Bsemah (Coconuts Semolina Cake)

Recipe by:meedo

3 cups shredded coconut.
1 cup all purpose flour.
3/4 cup semolina.
1 cup sugar.
1 cup fat free milk.
2 Tablespoons butter.
2 eggs.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
1 teaspoon Vanilla.


1)Grease 24 cm, 9 inch pan.

2)Beat sugar and eggs until light and fluffy, add butter, milk, vanilla stir with dry ingredients.

3)Pour mixture into prepared pan.

4)Bake at preheated oven 350 F, for 30 minutes or until it golden brown.

5)Serve with qaimar and honey.

Maraq al Dajaj (Chicken & Potato Stew)

Recipe by:zainab

2 whole chicken cut to 4 each.
1-2 Tablespoons olive oil.
1Tablespoon grated fresh ginger.
2 medium onion, chopped.
3 cloves garlic, crushed.
2 medium potatoes, peeled, chopped.
2 medium carrots , peeled, chopped.
6 medium tomatoes, chopped (about 774g).
2 teaspoons curry powder.
1/2 teaspoon ground garam masala.
2 teaspoons salt.
1/2 teaspoon Arabic gulf mix spice.


1)Sauté onion, with olive oil , cook 7-8 minutes, than add garlic, ginger.

2)Add chicken, salt, and spices, stir, cook, until chicken brown, simmer cover, for 20 minutes

3)Add chopped tomatoes, potatoes, , and carrots ,and simmer cover, for 15-20 minutes.

4) Serve with (Yellow basmati rice & peas) and green salad.


To make Yellow Basmati rice & peas.

3 cups basmati rice.
4 1/2 cups water.
1/2 frozen peas.
3 Scallions,finely chopped.
1/2 cup fresh parsley or coriander, finely chopped.
1 teaspoon ground turmeric.
1 teaspoon salt.

1)In a deep pan add all ingredients, bring to boil, simmer cover, cook on a very low heat for 12-20 minutes.

Rez Bil Siniah

Recipe by:meedo

250 gram ground meat.
2 cups basmati rice.
3 1/2 cups water or chicken broth.
1 cup frozen peas.
1 medium carrot, chopped.
1 medium onion, chopped.
1 teaspoon arabic gulf mix spice.
1 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste.
1/4 teaspoon black paper.
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
1 tablespoon qaimar mix with 2 tablespoons water.
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded .


1)Sauté onion, stir, cook 5 minutes, Add ground meat, stir, cook until browned, add spices, 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

2)Add water to large heavy-based pan bring to boil. Add carrot simmer for 5 minutes; add basmati rice, peas, salt, and meat mixture, covered with tight-fitting lid, simmer over low heat about 25 to 30 minutes.

3)Remove from heat, pour rice mixture to oven pan, spread qaimar over rice and sprinkled with cheese.

4)Brown under broiler for 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown.

World Bread Day '07

Finally The World Bread Day '07 roundup is online.

183 entries with more than 200 recipes.


World Bread Day '07 - The roundup - part 1 (A-F) you find all entries from Argentina (4), Australia (4), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Canada (8), China (1), Czech Republic (1 with 21 recipes) and France (23).

World Bread Day '07 - The roundup - part 2 (G-I) you find all entries from Germany (18), Greece (3), India (1), Indonesia (1), Ireland (1), Israel, (1) and Italy (29).

World Bread Day '07 - The roundup - part 3 (J-S) you find all entries from Japan (1), Netherlands (2), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), Poland (3), Portugal (2), Saudia Arabia (2), Singapore (2), Spain (21), Sweden (1) and Switzerland (2).

World Bread Day '07 - The roundup - part 4 (T-Z) you find all entries from UK (8) and USA (38).


And for the monthly event (breadbakingday).

bbd #04 - bread & spices hosted by Baking History

deadline: December 1st, 2007

Enjoy Baking.

Fol Bel Baid (Fava Beans With Eggs)

Recipe by:meedo

2 jars (800 grams) fava beans, rinse.
1 medium tomato, chopped.
1/2 to 1 cup of water.
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin.
Salt to taste.
Dash of ground black pepper .
5 to 6 eggs, depends on how many you are serving.
Chopped parsley.

1)Mash fava beans mix it with chopped tomato, water, salt, cumin.

2)Pour mixture into pan, crack the eggs over the mixture one by one, sprinkled with black paper.

3) Bake at 350 F until eggs is cooked, sprinkled with chopped parsley.

Serve with chopped tomato, cheddar cheese, and pita bread.

World Bread Day 2007

Finally, today is World Bread Day.

and Zorra from Kochtopf invited everyone to Bake a bread, take pictures (if possible) and blog about it on Tuesday, 16th October .

My participate :



1)Pita Bread.

2)Elqaimat.

3)Zainab's Eggless Challah.

4)Safiha (Lentils Pizzas).

My sister (meedo)participate :

1)Meedo's Funky Flat Bread.

2)Sab Al Qafshah.

3)Tasaly (Crackers)

4)Khanfarosh.

and the roundup will be on the following weekend (October 20/21).

Meedo's Funky Flat Bread

Recipe by:meedo

Makes 12 Large Flat Bread.


6 cups white flour.
6 cups whole wheat flour.
2 teaspoons sugar.
4 Tablespoons olive oil .
4 1/2 teaspoons yeast.
1 tablespoon salt.
5 1/2 cups water.


1)Preheat the oven to 550 degrees.

2)Place all ingredients in the bowl of mixer ,beat 10 minutes to make a soft dough.

3)Cover and let rise for 60 minutes.

4)Divide dough into 12 pieces.

5)Shape each piece into a ball.

6)Roll each ball into large round.

7)Cut the dough all over with a knife

8)Bake for 2-3 minutes.

Zainab's Eggless Challah

Recipe by:zainab

Makes 2 Large loaves.

3 cups white flour.

3 cups whole wheat flour.

1/4 cup oat flour.

1/4 cup sugar.

1/2 Tablespoon salt.

1 1/2 Tablespoons yeast.

1/4 cup olive oil.

2 1/2 -2 3/4 cups warm water.

1)Place all ingredients in the bowl of mixer ,beat 10 minutes to make a soft dough.

2)Cover and let rise for one hour.

3)Divide dough into two halves first, then cut each half into six equal lumps.

4)You can watch maya to see how she braid the dough with six strands.




5)Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.




6)Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

7)Serve it with honey ,sultana and raisin.

Thank you maya from Chai Time.

Sab Al Qafshah

Recipe by:meedo

1 cup all purpose flour.
1/2 cup whole wheat flour.
1/2 cup besan (chickpea flour).
2 Tablespoons sugar.
2 Tablespoons corn oil .
2 Eggs.
3/4 cup fat free milk.
1 teaspoon ground cardamom.
1 teaspoon Vanilla.
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast .
1/4 teaspoon salt.
1/4 teaspoon saffron.


1)Mix all ingredients in a bowel cover let it rise for 1 hour.

2)Grese a heated griddle, Pour 1 tablespoon batter onto hot griddle.
Cook until puffed and dry around edges (tiny bubbles will begin to form).

3)Turn and cook other sides until golden brown. Flipping once should be enough.
serve with date molasses and sprinkled with ground cardamom.

Elqaimat

Recipe by:zainab

Traditional sweet in arabic gulf area especially in Ramadan.

Elqaimat mean in English (small bites).

Everyone in my family makes Elqaimat , but with a difference in taste and shape.
My mother and I make it the same way, we form it into medium ball.
and my sister "meedo" make it like my aunt into large ball,
but my grandmother make it like a disk shape.

2 cups white flour.
1/2 teaspoon sugar.
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder.
1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
1 Tablespoon low-fat dry milk.
1 Tablespoon yeast.
1 1/2 cups warm water.
Pinch of ground cardamom
Pinch of saffron.

*Flavor options:you can use coconut extract instead of vanilla extract,or ground cinnamon instead of cardamom.

1)Mix all ingredients in a bowel ,cover let it rise for 1 hour up to 4 hours.

2)Deep fry it in hot oil using tablespoon to drop the dough,or by your hand, until browned ,drain on absorbent paper.

3)drizzle with date molasses and sprinkle with coconut.

Safiha (lentils pizzas)

Recipe by:zainab

For dough:
2 teaspoons yeast.
1 teaspoon sugar.
1 1/3 cups warm water.
1 1/2 cups white flour.
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour.
1 teaspoon salt.
1/4 cup olive oil.

For lentils topping:
1 teaspoon olive oil.
3/4 cup brown lentils,(you can use meat).
2 small onion, finely chopped.
2 cloves garlic, crushed.
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
1 teaspoon ground cumin.
1/2 teaspoon arabic mix spice.
2 teaspoons salt.
2 small zucchini, grated.
2 Tablespoons tomato paste.
2 large tomatoes, finely chopped.

1) Combine all dough ingredients. Knead to make soft dough. Knead dough about 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic.

2) Place dough in oiled bowl, cover, and stand in warm place about 1 hour.

3) Divide dough into 36 pieces. Roll each to a 9 cm round.

4) Place rounds onto greased oven trays top each with 1-2Tablespoons of lentils mixture.





5)Bake in hot oven at 400F about 15 minutes or until browned.

Serve topped with coriander.

For lentils topping:
1) Cook lentils for 10 to 15 minutes.

2) Heat oil in pan add onion, cook, stirring until is soft. Than add garlic, spices, zucchini, and cooked lentils, stirring than add paste and tomatoes, cook about 5 minutes or until thickened slightly, cool.

Chicken & Potatoes with Mushroom Sauce

Recipe by:meedo

Easy 3 recipes in 1.




1)For Chicken:

8-9 thin chicken cutlets.
olive oil
salt and pepper.

1)Heat a grill pan over high,season cutlets with olive oil ,salt and pepper,cook 3 minutes per side.

For Potatoes:

8-9 Potatoes,unpeeled.

salt and pepper.

1/4 teaspoon ground sweet paprika.

1 teaspoon oregano.

1 teaspoon basil.

2 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese.

2 Tablespoons Nutritional yeast flakes.

2 Tablespoons olive oil.

1)Pre heat oven to 350.

2)Place potatoes into a large pot filled with water and a few pinches of salt. Bring to a boil until tender.

3)Press Potatoes to flatten using back of plat.

4)Sprinkle potatoes with olive oil ,salt,pepper,herb,cheese and spices.

5)roast,uncovered,in oven until browned lightly.

For Mushroom Sauce:

1/8 cup short grain rice, washed and drained.

250 g mushroom,sliced.

1 small onion,chopped.

1 Tablespoon soy sauce.

1/4 teaspoon oregano.
1/4 teaspoon basil.

1/2 cup green peas.

1 1/2 cups low fat milk.

1/2 cup water.

salt.

1))In a large saucepan,heat oil ,add onion,cook,stirring until beginning to brown 6-7 minutes.

2)Add mushroom,stirring until beginning to brown.

3)Add rice and water,cook until rice cooked.

4)Add milk,spices and peas ,simmer for 20minutes over medium heat

Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

7 thin chicken cutlets.
1 Tablespoon olive oil.
4 Scallions,finely chopped.
300 g mushroom,sliced.
chopped fresh coriander.
1 teaspoon salt.
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper.
1/4 teaspoon ground sweet paprika.

milk mixture:
3 cups water.
9 Tablespoons low-fat dry milk.
2 Tablespoons white flour.


1)Heat a grill pan over high,season cutlets with olive oil ,salt and pepper,cook 3 minutes per side.

2)In a large saucepan,heat oil ,add Scallions,cook,stirring until beginning to brown 6-7 minutes.

3)Add mushroom,stirring until beginning to brown.

4)Add coriander,spices and milk mixture,bring to boil.

5)Add cooked chicken cutlets ,simmer for 20-30 minutes over medium heat.

6)Serve with naan bread or basmati rice or pita bread and green salad.

Chicken biryani

Recipe by:meedo

Arabic Gulf Cuisine is similar to Indian Cuisine with little difference in Spices. for example indian add alot of chilli and curry paste to biryani to make it hot ,but in arabic gulf we don't .

1 whole chicken cut to 4-6.
1 teaspoon salt.
1 teaspoon curry powder.
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper.
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric.
4 whole cardamom pods.
6 whole cloves.
6 black peppercorns.
1 bay leave.
1 cinnamon stick.
1 large onion, finely chopped.
2 cloves garlic, crushed.
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger.
1 large carrot sliced.
1 large potato, chopped.
1 tablespoon tomato paste.
1/4 cup yogurt.
1/4 cup water.
1 small tomato chopped.
1/2 frozen peas.
1/4 cup fresh parsley or coriander, finely chopped.

3 cups basmati rice.
Pinch of saffron soaked in 1/4 cup rose water.

1)Sauté onion, with olive oil add garlic, ginger, whole spices, stir, cook 5 minutes.

2)Add chicken, salt, ground spices, stir, cook, until chicken brown, add chopped tomato, tomato paste, yogurt, water, and simmer cover, for 30 minutes.

3)In small pan shallow fray potato and carrot.

4)After 30 minutes add potato and carrot to the chicken mixture cooked for 5 minutes then add peas, cooked until all the vegetables are tender.

5)Make basmati rice:in a deep pan bring to boil water with 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 tablespoon oil, add basmati rice, and boil it for 8 minuets. Remove from heat and Rinse the rice from any excess water, put it back to the same pan.

6)In a deep pan cover the bottom with half the cooked rice and pour half of saffron and rose water mixture over the rice, then arrange chicken pieces and vegetables on top of rice, then cover it with the rest of rice, pour rose water all over the rice, sprinkle fresh parsley on top, cover with parchment paper and aluminum paper, bake in preheated oven 350 F for 20 to 25 minutes.

7)Serve it with cucumber and yogurt mint salad.

Tasaly (crackers)

Recipe by:meedo

1/2 cup white flour.
1/2 cup whole wheat flour.
1/4 cup parmesan cheese.
1/4 cup water.
1 Tablespoon olive oil.
1 Tablespoon maple syrup.
1 Tablespoon baking powder.
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano.
1/2 teaspoon dried basil.
1/4 teaspoon salt.
Pinch of garlic powder.

1)To make dough, mix all the ingredients, knead dough for 2 minutes, divided in to 24 equal pieces, let rest for 10 minutes, shape each pieces to long stick.

2)Place it on a baking tray ,then shape it to zigzag shape . Bake at 350 F for 10-15 minutes, then turn of the oven and let crackers dry inside the oven.

3)Serve with labnah or any of your favorite dips or soup.