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…
We are into the second week of BM 79 . This week I have chosen to cook Lebanese Cuisine . When we talk of Lebanese Food , the first few dishes that come to my mind are Pita bread, falafel and Hummus . All three my favourite ! For this marathon I did not want…
BM # 72 Week 1, Day 1 Theme : Dips, Chutneys and Spreads Yesterday I posted Black Bean Hummus , today it is Roasted Bell Pepper Spread. With multiple posts we are not able to post all recipes at the same time , so some end up as drafts. This is a spread which…
BM # 71 Week 1, Day 2 Theme : Dips, Chutneys and Spreads With the Mega marathon we tend to learn many new dishes and while I took Sandwiches as my sub theme for Cooking Carnival I made this Black Bean Hummus as a spread for my bread sticks. The hummus tastes excellent and is a…
BM # 68 Day: 21 Theme : One Category – Bread Sandwiches Sub Theme – Sandwiches with a Twist Sharjah is the name of a city in UAE. It has been a while since I visited this city though I visited Dubai recently. Our blogger friend Priya is from Sharjah. I have another friend from…