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29
Oct, 2020
Bahraini Machboos

Bahraini Machboos

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Bahraini Machboos

Bahraini Machboos

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Machboos or Majboos is claimed to be the national dish of the Kingdom of Bahrain. It is full of Arabian flavors. Different from other baharat spice blends, Omani baharat includes dried limes and roses. Dried limes, also called Loomi, Omani limes, or black limes, are an important ingredient in the cuisine around the Persian Gulf. No other lemon has this heavenly sweet-tangy citrus flavor.  
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Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Bahraini
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lb chicken drumsticks
  • 2 large tomatoes chopped
  • 2 tbsp chopped cilantro or parsley
  • 8 oz carrots shredded
  • 2 cups hot chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1 cup Basmati rice
  • 1 large onion finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic grated
  • 1 inch ginger grated
  • 2-3 lemon for juice
  • butter & oil
  • salt & pepper

Machboos Culinary Spice Kit

  • Pouch [1] Omani limes, roses, turmeric, cinnamon, paprika, cardamom, cloves, coriander, nutmeg
  • Pouch [2] Cardamom

Optional

  • 1 green chile finely chopped
  • lemon wedges
  • dates
  • red onions sliced

Instructions
 

Prepare

  • Rinse rice and cover with cold water.
  • Add 1.5 tbsp lemon juice.
  • Let soak 1/2 - 24 hours in the fridge.
  • Drain. Set aside.
  • Season chicken with salt and pepper.

Cook

  • In a large POT, fry onions in 2 tbsp butter over medium heat until translucent.
  • Add garlic, ginger, chili (optional), and Machboos [1] spices.
  • Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add chicken, tomatoes, and broth.
  • Cover. Cook 20 minutes over medium-low heat.
  • Take chicken out and set aside.
  • Add rice and salt to taste. Mix well.
  • Cover. Bring to a boil.
  • Turn heat to low. Cook about 15 minutes until rice is cooked. Don’t stir!
  • Turn off. Mix in herbs.

Fry

  • In a PAN, heat 1 tbsp oil. Fry chicken over high heat until browned on all sides.

Salad

  • Mix carrots with Machboos [2] spices, lemon juice, salt & pepper, and 1 tbsp oil.

Serve

  • Serve chicken on top of rice and with the carrot salad. Add lemon juice to taste.
  • Optionally, serve with lemon wedges, dates, and sliced red onions.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Substitute chicken with 1 lb fish filet or paneer.  Don’t cook it. Only fry it.

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29
Oct, 2020
Greek Avgolemono

Greek Avgolemono

Avgolemono

Greek Avgolemono

The basic recipe for Avgolemono is a healthy chicken soup thickened with eggs and seasoned with lemon juice to taste. Perfect for the cold season. We added a modern twist with our pink pepperberry-lemon thyme blend.

Soup, Pasta, or Else?

Optionally, make a delicious Avgolemono pasta sauce. You can add your favorite vegetables either in the soup or pasta sauce. Or pour the sauce over cooked or fried vegetables. A good fit is green asparagus, turnip, rutabaga, pumpkin, zucchini, and/or carrot.

Variations
  • Skip the chicken soup step and buy cooked shredded
    chicken and chicken broth instead.
  • Substitute orzo with small noodles or cooked rice.
  • Add your favorite vegetables to the Avgolemono Soup.
  • Omit the chicken in the Avgolemono Soup.
  • Add 1-2 tbsp white wine and/or olive oil to the Base.
  • For a thicker soup, dissolve 1-2 tsp cornstarch in
    2 tbsp cold water. Add it to the Avgolemono Base.
The Avgolemono Culinary Spice Kit includes the following spices:

Pink pepperberries, chives, lemon thyme, savory, green peppercorns, lemon crystals

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Greek Avgolemono

Greek Avgolemono

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Greek Avgolemono is a nourishing chicken soup thickened with eggs and brightened with lemon juice, making it the perfect comfort food for colder days. We've given this classic a modern twist by adding our pink pepperberry-lemon thyme blend for a unique flavor boost. You can also transform it into a creamy Avgolemono pasta sauce, ideal for pairing with your favorite vegetables. Try pouring it over cooked or fried veggies like asparagus, turnip, rutabaga, pumpkin, zucchini, or carrots for a delicious and versatile meal option.
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Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Greek
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Protein

  • 1 lb chicken pieces with skin*)

Produce

  • 1 each celery, carrot, onion roughly cut
  • 2 - 4 lemons for juice

Dairy

  • 2 eggs

Option 1: Avgolemono Soup

  • 1/4 cup orzo or any small noodles

Option 2: Avgolemono Pasta

  • 12-16 oz fettuccini or other pasta cooked
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • olive oil

Avgolemono Culinary Spice Kit

  • Pink pepperberries, chives, lemon thyme, savory, green peppercorns, lemon crystals 

Optional

  • Add 1-2 cups of your favorite vegetables cut into bite-size pieces (see suggestions above).
  • fresh parsley chopped

Instructions
 

Prepare Chicken

  • In a POT, bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
  • Add chicken, vegetables, and salt & pepper to taste.
  • Cook for 20 to 30 minutes until the chicken falls apart.
  • Take the chicken out and reserve the broth for later.
  • Remove the skin from the chicken and shred it with 2 forks.

Prepare Base

  • In a BOWL, add eggs and 2 tbsp lemon juice. Whisk.
  • Slowly stir in hot broth, 1 tbsp at a time, until the mixture reaches the temperature of the broth.

Option 1: Avgolemono Soup

  • To the POT, add orzo, 1 cup shredded chicken, additional vegetables (optional), hot Base, Avgolemono spices, and salt & lemon juice to taste.
  • Cook over medium heat for 6-10 minutes until the orzo is cooked ‘al dente’, stirring occasionally.
  • Serve with fresh parsley (optional). Enjoy!

Option 2: Avgolemono Pasta

  • In a PAN, fry onions in 2 tbsp of oil over medium heat until translucent.
  • Optionally, fry vegetables until cooked.
  • Add 2 cups of the chicken broth, 1 cup shredded chicken, hot Base, Avgolemono spices, and salt & lemon juice to taste.
  • Cook low for 5 minutes.
  • Serve sauce with cooked pasta. Enjoy!

Notes

*) Optional, buy broth and use cooked chicken or substitute the chicken with 1 lb vegetables, and skip step 'prepare chicken'.
  • Substitute orzo with 1 cup of cooked rice. 
  • Substitute chicken with veal or pork and cook longer.
  • Add 1-2 tbsp white wine and/or olive oil to the eggs.
  • For a thicker soup, dissolve 1-2 tsp cornstarch in 2 tbsp cold water. Add it to the eggs.
21
Oct, 2020
Lebanese Pumpkin Kibbeh

Lebanese Pumpkin Kibbeh

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Lebanese Pumpkin Kibbeh

Lebanese Pumpkin Kibbeh

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Kibbeh is a very popular dish in most Middle Eastern countries that often has the form of a small football. Baked Kibbeh is a kind of pie. For the crust mix bulgur (cracked wheat) with pumpkin. The filling combines meat, spinach, and optional nuts with a baharat spice blend. Or substitute garbanzo beans for meat.
 
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Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Lebanese
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Protein

  • 1 lb ground beef

Fresh Produce

  • 10 oz baby spinach washed
  • 1/2 lb pumpkin peeled, deseeded, cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 medium onion thinly sliced
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 1 lemon for juice

Dairy

  • 1 cup yogurt plain
  • butter

Packaged Goods/Staples

  • 1 cup bulgur number 1 fine
  • salt

Optional

  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • salad of your choice

Kibbeh Culinary Spice Kit

  • [1] Chili, black pepper, cumin, coriander, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves
  • [2] Nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, fenugreek, allspice, ginger

Instructions
 

Filling

  • In a PAN, heat 1 tbsp butter over medium heat.
  • Cook onion slices for 5 minutes.
  • Add meat, Kibbeh [1] spices, salt to taste, and nuts (optional).
  • Cook until meat is cooked through. Stir frequently to break the meat up.
  • Add spinach and cook for 2 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Kibbeh

  • Cook pumpkin in salted water until soft. Take it out.
  • Use the cooking water to prepare bulgur according to package instructions.
  • Mash pumpkin and mix with chopped onions.
  • Gradually stir in bulgur to receive a moist mixture.
  • Add Kibbeh [2] spices and salt to taste.

Bake

  • Preheat OVEN to 375°F.
  • Grease a 2 qt. BAKING DISH.
  • Add 3 layers:
  • half of the Kibbeh, the filling, then the rest of the Kibbeh.
  • Press and flatten the surface.
  • Create a nice pattern with a fork.
  • Spread 1 tbsp melted butter on top.
  • Bake in the OVEN 30 – 45 minutes until the surface begins to brown.

Serve

  • Serve with yogurt mixed with lemon juice to taste as dressing and salad as a side (optional).
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Substitute beef with lamb, chicken, or 1 can garbanzo beans (15 oz).
  • Substitute pumpkin with zucchini or potatoes.

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26
Sep, 2020
Italian Lasagne in Padella

Italian Lasagne in Padella

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Italian Lasagne in Padella

Italian Lasagne in Padella

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The name Lasagna, or Italian Lasagne, is derived from the Ancient Greek word ‘Laganon’ which refers to a flat dough. Lasagna is #11 on the world's best food list voted by CNN readers. Make the tomato sauce ahead of time and cook this delicious comfort food with layers of ricotta, kale, and mozzarella on any weeknight quick and easy in a pan ("in padella").
 
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Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz lasagna*
  • 1/2 lb ground meat e.g. beef, pork
  • 2 cups tomato puree
  • 8 oz ricotta
  • 1 bunch lacinato kale chopped
  • 8 oz mozzarella thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup parmesan grated
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil
  • olive oil
  • salt

Lasagne Culinary Spice Kit

  • Onion, oregano, basil, marjoram, sage, garlic, chile, celery 

Instructions
 

Sauce**

  • In a PAN, heat 2 tbsp oil.
  • Careful of splatters, add tomato puree, ground meat, salt to taste, and Lasagne spices.
  • Cook over medium-low heat for 30 to 90 minutes.

Ricotta

  • In a BOWL, mix ricotta with 4 tbsp of the sauce.

Lasagne

  • In a large PAN, spread one ladle of the sauce on the bottom.
  • Create a layer of pasta, crossing the sheets slightly between them.
  • Add the following layers in this order:
  • sauce, ricotta, kale, mozzarella.
  • Make sure all layers are thin.
  • Repeat the layers until the pasta is used up.
  • Finish with a layer of parmesan and basil.
  • Cover with a LID and cook the lasagne in the PAN for about 15 minutes over medium-low heat until the pasta is cooked.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Use pasta that doesn't require precooking.
** The sauce is best when made 1-3 days ahead.
â–ª Substitute kale with spinach.
â–ª Use one layer of ham instead of the ground meat.
â–ª Omit the meat for a vegetarian version.
▪ Substitute ricotta and mozzarella with your favorite sliced cheese or with a béchamel sauce.

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18
May, 2020
Georgian Badrijani

Georgian Badrijani

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Georgian Badrijani

Georgian Badrijani

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Georgian cuisine, shaped by East European and Middle Eastern influences, features unique spice blends, including the traditional Khmeli-Suneli, often prepared from family-secret recipes. Walnuts, a dietary staple, shine in this rich eggplant-walnut dish enhanced with an exotic medley of spices.
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Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Georgian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Shopping list

  • 2 eggplants cut into round slices, 1/4 inch thin
  • 2 cup walnuts unshelled
  • fresh bread of your choice

You might have

  • 3 cloves garlic or more to taste
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • olive oil
  • salt

Optional

  • 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 8 oz  prosciutto or other thin ham 
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds

Culinary Spice Kit

  • Khmeli-Suneli (coriander, fenugreek, marigold, hyssop, paprika, mint, black pepper, turmeric, savory, methi, basil, cinnamon, and cloves)

Instructions
 

Prepare

  • In a BOWL, add eggplant slices sprinkled with 1 tsp salt.
  • Let sit for 30 minutes.
  • Rinse, press water out, and pat dry.

Walnut Paste

  • In a FOOD PROCESSOR, grind walnuts, garlic, cilantro (optional), and vinegar.
  • Gradually add water (up to 1/2 cup) to create a thick spread.
  • Season with about half of the Badrijani spices and salt to taste.

Optional

  • Add raw or fried onions. Mix well.

Cook

  • In a PAN, heat oil over medium heat.
  • Fry eggplants on both sides until they are cooked and turn slightly brown.

Finish & Serve

  • Spread walnut paste on each eggplant slice.
  • Serve badrijani with fresh bread.
  • Optionally, top badrijani with ham and/ or garnish with pomegranate seeds.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Substitute walnuts with pecan or other nuts.
  • Substitute eggplants with four zucchini.
  • Without a food processor:
    Use a store-bought nut butter.
  • For badrijani rolls:
    Slice eggplants lengthwise. After the walnut paste is spread on top, roll them up.

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5
Feb, 2020
Falafel with cabbage

Egyptian Falafel

Falafel with cabbage

Egyptian Falafel

Falafel can make a great substitute for a burger, once in a while or weekly. Consider our variations as a start for your creativity. You can change the type of beans and herbs, add vegetables to the beans, serve them with any type of bread, sauce, and salad.

Frying Or Baking

Though baking the Falafel is easier, we recommend frying them to get a crunchy outside.

Variations
The Falafel Culinary Spice Kit includes the following spices:

Coriander, cumin, paprika

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Egyptian Falafel

Egyptian Falafel

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Falafel can make a great substitute for a burger, once in a while or weekly. Consider our variations as a start for your creativity. You can change the type of beans and herbs, add vegetables to the beans, serve them with any type of bread, sauce, and salad. Although baking the Falafel is easier, we recommend frying them to get a crunchy outside.
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Cuisine Egyptian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Shopping list

  • 2 cup garbanzo beans dry
  • 1/4 cup cilantro or mint, or parsley, finely chopped
  • 6 oz red cabbage finely sliced
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 6-8 pita bread or any other flatbread, baguette, or rolls

You might have

  • 2-3 tbsp flour
  • 4 cloves garlic grated
  • 1-2 lime or lemon for juice
  • olive oil
  • salt

Culinary Spice Kit

  • Cumin, coriander, paprika

Instructions
 

Prepare beans

  • In a BOWL, cover dry garbanzo beans with water. Let soak beans for 24 hours. Rinse. Drain.

Prepare paste

  • In a FOOD PROCESSOR, add beans, herbs, garlic, 2 tbsp flour, salt to taste, and half of the Falafel Spices.
  • Mix all into a paste. Cover the bowl and let rest in the fridge for 1 hour.

Form Falafel

  • Form small patties. Add lime juice or more flour if necessary.

Option 1: Bake Falafel

  • Preheat OVEN to 350°F.
  • Place patties on a non-sticking BAKING PAN and brush or spray them with a bit of oil.
  • Bake the patties for 20-30 minutes until they become crisp and light brown.

Option 2: Fry Falafel

  • In a PAN, heat 1/2 inch of vegetable oil (other than olive oil) over high heat.
  • Add patties. Do not crowd the pan.
  • Fry patties for about 5 minutes until they become crisp on both sides.
  • Flip the patties halfway.

Yogurt Sauce

  • Mix yogurt with lime juice and salt to taste.
  • Add grated garlic (optional).

Serve

  • Serve Falafel in bread with cabbage and sauce. For more options see the links in the notes.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Recipe for Falafel with cooked garbanzo beans from a can.
Recipe for Falafel with Beetroots or Spinach.
Recipe for Tahini.

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