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Shahi Tukray- My Rendition :)

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A very popular south-east Asian dessert is Shahi Tukray, which literally means ‘Royal Pieces’. I have improvised on this old recipe and given it a more aesthetically pleasing look. I hope you guys will like my version of this classic. I am calling it ‘The Royal Hearts’ Ingredients: Bread slices 12 Milk 1 litre Sugar 3/4 cup Custard powder 2tbsp Almonds 1 cup Resins 1/2 cup Pistachios 1/2 cup Butter for frying Method:   Cut the bread slices into heart shapes with the help of a cookie cutter. Shallow fry these hearts in butter on medium flame in a pan. Chop the almonds, pistachios and resins finely, mix together and put aside. Heat milk in a pot, on a medium flame, to boil and keep stirring in between. Add the sugar and mix well. Dissolve custard powder in half a cup of milk and pour it in the hot milk while stirring constantly. Cook it for another 5 minutes. In your serving dish, set the fried pieces of bread, put the chopped dried fruits on the slices and p...

J.J. and his pot bellied pandora!

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Another hi profile blasphemy case has emerged in Pakistan and this time it's none other than our very own Junaid Jamshed! The chart topper of times not so long ago and the heart throb of millions of teenage girls (and perverted middle aged men) Social media pages have been flooded with hateful messages against and pictures of Junaid Jamshed a.k.a. J.J. (also the name of this famous clothing line with outlets spread all across Pakistan) With a public apology, in the form of a video recorded message where J.J. cries and begs for forgiveness, the public has been divided upon the issue as to whether J.J. should be excused or should face the similar fate as those who have been charged with allegedly committing blasphemy in the past. When I first got to  see the video in which J.J. narrates a story about one of the wives of The Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) in not-so polite words, the thing that immediately and actually offended me was the fact that he labelled all of the women as being i...

Thanx, but NO thanx!

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One latest trend that I absolutely hate is the matching reindeer/christmas sweaters for him & her! It might be a popular trend but I wouldn't be seen dead wearing a matching sweater dress with my guy.