BM # 56 Week : 4 , Day: 2 Theme: Breakfast across countries Country : Iraq Breakfast is a luxury for the people of Iraq. Economic sanctions imposed by the UN devastated the country’s day to day supply. The country’s children suffer from malnutrition and disease, which is so sad. Today we concentrate on…
Bigilla , Bean Dip
Bigilla is a bean paste made from broad beans. We do get fresh broad beans in winter but I have never seen the dried version here. Since it was a recipe from Middle East, I called for these beans from Dubai. They looked pretty hard and I wondered how to go about. Frankly speaking I…
Whole Wheat Khubz, Arabic Flat Bread
Khubz is a Arabic flat bread with numerous spellings and pronunciations. Seriously I have seen it being spelled wit a “a” with a “u” and also with double “oo”. Anyway for me it is one of the best pita breads. It is a staple with Arabic countries . They cook it in a tandoor and eat it…
Vegan Spinach Omelet
While browsing through breakfast recipes, I observed that egg was an important part of breakfast. Since we do not eat and get them I decided to make mock eggs. Todays recipe demamded an omelet, I made one but with chick pea flour.The Spinach Omelet is a part of the Iraqi Breakfast that I served for…
Morabayeh Goleh Sorkh / Persian Rose Jam
BM # 56 Week : 3 , Day: 6 Theme: Condiments Country : Persia I still wonder how I landed on this condiment. All of you know that I love roses, and use them a lot . When I read the name Rose Jam I was keen on knowing what exactly it was. I…
Egyptian Dukkah
BM # 56 Week : 3 , Day: 5 Theme: Condiments Country : Egypt We are working under the theme condiments this week and for today I have a Egyptian Condiment , called Dukkah ! The word ‘dukkah’ means “to crush” or “to pound” in its native Egyptian. Pronounced do’a, it’s an apt description for the…
Lab’neh with Dukka
While on my search for condiments , I landed on Dukka and I was keen to know some recipes with it. Labneh with dukka sounded very interesting. Since I have already made Labneh cheese, it was easy for me to go about. Check how to make Home made Labneh Check how to make…
Falafel Wrap
BM # 52 Week 1 Day 2 Making a falafel wrap sound laborious but it is all about assembling . I find making these simple and easy on weekends.Most of the dips and sauces are either stocked in frig or easily available in the market. I have used the Moong daal batter for the falafel…
Labn’eh Cheese from Middle East
BM # 48 Week 2 Day 3 Labneh is a cheese which is very famous in Middle Eastern countries. The first meal, breakfast begins with Labneh. I have already posted the basic version of Labneh, for today it is a Labneh which can be preserved. When I first read about this Labneh I was…
Beet Root Hummus
BM # 48 Week 2 Day 2 Recently I went for lunch with some friends . The lunch was Indian but they had a huge spread of Middle Eastern dips. I have always been very fond of this cuisne,and since there was a big spread of these dips, I did not feel like having…