Mjaddaret Al-Aruz and Mjaddaret Al-Burghul
April 12th, 2010
This dish is also known as Mujaddarah or Mjaddarah. It consists of cooked lentils together with rice or bulgur wheat, then garnished with onions.
Today’s recipe is about the two types, Mjaddaret Al-Aruz which means rice mjaddarah, and Mjaddaret Al-Burghul which means bulgur mjaddarah.
Mjaddarah is served with salad, or yogurt, or eggplant pickles, or a sauce called “Zreqa”. Zreq is prepared from pomegranate molasses and this sauce is served with Mjaddarah only, it is known in some Syrian cities, I’ll share with you the recipe in this post.
Let’s make Mjaddaret Al-Aruz and Mjaddaret Al-Burghul:
Makdous Al-Bathenjan
April 9th, 2010
This post is related to : Typical Syrian Breakfast
Makdous Al-Bathenjan is prepared from baby eggplants stuffed with a mixture of chopped walnuts, ground red pepper, salt and olive oil, the origin of makdous is Syria, and it has become popular in most Arab countries. Makdous is eaten for breakfast, or snack.
To have perfect makdous, you should choose the right type of eggplants and follow all the steps when preparing makdous.
I’ve purchased makdous form the store to compare it with homemade makdous, store bought makdous has a weird taste, it tastes like pickles and not delicious. I love our homemade makdous because it is a real traditional Syrian Makdous.
This post is about the exact traditional way of preparing makdous, and this is how my grandmother and my mother make it.
Let’s make Makdous Al-Bathenjan:
Foul Akhdar Bi-Zeit Az-Zeitoun
April 6th, 2010
The idea of this dish is similar to Fasouliyeh Bez-Zeit, but here whole fava bean pods are used instead of green beans.
Foul is the Arabic word for fava beans, Zeit is the Arabic word for oil.
Let’s make Foul Akhdar Bez-Zeit:
Ginger Spice Cake
April 4th, 2010
I made this cake for breakfast and it was so easy, you have to put all the ingredients in one bowl and beat them then bake the cake. It was so moist and had that wonderful flavors of golden syrup and the spices.
Let’s make Ginger Spice Cake:
Mehshi Al-Bathenjan and Mehshi Al-Kousa
April 2nd, 2010
Mehshi means stuffed, any stuffed vegetable is called “Mehshi”. Mehshi Al-Bathenjan is stuffed eggplants and Mehshi Al-Kousa is stuffed vegetable marrows. The filling is prepared from rice, meat mixed with sheep/lamb tail fat “liyeh”, tomato paste, salt and black pepper, then the stuffed vegetables are cooked in tomato sauce.
Let’s make Mehshi Al-Bathenjan and Mehshi Al-Kousa:
