Hello and welcome to Fatima Cooks!
I am Fatima, the cook behind all the recipes you'll find here. I'm a mother of two not-so-little-little one aged 7 and 3, and proud wife to my official taste-testing husband. In my spare time, I drink a worrying amount of coffee, obsess about my garden babies and tbh, just sit in silence because two kids = A LOT of noise.
I was raised in East London (UK) and spent the first 28 years of my life in the same postcode, just around the corner from the famous Green Street. Fed up of the fast-paced life, we uprooted and moved to Nottingham some time ago and have pleasantly fallen in love with it all! But I never miss an opportunity to tell someone new that I'm from London 😉.
I'm a full time blogger and run multiple other blogs and websites. It's a big switch from my educational background in Psychology but hey, if the shoe fits, right?
How Fatima Cooks was born
I'm a meticulous taste-tester, and I really pride myself on sharing Pakistani recipes that are delicious, easy and broken down in a way that helps you become a better cook. And it stems from knowing what it was like on the other side, looking for good recipes and feeling - well, disappointed.
I began food blogging in 2015, a newly married University student living away from my family (and my comfort curries) for the first time. At that point in my life, I had NEVER cooked anything vaguely Pakistani that had ended well...
At the time, there were very few resources, websites and videos online teaching people how to cook the kind of homely Pakistani food I was used to, and craving. It was very frustrating having to sift my way through half-assed, not-so-great recipes and tons of kitchen disasters.
Ultimately, I had to learn things myself, through trial and error. God bless my husband for tolerating the concoctions I came out with.
But alas, it worked out! I got the hang of it real quick and pretty soon it became an obsession. I began cooking twice daily just for the fun of it!
And then I thought, 'Hey, wouldn't it be great if I could write these recipes down somewhere for other people too?'.
And that's how Fatima Cooks came to life.
I began Fatima Cooks to help other people who, like myself, had the best intentions of cooking good food but just couldn't make sense of what was out there. My aim was to break everything down in the same way I wished I could have gotten that information, including pictures and tips.
Since 2015, Fatima Cooks has grown beyond anything I ever could have imagined.
It's visited by thousands of people daily from across the entire world.
I've been interviewed by the BBC and Cooks Illustrated.
My recipes have been featured in BuzzFeed, SBS Food and Dawn News - just to name some!
And the best part? I get messages daily from people who enjoy my recipes and tell me how much they've helped them.
I am so honoured that 2015-me's dream of breaking down and making Pakistani cooking more accessible became a reality.
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Contact Me
If you'd like to reach out for questions regarding recipes or cooking, please leave a comment on the relevant blog recipe.
If you have a professional enquiry or would like to see my media kit, please email me at hello[at]fatimacooks.net and I will get in touch with you.
With love,
Fatima.