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- October - 2019
The lightest, smoothest flan you’ll ever try. The magic ingredient is labneh, a strained Middle Eastern yogurt, that lends a heavenly airiness.
Arroz con pollo, chicken cooked and rice cooked together with a fragrant sofrito base, tomato sauce, garlic, warm spices, and briny olives and capers. The perfect, quick one-pot family meal. Every culture has their go-to one-pot protein and rice dish. Whether its South Asian biryani, Palestinian maqlouba, or Cajun jambalaya, these dishes are comforting favourites. Read more
When you start dabbling in a new cuisine, things can seem a bit overwhelming. Sometimes there’s a lot of ingredients that are new to you and it can be intimidating. I love to cook all different types of food, and the takeaway of all my experimenting is that every cuisine has it’s pantry staples, and Read more
In this Egyptian-style green bean stew, meat is cooked until super tender in a richly spiced tomato sauce then green beans are added until just tender.
Egyptian rice with vermicelli noodles, or roz bil shareya in Arabic, is a simple and delicious accompaniment to so many meals. It’s on our dinner table so frequently, accompanying stews, soups, kofta, kababs, you name it. In Egypt short or medium grain rice is used. I usually use a medium grain rice called calrose. Sometimes Read more
