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…
Coming to the second day under Lebanese Cuisine I wanted to cook Mezze , a variety of flavorful hot and cold dishes, which is an important part of the Lebanese diet. As many as forty small dishes are presented at once as either appetizers or as a meal itself. Obviously I did not think…