Rose and Pistachio Stuffed Dates are absolutely delicious and nutritious dates which have been stuffed with pistachios, honey and rose water. Rose and Pistachio is a combination made in heaven and they make an excellent stuffing for dates. Dates, as such, are quite delicious, but with a stuffing, they are a level higher. The Middle…
Subz Tawe ki Shami are delicious ,melt in the mouth Kebabs made with minced veggies and spices . For this week I have picked the theme Anything you can Snack On ! Now this is such a wide theme , one really gets lost ! So, I picked another theme on this and decided to make…
Yakh Dar Behesht is a Persian Rice Pudding which literally means Ice in Paradise . Yakh is Ice , Dar is in and Behesht is Paradise . The dessert has been so aptly named . Yakh Dar Behesht is a milk based dessert , which is very delicate and aromatic . The dessert is soft…
Lebanese Pickle / Shawarma Pickle is a Arabic pickle which is served with most Arabic dishes . It is a slightly tangy and slightly sweet pickle and goes well with most cuisines too . Lebanese Pickle is quick to prepare , once the veggies are chopped you just need 5-7 minutes and you are done…
Mujadara is a Arabic rice dish made with brown lentils and rice . The dish is topped with fried onions and garnished with pine nuts and mint. When you read about the different types of rice preparations in the Arab World , it is amazing . They have a lot of variety . I…
Maklouba is a traditional Arabic rice which is flipped and served upside down . The rice is layered with meat and vegetables , though this is a vegetarian version . Maklouba is also spelled and called as Maaluba, magluba, maqlouba, Maqlooba. The word Maqluba translates literally as “upside-down” in Arabic . The rice is cooked…
Seeds Brittle is a crunchy snack , perfect for anytime munch it is loaded with goodness of protein . A healthy , nutritious and perfect candy . The Candy theme attracted me , specially when I realized I could post the Seeds Brittle that I made sometime back to give as gifts to my daughter…
Nuts Chikki is a popular and traditional Indian candy made with a mix of almond, cashew, pistachios and flavoured with cardamom . It is one of the exotic Chikki variations . Traditionally sugar is used to make this candy but I have used jaggery . One needs to melt the jaggery with out using any…
Final day under Make your own Pizza . Well the last two days I have been posting variations of Pizza , where I posted a Watermelon Pizza , Pizza Soup , but today I decided to give you guys an actual pizza , no not a Italian pizza but a Turkish Pizza . I remember…
When I spotted a Lebanese Okra dish , I was more than pleased to see it . Our menu for the day was Daal, Rice and Okra . We Sindhi’s make okra / bhindi with onion and tomatoes and call it Bhindi Bassar . The recipe was quite similar but with a variation of…