2022

13/02/2022

🌯Meatball Sandwich 🌯

🥖Oh, we're so fan of Baguette sandwiches. 🥖
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Baguette is a long, thin type of bread of French origin. It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust and soft from iside.✅

The 'Meatballs' in this recipe are made of lentils and mince. You can ignore the mince if you want to make it all Vegeterian. 😉🥬

The rest is super yum salad and homemade sauces. 🫔

It is really easy and amazing recipe to enjoy in family for dinner parties😍😍

I will upload the recipe reel soon IA 😁
Stay tuned!!😘

06/02/2022

We had Aunt-Niece Baking day❤👩‍🍳🥰

I baked two cakes, one basic with orange juice and other with chocolate layers🍞

And my niece Bisma made 2 chocolate cupcakes🥰🥰 one for her and the other one for her sis❤

We had so much fun plus the result came out to be delicious😍😍

26/01/2022

🌶🍘LADDOO PITHI 🍘🌶

Ladoo Pithi is a famous Pakistani street food that is served with sweet and sour chutney and salad. 🤤🤩

These are, basically, fried lentil patties soacked in two sauces:

Sweet Apricot sauce
Tamarind Sour sauce

On the top: grated Turnip

Simple as it sounds it is tremendiously delicious and mouthwatering! This will definetly remind you of Lahore's streets😍😍😍

Reel of asdembling this will be upload soon😉😉🥰

Are you as much fan of street food as me?
Do you like Ladoo Pithyan Walay like me?

Share your views in the commebt sectio😘👇

12/01/2022

Qabuli Pulao by Mama ❤

What a treat coming home to this after a busy day !!!😍🤩

Who wouldn't love it eh?😇