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:
Foul Nabet
March 28th, 2010
When you go out in the evening in Syria, you will see a man in the street pushing his cart with a huge pot and selling boiled fava beans with cumin, salt and lemon, this is called Foul Nabet.
The post is about how to make Foul Nabet, but if you get a chance to visit Syria, I highly recommend to try Foul Nabet from the cart.
Let’s make Foul Nabet:
Laban and Labneh
March 25th, 2010
This post is related to : Typical Syrian Breakfast
Laban is the Arabic word for Yogurt, Labneh is prepared from Laban and is known as yogurt cheese, so the word Labneh is drived from Laban.
This post is about the types of Laban in Syria, and how to prepare Labneh.
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