A delightfully sweet carrot soup with a secret ingredient, just perfect for cold, wintry nights
Moroccan Carrot Soup
Tag: middle eastern
Moroccan Lamb Chops + Snippets from my Early Easter Party
ARZ Lebanese Cuisine, Dandenong (Melbourne) – a Review
Grilled Chicken Skewers (with Fresh Herbs and Chillies)
Feast of Merit, Richmond – a Review
Enter Swan Street and you are spoilt for choice when it comes to food. There are so many cuisines to choose from, interesting looking cafes and restaurants, quirky spaces, hot spots…plenty to choose from which can be a bit daunting. But if you are willing to take a chance and follow your instincts, then you [...]
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Baba Ghanouj with Minced Lamb and Pine Nuts
As I have always said, food can be a glorious medium to break barriers and make friends from around the globe. Such is my friendship with Feda Queen (isn’t it a beautiful name!). I have never met Feda or know much about her except that she hails from Lebanon and lives in Sydney. I also [...]
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Shorbat Adas – Arabian Lentil Soup
The past week was a busy, hectic and demanding one with the new blog and other writing commitments. I also went into a ‘cooking overdrive’ trying out and experimenting with different types of dishes and cuisines. And the result - thoroughly burned out by Friday, desperately needing a weekend break from the kitchen. All I [...]
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Iftar with Roz ma mucasarat (Arabian Rice with Nuts and Saffron)
Before I start off about this delicious, fragrant rice dish, I have a serious bit of news for all my readers. Due to copyright and legal issues, I am forced to change the name of my blog. It has been an emotional past one week ever since it was bought to my notice that my [...]
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Sayadiah (Arabian Fish with Rice)
It is quite interesting to trace the origin and journey of a dish. Not only can you learn a lot of historical tidbits, you also get to appreciate the evolutionary process and how each region adapts and changes the original dish or technique to suit their tastes, climate, availability of ingredients and lifestyle. The name [...]
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Hummus Bi Tahina (Middle Eastern Chickpeas Dip)
This is the Holy Week and for every Christian including me, this is the time for silent reflection, a time for praise and thanksgiving. A time to reflect on your inner self, your spiritual self. I am not a regular church-goer but I am deeply religious though my idea of religion does not always conform [...]
