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Author: Magic Ingredient
Fahmim Arif, also known as magicingredient, is a UAE-based professional food stylist and content creator working with restaurants, F&B brands, hospitality clients, photographers and production teams. Her work brings together thoughtful plating, colour, texture, props and visual storytelling to create camera-ready food for photography, video, menus, campaigns and social media content.
Vada Pau with beetroot chutney
Vada Pau is a popular Maharashtrian snack. They are actually potato fritters coated in chickpea flour and stuck inside a bun with chutney. They are usually topped with a fried green chilli. Instead of the regular red chutney I brought in the magic of beetroot.
Hibiscus tea poached pears
Hibiscus blooms are a great way to make dishes look appealing. Spiced hibiscus tea sweetened with date syrup is a great base to poach your pears.
Memory Reloaded
How do you break free from the mundane? Take a vacation with family, venture out alone or catch up with
Crunch your way!!!
A mixture of delicious and healthy ingredients. A choice of infinite combinations. Making it a great breakfast option with a
Shades of Green
No, I am not talking about an element on the Periodic table. It’s the green healthy powder I got recently
Food defines a locale
Traveling opens up a whole new side of you. I have been lucky to have traveled within and outside my
Turn to home for inspiration
Chicken Pieces marinated in black sesame paste and grilled to perfection. Served with mint chutney
Pink Beetroot Latte
With an agricultural background and an early life spent in a tea garden, I have lived a life amidst nature,
Beetroot and carrot fritters
There are a very few ingredients that inspire you to create something new every time. Beetroot is one such vegetable
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