Karabij Halab
October 6th, 2009
Karabij Halab means Karabij Aleppo because karabij originated in Aleppo. It is a type of ma’moul filled with pistachios or walnuts, and served with Natef (the white cream in the picture. The main ingredient in making Natef is Shersh Al-Halaweh “Bois de Panama”). You can buy karabij or prepare it at home, but it is very difficult to make natef at home. We made karabij at home and bought the natef.
I made Karabij Halab for Eid Al-Fitr.
Let’s make Karabij Halab:
Eid Al-Fitr, Sweets – 2009
September 23rd, 2009
Sweets, Fruits, Turkish coffee, Chocolate and other treats are served to guests at Eid. In Syria, traditional sweets are prepared such as Ma’moul, Ghraibeh, Karabeej, Barazeq, Baklava, and non traditional sweets like spritz cookies and others.
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Eid Al-Fitr – 2009
September 21st, 2009
Eid Al-Fitr “Smaller Eid”, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning “festivity”, while Fiṭr means “to break fast”; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, on the first day of Shawwal. Source: Wikipedia
Happy Eid, Eid Mubarak, Kel A’am Wantum Bekhair
Sharab Qamar Ad-Din
September 15th, 2009
Qamar Ad-Din is dried apricot paste, the origin of Qamar Ad-Din is Syria. Sharab Qamar Ad-Din is a very poplular drink for breaking the fast in the month of Ramadan. Qamar Ad-Din is also used with various recipes such as Mhlabiyeh (Qamar Ad-din Pudding) and Nqou’eiyeh (Qamar Ad-Din cooked with rice).
Let’s Make Sharab Qamar Ad-Din:
Ramadan, Iftar – 2009
September 13th, 2009
“Iftar refers to the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community, with Muslims gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done right after Maghrib (sunset) time. Traditionally, a date is the first thing to be consumed during iftar when the fast is broken, source: wikipedia”
In Ramadan we as a family usually serve one kind of food for Iftar, but when we have guests for Iftar we should serve several kinds of food to suit the desire of everyone, therefore the menu will be as follows:
Dates.
Drinks like Juice, Milk, Laban A’yran which is a drink made of Yogurt and water .
Soup.
Salad or Fattoush.
Appetizers like Kibbeh Maqliyeh, Hummus, Mutabal, Muhammara, Batersh, Pizza, Cheese Sambousek.
Main Course like Yabraq (stuffed grape leaves), Sheikh Al-Mehshi (I’ll post about it soon), Ush Al-Bulbul, Sambousek Mwarraq, Mloukhiyeh(Jaw’s Mellow, I’ll post about it soon).
Desserts like Qatayef, Knafeh, Loukumads.
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