Getting ready for Ramadan...

[Meriem_DZ 37]

I forgot to add that I also cooked H'miss. I love this stuff. Here is the recipe.

H'miss is an Algerian salad of roasted peppers, cooked tomatoes and olive oil.

Ingredients:

1 green, 1 yellow and 1 red bell peppers

3 tomatoes diced

olive oil, about 1\2 cup, less or more, your preference

salt

Roast the peppers in the oven at about 400 degrees until the skin can be easily peeled off. Mine are black in some places. Peel, seed and cut them in peices and set aside. Put diced tomatoes in a skillet WITH NO OIL. Add salt to taste. Cook tomatoes until they are mush. Add the peppers to the tomatoes just to heat them, Stir and remove from skillet into a bowl. Pour the olive oil over the tomatoe-pepper mix. Eat it like a dip using french bread, or any traditional breads. Enjoy, this is really good.

Meriem

[Henia 11]

Nice spread, Henia. I have cooked Algerian food the last two days. Day before yesterday I cooked beef and egg bourek, chorba, french bread, and salad. Last night I cooked Brochettes, which is beef cut in very small cubes, marinated, and then put on skewers and grilled, chorba, french bread, and flan. mmmmmmmmmm good.

Meriem

Mmmmmmmmm Ahmed and I are coming over for dinner

[Meriem_DZ 37]

Nice spread, Henia. I have cooked Algerian food the last two days. Day before yesterday I cooked beef and egg bourek, chorba, french bread, and salad. Last night I cooked Brochettes, which is beef cut in very small cubes, marinated, and then put on skewers and grilled, chorba, french bread, and flan. mmmmmmmmmm good.

Meriem

Mmmmmmmmm Ahmed and I are coming over for dinner

You are welcome anytime my friend!!!!

Meriem

Edited October 2, 2006 by Meriem_setif

[Henia 11]

Nice spread, Henia. I have cooked Algerian food the last two days. Day before yesterday I cooked beef and egg bourek, chorba, french bread, and salad. Last night I cooked Brochettes, which is beef cut in very small cubes, marinated, and then put on skewers and grilled, chorba, french bread, and flan. mmmmmmmmmm good.

Meriem

Mmmmmmmmm Ahmed and I are coming over for dinner

You are welcome anytime my friend!!!!

Meriem

Hmmmm should we be there at Algerian time or Mississippi time?

[Meriem_DZ 37]

Nice spread, Henia. I have cooked Algerian food the last two days. Day before yesterday I cooked beef and egg bourek, chorba, french bread, and salad. Last night I cooked Brochettes, which is beef cut in very small cubes, marinated, and then put on skewers and grilled, chorba, french bread, and flan. mmmmmmmmmm good.

Meriem

Mmmmmmmmm Ahmed and I are coming over for dinner

You are welcome anytime my friend!!!!

Meriem

Hmmmm should we be there at Algerian time or Mississippi time?

Ohhh man, didnt think about that. That will be a problem.

Meriem

[AngelK96 0]

Hmmm my husband did his ever so annoying thing: taking pictures of everything. When I am sleeping also or cooking... anyway to point... here was meal.

The whole spread

My American-Hungarian-Algerian hybrid salad my husband loves

Chorba Chorba Chorba

Lamb and green bean ragout

Lamb and Creme cheese bourek

Lahma Halou

Mmmmmmm Henia. Can you come to visit me when you get back? . Ok how do I make chorba? and the Lamb and green bean ragout. Do i just have to use lamb?

[noura 0]

dinner party at Henia's when she returns!!!! I'm sooo there! YUM!!!!!

[Henia 11]

Hmmm my husband did his ever so annoying thing: taking pictures of everything. When I am sleeping also or cooking... anyway to point... here was meal.

The whole spread

My American-Hungarian-Algerian hybrid salad my husband loves

Chorba Chorba Chorba

Lamb and green bean ragout

Lamb and Creme cheese bourek

Lahma Halou

Mmmmmmm Henia. Can you come to visit me when you get back? . Ok how do I make chorba? and the Lamb and green bean ragout. Do i just have to use lamb?

I have this little appointment to go this morning but when I get inchallah I will write it down... Ye I will come visit.

dinner party at Henia's when she returns!!!! I'm sooo there! YUM!!!!!

Snaaaaaaaaaaps cool MEAN girls party

[hollyw 0]

I forgot to add that I also cooked H'miss. I love this stuff. Here is the recipe.

H'miss is an Algerian salad of roasted peppers, cooked tomatoes and olive oil.

Ingredients:

1 green, 1 yellow and 1 red bell peppers

3 tomatoes diced

olive oil, about 1\2 cup, less or more, your preference

salt

Roast the peppers in the oven at about 400 degrees until the skin can be easily peeled off. Mine are black in some places. Peel, seed and cut them in peices and set aside. Put diced tomatoes in a skillet WITH NO OIL. Add salt to taste. Cook tomatoes until they are mush. Add the peppers to the tomatoes just to heat them, Stir and remove from skillet into a bowl. Pour the olive oil over the tomatoe-pepper mix. Eat it like a dip using french bread, or any traditional breads. Enjoy, this is really good.

Meriem

i LOVE this stuff..... i love it so much i OD'd on it the first week i was in Algeria... couldn't really touch it for the rest of my trip!! and my poor mother in law would put it on the table everynight because she knew i loved it... but i think it's about time i make some and try it again....

also bourek. yummmmmmmmmm..... that'll have to go on my list of things to make. SOON. i'm so jealous of my husband every night when he tells me about the food his mom prepares for break fast...

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Basboosa

Prep Time:15 Minutes

Cook Time:45 Minutes

Ready In:1 Hour

Servings:12 good sized servings--you could easily get 24 out of this

if you cut it for 24

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups semolina flour (smead in Arabic) OR cream of wheat---instant,

quick, regular--any kind of cream of wheat--I think cream of wheat

works better.

1/3 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup white sugar

1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 cup plain yogurt

1/4 cup milk, or as needed

12 whole almonds

SYRUP

1 cup water

2 cups white sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13

inch baking dish.

In a large bowl, mix together the semolina flour or cream of wheat,

baking powder, 1 cup sugar, coconut and butter. Add the yogurt and

milk; mix until moistened but not runny or liquid. If you see that

it is too dry, add more milk. Spread into a greased 9x13 inch baking

dish, smoothing the top as much as possible. Decorate the top with

12 whole almonds--imagine one in the middle of each square you will

cut.

Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown.

While the basboosa is baking, combine the water, 2 cups of sugar and

lemon juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook for 5

minutes. Make sure it doesnt boil away--boil on med heat and watch

it.

When the basboosa has finished baking, pour the syrup over it as

evenly as possible. Place it back in the oven for about 5 minutes,

or until the syrup has been fully absorbed. Let rest for about 20

minutes before cutting into pieces and serving.

I'll try to take a picture of the pan I made.

[noura 0]

YUM..... I'm hungry

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Heyyyyy I'd say that looks pretty darn delicious, Rahma ! *Snagged* and *added* to the file

Love the recipes with pics.... keep 'em coming !

-MK

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Found this interesting blog Our Favorite Recipes - that includes pictures!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Common Egyptian spices and their english names

The mashi recipe I am going to attempt this weekend, with pictures. However, I'm going to use grape leaves instead of cabbage, so just delete everything that has to do with cabbage. The grape leaves don't need to be cooked before hand.

[doodlebug 3]

This is totally american I think but what the heck it's a one of my favs and I've been eating it for ishtar:

Stuffed Tomatoes:

2 huge tomatoes

1/8 cup flat leaf parsley chopped up

1/8 cup cilantro

1/2 cup grated fresh parmagiana or romano cheese

1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 scallions, chopped

cut tomatoes in half and scoop and throw out the seeds, etc. so they're like big cups.

mix the remaining ingrediants and stuff into the tomato cups

drizzle extra virgin olive oil on top

bake at 450 for about 16 minutes

mange!!!