HI!
My name is Sumaiya and my blog is for ENG-101/ fall 2010 at LaGuardia Community College.
I am 20 years old (note: my birthday is on August 30; DO NOT FORGET TO WISH ME :D). I am from Pakistan.
Knowing where i come from, you should have a pretty good idea of what could be my food choices. I love 'desi' food; particularly known as Asian food. I myself cook at home some very delicious and spicy dishes. I do not like going for grocery shopping since there is a lot to carry out of the stores then.... lol. Since I have no choice but to go for it, I like to shop in Indian stores where the kind of food we eat is largely available in many varieties. I like to mostly eat vegetables. LOVE THEM. Since its an essential part of a healthy diet, I do periodically cook meat as well. My own favorite food is Rajma (spicy kidney beans).
Being the cook at home its my speciality as well as some special Asian dishes as Biryani, Quorma, Haleem, Paye, Pilao, Nihari, and Katakat. These are special dishes because first of all they taste great! Also, they are made with alot of spices and efforts; sometimes cooked a whole night.
The food I cook is mostly herbs, spices, and vegetables. The meat we eat is HALAL, so it comes from a special Muslim Farms where it is slaughtered according to Islamic Sharia. The farms usually have a slaughter house attached to it. The animals in the farms are basically the same like any other farm. Unlike other slaughter houses that have machines, these have Muslim workers to slaughter each animal individually with the name of Allah.
Hi Sumaiya :)
ReplyDeleteLate Eid Mubarak :D
Reading your blog and all those delicious food names made my mouth watery ;)I am from Rawalpindi,Pakistan and looking forward in talking to you in class also.
Hope so next Eid when you cook you bring something beefy to eat because its gonna be QURBANI :P
Well Sumaiya... first of all Thank you for posting a comment on my blog!
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading yours and it is very interesting to read about your traditional food. And I'm happy you can relate to me when it comes to cooking. As a matter of fact I'm making rice right now LOL
In comparison to your food, Colombians (not all) but in general don't cook anywhere near as spicy as you guys... It's like you guys cook with spices constantly where Colombians might just offer you some hot sauce separately . To me even onions in salad are too spicy!!
As far as what our main foods are... well one thing I can definitely say about Colombians and basically all Hispanics, RICE IS A MUST!!
One time I went to Florida with my friends for a week and we didn't have access to Hispanic restaurants and by the four day I began to get kind of sick...
One thing Colombians are known for is also coffee. We even put coffee in our baby's formulas. In America, that's looked down upon... but I think it's very healthy...
I had so much coffee as a kid that for coffee to keep me awake, it will take me at LEAST three or four cups... which I can't really drink that much anyway because coffee fills me up quick.
I hope I answered some of your questions.
I'll be updating my blogs regularly ....
Hey Sumaiya...
ReplyDeleteWaooo a whole night to prepare a dish!!!! that takes skills lol.... I agree with Natalie, your food is spicy, and I can't even eat tacos with spice... weird I know....
Also, good for you!!! nowadays people hardly eat vegetables, and for you to love them, it's very good, I don't wanna say I don't eat them, because I do, but, they're not the first thing that comes to my mind when I'm hungry.