tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50513110983116932712024-03-28T20:29:46.762-07:00libyan foodstep-by-step recipes and photos of food from the modern Libyan kitchenTasnimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103811045477358472noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051311098311693271.post-36016827461424758792013-07-30T09:02:00.002-07:002013-07-30T09:12:41.852-07:00Carrot with Coriander, Garlic and Cumin - Salatet Sfinari bil Kamoun سلطة جزر مغربية<br />
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This Moroccan salad or side dish is full of flavor and requires minimal effort. The marinade is a perfect combination of basic ingredients, easy to put together and versatile as it can be used with most vegetables and fish. In Libya similar salads (steamed or boiled vegetables such as carrots, pumpkin, or broad beans and artichokes are some favorites) use the same marinade ingredients but without the cumin.<br />
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3 large carrots<br />
<i>Sharmoula Marinade</i><br />
1/2 a lemon<br />
1 cup coriander leaves<br />
1/2 parsley leaves<br />
2 medium hot chili peppers<br />
2 garlic cloves<br />
1 table spoon cumin (or to taste)<br />
Generous drizzle olive oil<br />
Salt to taste<br />
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Peel the carrots and slice at an angle (more surface area to absorb the marinade)</div>
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Cover the bottom of the pan with a few centimeters of water and leave the carrots to cook under a lid on medium heat for 10-15 mins</div>
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Meanwhile mix the coriander, parsley, chili peppers and garlic cloves in a mixer (or chop finely). Devein and rinse the chili peppers if you want to reduce the heat.</div>
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Add cumin, salt and lemon </div>
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Drain the carrots well and leave to cool slightly before mixing in the marinade (if the carrots are still steaming the coriander will turn yellow)</div>
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Leave to marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours. Take the salad out about 15 minutes before the meal so it has time to get to room temperature and drizzle with olive oil before serving. To serve as a hot side dish: heat a frying pan, pour in some olive oil and stir-fry the carrots for a few minutes. </div>
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Ejja is an egg-based dish similar to an omelet or frittata, made with chopped potatoes, tomatoes, chillies and fresh herbs such as coriander or parsley. This recipe is traditionally cooked in the oven but it may be cooked in a frying pan too. It is perfect for the iftar table with <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/08/libyan-soup-sharba-libiya.html">Libyan soup</a>, or wrapped inside a piece of <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/01/libyan-stove-top-flat-bread-ftat.html">ftat</a>, Libyan stove top flat bread.<br />
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<i>1 medium potato</i><br />
<i>1 tomato</i><br />
<i>1 chilli (devein or replace with paprika if you want less heat) </i><br />
<i>2 cups chopped parsley</i><br />
<i>1 cup coriander </i><i><br /></i><br />
<i>1 cup chopped onion and spring onion</i><br />
<i>1 teacup milk</i><br />
<i>4 eggs</i><br />
<i>3 tablespoons breadcrumbs</i><br />
<i> 3 tablespoons flour</i><br />
<i>2 teaspoons baking powder <br />black pepper, salt to taste</i><br />
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Chop all the ingredients, chopping quite small. </div>
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Saute the potatoes.</div>
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Put the onions and potatoes, add the other ingredients.</div>
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Add the milk, breadcrumbs and flour. The mixture should be thick.
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The intricate look of this braided puff pastry makes it seem more complicated than it is. Flaky buttery puff pastry is always a great favorite, and the braiding is easily achieved by cutting diagonal strips in the pastry
and criss-crossing them over your filling, savory or sweet works equally well. In this recipe, we've included two suggested savory fillings, one with chicken and fresh herbs and the other with spinach and feta cheese.</div>
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Puff pastry sheets<br />
1 beaten egg <br />
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Filling 1:<br />
300g spinach<br />
100g feta cheese <br />
1 medium onion <br />
1 tsp black pepper<br />
1 tsp salt <br />
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Filling 2:<br />
1 medium onion <br />
1 chicken breast<br />
1 cup grated cheese <br />
3 tsp fresh or dried rosemary and/or thyme or parsley<br />
1 tsp black pepper<br />
1 tsp salt <br />
1 tsp seven spice mix<br />
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Slice onion into wings and saute in a bit of butter. Saute the spinach, then combine the two. Add the spices.</div>
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Cut the feta cheese in small cubes. </div>
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Cut the chicken into small cubes, saute with the onion. Add the spices.</div>
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Cut the sheet in half vertically, and then on each half trace lightly with the knife to create three equal strips. </div>
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Leaving the center for the filling, cut finger-wide slightly diagonal strips on either side, leaving about two fingers at either end. </div>
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Spoon the chicken and onion in the center.</div>
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Sprinkle parsley or rosemary or thyme, and grated cheese on top.</div>
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On the second half of the sheet, spoon the spinach and feta cheese filling onto the middle and again cut the diagonal strips. </div>
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Fold over the two ends. Begin braiding the dough by folding over one strip at a time from alternating sides.</div>
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Once you've brought the strip across, press it firmly into the dough on the other side. Brush with the beaten egg. </div>
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Place on a greased tray or baking sheet and put in the oven at 250 C until golden brown. </div>
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Leave to cool before cutting into pieces about three fingers wide.</div>
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This sweet and very easy to make pastry is filled with raisins, chopped nuts, and shredded coconuts, a mixture laced with orange blossom or rose water. The folded triangles are then baked to a crispy gold in the oven and then dipped in sugar syrup. They are crisp, crunchy and the perfect accompaniment to the essential post-iftaar cup of Arabic coffee.</div>
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<i>1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped</i><br />
<i><i>1/2 cup roasted almonds, roughly chopped</i> </i><br />
<i><i>1/2 </i>cup sultanas and raisins</i><br />
<i><i>1/2 </i>cup shredded coconut</i><br />
<i>2 tbsp </i><i>orange blossom water/ rose water</i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>1 tbsp cinnamon</i></span><br />
1 tbsp sugar</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2 cups sugar</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2 cups water</span><br />
1 tbspoon lemon juice<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 tablespoon rose or orange blossom water</span><br />
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Ready-made phyllo pastry (found at any Greek or Middle Eastern shop)<br />
1/2 cup vegetable oil, mix with a couple tablespoons of melted butter<br />
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Tasnimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103811045477358472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051311098311693271.post-51222806984438045962013-07-10T06:30:00.000-07:002013-07-11T08:02:59.218-07:00Ramadan Kareem<br />
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Ramadan Kareem! As Ramadan takes place in summer, many of us are fasting long hours this year, some of us over 20 hours. This is an opportunity to keep the objectives of Ramadan in mind, to think about how privileged our lives are, as well as to cleanse ourselves and recharge mentally, physically and spiritually. Wishing you all a month full of peace, serenity, and happy family gatherings around the iftaar table. And, of course, loads of delicious new food experiences!<br />
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Check out our Ramadan recipes, using the <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/search/label/Ramadan">Ramadan</a> tag. Take a look at some of our past Ramadan post-iftar sweets recipes below, from Knafa to Lugmet El Qadi. We'll be adding more recipes, both savory and sweet, throughout the month :)<br />
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<b>Ramadan Sweets:</b><br />
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<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2012/08/bakalava-with-sweet-cheese-filling.html">Baklava with Sweet Cheese Filling</a>
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<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/08/fritters-in-syrup-lugmet-el-qadi.html">Fritters in Syrup: Lugmet El Qadi</a>
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<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/08/mahalabia-arab-blancmange.html">Arabic Milk Pudding: Mahalabia</a><br />
<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/02/basbousa-with-dates-basbousa-bil-tamr.html">Semolina Cake with Date filling: Basbousa bil Tamr</a><br />
<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2010/09/ramadan-pastry-dessert-kunafa.html">Ramadan Pastry with Shredded Coconut and Raisins</a><br />
<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2013/07/nuts-raisins-and-shredded-coconut-pastry.html">Nuts, Raisins and Shredded Coconut Pastry </a><br />
<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2012/08/knafa-fingers.html">Knafa Fingers</a>
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<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2012/08/qatayef.html">Dumpling Stuffed with Nuts and Raisins </a>Tasnimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103811045477358472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051311098311693271.post-25020753347046537802013-07-08T07:08:00.000-07:002013-07-18T09:56:56.937-07:00Cherry Cheesecake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Obviously, not Libyan! But for those of us who keep to a halal diet, cheesecake is a problem,<i> </i>as many recipes contain gelatin, and vegetarian gelatin is often not as strong as the animal-based products<span class="st">. We tried many recipes before arriving at our own fail-proof recipe. This one is topped with fresh cherries, but you can substitute other summer berries, fruit or try a chocolate, caramel or marzipan topping. Try it out and let us know what you think!</span></div>
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75g butter<br />
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2 tablespoons of cornstarch<br />
50-75g sugar<br />
200g unflavored soft cream cheese (eg Philadelphia) <br />
200g fresh cream<br />
1 tspn vanilla sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
A satchet of <span class="st">Dr. Oetker's </span>Vegegele (or two heaped teaspoons of vegetarian gelatin)<br />
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About 250g cherries<br />
A satchet of cherry vegetarian jelly crystals<br />
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Blend well. Pour out the smoothly blended mixture onto the biscuit base.</div>
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Place in the oven at 150 C, for just long enough that the cheese filling sets, but not long enough that the surface browns! About 15 minutes should do it.</div>
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Wash the cherries, remove the stems and stones, cut the cherries in half.</div>
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Pour the jelly slowly and carefully onto the surface of the cake. </div>
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When the jelly has done its work, run a knife lightly around the edge of the pan, then remove the sides from the base carefully.</div>
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This is a simple, filling stew made with white kidney beans, lamb or beef meat and tomato sauce, which is served with white rice or with fresh hot bread. White kidney beans are called fasolia in Libya, although it has other names in other Arab countries. Other variations of this dish include <i><span class="st">fasolia bil <i>kercha </i></span></i><span class="st">which uses pieces of tripe instead of meat<i>, </i>as well as a casserole version. This stew is more everyday, but a great favorite.</span></div>
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150g white kidney beans (soaked overnight)<br />
4-6 pieces of medium sized lamb meat <br />
Black pepper, salt to taste<br />
2 tablespoon of chopped onion<br />
2-3 finely chopped garlic<br />
1-2 finely chopped green or red chillies <br />
3-4 tablespoon of vegetable oil<br />
Spices: 1 tspn turmeric, 1 tsp seven spice mix, 1tsp cumin, 1 tsp black pepper <br />
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Soak the beans overnight. </div>
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Cook the meat in water with black pepper and salt and the tablespoon of chopped onion. </div>
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Kushari is carb-rich spicy comfort food from Egypt, made with layers of rice, pasta and legumes which are topped with a spicy garlic and tomato sauce and garnished with caramelized onions and (optionally) cooked chickpeas. As a vegetarian dish, it has not been popular in Libya, where meat is usually an essential part of every main meal. However, it is a great change for precisely that reason. Note: this is our own version of koshari, a modified recipe!<br />
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3 tablespoon vegetable oil<br />
3 cloves minced garlic <br />
2 hot red chilli chopped<br />
3-5 finely chopped ripe tomatoes<br />
1 tablespoon pureed tomatoes<br />
juice of 1/2 lemon<br />
5 tablespoon vinegar<br />
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1 cup brown lentils, washed, cooked in boiling water<br />
1 cups short grain rice, rinsed and cooked</div>
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2 cups elbow pasta </div>
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3 tablespoons oil /ghee<br />
3 medium onions thinly sliced </div>
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Stir the chilies, garlic, and tomato paste in hot vegetable oil.</div>
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Boil the lentils in 3 cups or so of water, bring to a boil until lentils are tender.<br />
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Spoon the garlicy tomato sauce over the pasta, and sprinkle the caramelized onions on top.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salep">Sahlab</a> is a warming winter drink topped with a generous sprinkling of cinnamon. Libyan sahlab is greenish-grey in colour and and has the distinctive nutty flavour of qsab flour (pearl millet/دخن).</div>
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In other Arab countries and the region Sahlab is thickened with powdered orchid tubers or (less traditionally) cornstarch. Like <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/08/mahalabia-arab-blancmange.html">Mahalabia (milk pudding)</a> the drink is flavoured with nuts and flower water.<br />
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4 tablespoons pearl millet flour<br />
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Pour the boiling water over the mix, stirring vigorously, so that lumps do not form. Stir in the sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture thickens (5-10 minutes). </div>
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Rishta or Rishda is a favorite Libyan/North African dish which we here at Libyan Food have received many requests for. Well finally, here it is! Rishda is a fresh pasta of very thin noodles. It is steam cooked in a couscousiere and served with the onion-rich sauce called busla.<br />
Known in Libya as Rishda Imbaukha (steamed rishda) or Rishdat Cascas (couscousiere rishda) it should not be confused with Makaruna Imbaukha (steamed pasta), which is made with dry angel-hair pasta. You can find two different recipes of Makaruna Imbaukha on this blog, <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2010/09/makaruna-imbaukha.html">here </a>and <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/01/steamed-pasta-with-pine-nuts-raisins.html">here</a>.</div>
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<i>750 g white flour</i></div>
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<i>200 ml water (enough to make a hard dough)</i></div>
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<i>4-6 lamb meat pieces</i></div>
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<i>2 cups chick peas soaked over night</i></div>
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Mix the flour with the egg and salt. Add water gradually till you get a hard dough.</div>
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Knead the dough. On a clean surface sprinkle cornflour under and over the dough, and roll out. </div>
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Cut into strips and put through a pasta machine repeatedly, first to thin out and the second time to produce thin noodles similar to angel hair pasta. </div>
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Place the rishda in the couscousiere and cook uncovered for around 15 minutes. Take down the couscousiere and pour the rishda into a bowl to fluff or separate the noodles to make sure they are not clumping. Put the rishda back in the couscousiere <span class="Apple-style-span">and cook again till fully cooked, around 20 minutes.</span></div>
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Hope everyone had a great Eid! We had hoped to put up some Eid cookie recipes before the day but it was not to be. This is one of the recipes for cookies we made which was a great favorite with everyone, coming second only to everyone's favorite, <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2010/09/date-filled-eid-cookies-magrood.html">magroud</a>! These cookies are soft and crumbly and stuffed with nuggets of unflavored lokum (Turkish Delight) which melt in your mouth. We liked the fact that they look like leaves and preferred them without the traditional powdered sugar coating.</div>
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1 cup ghee or melted butter</div>
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An alternative way of making <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2010/09/ramadan-pastry-dessert-kunafa.html">knafa</a>, the Ramadan pastry eaten throughout the Arab world. When making a large quantity it is perhaps easiest to make it in the oven as in the recipe I have linked to above, however these rolls with the filling in individual forms can be easier in terms of presentation. The method is almost the same.</div>
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Prepare the syrup by combining the water and sugar and lemon. Simmer for 15-20 min until it reaches a syrupy consistency. Add orange blossom or rosewater and set aside to cool.<br />
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Qatayif are made throughout the Arab world in Ramadan, and at no other time. The origins of these stuffed and fried pancakes, like the traditional Ramadan lantern go back to medieval Cairo. The filling can be either sweet cheese or nuts and raisins. This is the nut filling version flavored with orange blossom water and cinnamon. </div>
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<i>200g flour </i></div>
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<i>2 cups mixed nuts (almonds, </i><i>walnuts, </i><i>peanuts, hazlenuts)</i></div>
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Preheated a frying pan, dip a cotton pad in oil and wipe the pan then pour the batter into small pancakes about 8 cm diameter. Four small pancakes fit in a medium sized frying pan. A pancake skillet is perfect for this if you have one.</div>
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Cook the pancakes on one side only, remove from the pan when the top sets.</div>
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Pulse the nuts in the mixer until roughly chopped. Mix with the rest of the ingredients for the filling. Place a teaspoonful of filling in the center of each pancake on the uncooked side (the side with lots of small holes)<br />
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Fry the filled pancakes, the qatayif should be crunchy but not hard so don't let the oil get too hot<br />
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This makes a lovely change from the usual Baklawa with nuts, with a much lighter taste making it perfect for Ramadan.<br />
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The filling of the Levantine recipe is an Arabic dessert cheese called Jibn Akawi, but in Libya we use a rosewater flavored <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2011/08/mahalabia-arab-blancmange.html">muhallabia</a> with some cream cheese mixed in.<br />
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The syrup poured over the cheese baklawa adds a taste of honey and more rosewater, making this a delicate dessert that does not lack in flavor.</div>
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<b>Makes around 25 pieces</b></div>
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<i>4 cups fine white flour</i><br />
<i>About 50ml olive oil</i><br />
<i>4 teaspoons sugar</i><br />
<i>2 teaspoons salt</i><br />
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Preheat the oven at 220 C. Grease a loose base cake tin (about 20cm by 20cm), pour in the dough and smoothen. Brush generously with olive oil. Put in the hot oven until golden.</div>
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Megata (literally: chopped) is also known as Rishdet Burma in Tripoli - Burma means pot and this is to distinguish it from Rishdet Kaskas, another kind of fresh pasta steamed in a couscous pot. Megata is a Libyan dish of fresh home-made pasta cooked in a tomato-based sauce, often made with <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.se/2012/03/gideed-libyan-dried-meatjerky.html">gideed</a> (dried meat). Depending on the region, the dish can include different kinds of additions. In the west Megatat is made with beans, lentils, fava beans, chickpeas and fenugreek. The eastern method is with coriander, basil and fresh mint. A lighter version of Megata is cooked in milk or buttermilk instead of a tomato-based sauce. There is another variation (which is good for colds) where the pasta itself is made with a mix of thyme and flour, and served in a thyme and olive oil sauce.</div>
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6 cups of flour</div>
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3 cups of water</div>
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2 handfuls chopped Gideed (or 500 g cubed fresh beef or lamb)</div>
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1/2 cup of oil</div>
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1 finely chopped onion</div>
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2 finely chopped tomatoes<br />
3 tablespoons tomato paste</div>
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3 finely chopped cloves of garlic</div>
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1/2 cup lentils </div>
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1/2 cup of pre-soaked chickpeas<br />
1/2 cup of dry fava beans</div>
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1/2 cup of fresh fava beans<br />
2 fresh hot chillies (optional)</div>
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1 tablespoons fenugreek<br />
1 teaspoon red pepper</div>
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2 teaspoons tumeric</div>
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1 teaspoon black pepper</div>
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Pour the flour in a deep bowl, add the salt, make a hollow in the center and add the water gradually, until the dough is firm. The dough is meant to be hard. Cover and leave to rest while you make the sauce.</div>
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Once the dough has rested, form into a 'loaf' and cut into 'slices'.</div>
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For every<b> 2</b> kg boneless fresh beef or lamb meat / do not wash the meat.<br />
8 tablespoon salt (or 4 if drying indoors)<br />
2 tablespoon turmeric<br />
1 tablespoon ground hot red chili pepper <br />
Olive or veg. oil for brushing if drying outdoors <br />
More olive oil for quick frying (if not freezing)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the meat is completely dry cut it into smaller pieces and store. The time the meat takes to dry depends on the method used: 10 to 12 hours in the hot air oven, 2/5 days hanging inside in front of a radiator or outdoors. The traditional way of storing the gideed is to quickly fry in batches in hot oil, then place in jars where the melted fat forms a protective seal. Alternately, (more healthily) put the gideed pieces in plastic bags and freeze. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Tasnimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103811045477358472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051311098311693271.post-62482313451641507132011-11-30T06:16:00.000-08:002011-11-30T06:16:18.813-08:00Commemorating, Celebrating, Cake-Decorating<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrmTHMVZXz6nYUtG8wdkJVznNLlHvKoeEcDLTEz-_JDQKLrFmMkM13wGntfga8laO_rI7E18Be6UVTISogkPvlOIVwzqXhDMjbEvcNXs0vS2In2C-age2vPUgahYw2lAiAp5NZHGvIKw/s1600/Flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrmTHMVZXz6nYUtG8wdkJVznNLlHvKoeEcDLTEz-_JDQKLrFmMkM13wGntfga8laO_rI7E18Be6UVTISogkPvlOIVwzqXhDMjbEvcNXs0vS2In2C-age2vPUgahYw2lAiAp5NZHGvIKw/s320/Flag.jpg" width="320" /></a>These days, the Libyan community in the diaspora is taking any opportunity to celebrate, and the recent announcement of Libya's new government on November 22nd was certainly a historic day to commemorate after nine months of war and four decades of dictatorship. So we gathered, we celebrated and, as it turns out through the unintended effect of the "great minds think alike" law, had a competition in nationalist cake-decorating. A band of red with strawberries, green with kiwi and black with blackberries - or liquorice!</div><br />
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These fritters are easy to make and virtually fail-proof, unlike the more finicky hash browns. They are also very versatile: as a side dish, as part of a selection of finger-foods, or with a salad as the main meal. <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2010/12/homemade-libyan-harissa.html">Harissa</a> or yogurt dips (<a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2011/07/cucumber-and-mint-yogurt-sauce.html">mild</a> or <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2011/07/garlic-chilies-and-coriander-yogurt.html">spicy</a>) are great sauces to serve alongside the fritters. This is the sort of recipe that is easily adapted to taste, or what you have in your store cupboard: vary the seasonings and herbs, add vegetables (e.g peas, paprika, leek, cauliflower) or use up leftovers (e.g chopped cooked chicken, cheese).<br />
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<b>Makes about 30 fritters</b><br />
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3 medium potatoes, grated<br />
1 large onion finely chopped<br />
2 red chili peppers, finely chopped (optional)<br />
1 cup finely chopped parsley<br />
1 cup finely chopped fresh coriander<br />
2 large garlic cloves grated<br />
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3 heaped tablespoons flour<br />
3 teaspoons cumin<br />
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The fritters should be crisp on the outside and soft on the inside and must be served warm. If you have not used the optional chilies in the recipe, or if you like extra-spicy food, serve with <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2010/12/homemade-libyan-harissa.html">harissa</a>. Otherwise, serve with yogurt dips: either <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2011/07/cucumber-and-mint-yogurt-sauce.html">mild cucumber and mint yogurt sauce</a> or <a href="http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2011/07/garlic-chilies-and-coriander-yogurt.html">spicy garlic, chili and coriander yogurt sauce</a>.</div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In a heavy base pot put ghee, onions, lamb and add ground and whole spices then cook on medium heat. Stir constantly until the onion softens and the oil/ghee is infused with the spices. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add the sieved crushed tomato and leave on low heat for about 10 minutes, then add about 2 cups of boiling water and cook on medium heat unitl the lamb is well done (45-60 minutes).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add the pumkin, raisins and cooked chickpeas, cover the pot and cook for a further 30 minutes. Add water when needed, but a little at a time so the sauce is concentrated. </div><div style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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