Main Dishes

Easy done, but needs some time to cook 1 big onion 4 big red or yellow peppers 600 g veal Extra virgin olive oil ½ glass of balsamic vinegar 6 tablespoons of sugar Salt, pepper Preparation After washing, cook the whole peppers in the oven at 180 degree until the skin burns, breaks and gets off by itself. Leave them in until deflates, than peel and cut into stripes. Cut the veal in very small cubes. Prepare a base with the extra virgin olive-oil and onion, add the veal on high flame until golden in colour, lower the fire and [...]

5oo gr minced meat, fine 1 tb tomato paste 1 tb bread crumbs (or oats) 1 tb olive oil 1 minced onion Cumin, pepper, salt, fine chopped parsley Mix all together, and form kofta rolls. Put on a greased backing tray, cover with aluminum foil, and put in the oven (180 degree) until they are well done (app. 25 min), than take the foil of and leave them uncovered until they got brown.

Ingredients: 1 kg ground meat ¼ cup finely minced onion 1 cup finely chopped fresh parsley 1 kg potatoes, peeled and sliced (medium size) fried round eggplant slices 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced ½ tspn ground cinnamon ½ tspn salt ½ tspn ground allspice (bot:Pimenta) 1 kg tomatoes, peeled and sliced ½ cup shortening or butter 1 cup vegetable oil 2 tbls pomegranate thickened juice 1 cup water Preparation: Process minced onion and ground meat in a food processor. Knead meat and onion with parsley, spices, and salt. Process meat mixture another time in food processor until smooth. Grease [...]

Ingredients: 1 kg )finely minced lean meat 1 medium onion, peeled and grated 1½ kg sliced onions ¼ cup shortening or butter 1 tbls salt (as desired) 1 tspn ground allspice (bot:Pimenta) 2 tbls pomegranate thickened juice a dash of ground cinnamon a dash of ground dried mint 1 cup water Preparation: Mix well meat with grated onion, salt, cinnamon, and allspice. Divide meat into 2.5 cm diameter balls. Fry onions with shortening and a dash of salt on moderate heat until soft. Add meat balls. Fry on low heat till golden for 10 minutes. Dissolve pomegranate juice in water. [...]

(sent by Eshta) INGREDIENTS: DRY RUB 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional) 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon cardamom 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons brown sugar KEBABS 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts 2 small red onions, peeled and cut into 1-inch-wide sections 2 bell peppers, cleaned and cut nto 1-inch squares 1/4 cup olive oil Salt and pepper 12 (10-inch) bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes 1. I a small bowl, combine the dry rub ingredients and mix well. 2. Cut the meat into [...]

4 chicken legs 2 chicken breast filets salt pepper 4 lemons ('adalia', not lime) olive oil 1 or more garlic cloves (acc. to taste) dried or fresh thymine 4 medium sized potatoes 4 medium sized onions or 8 spring onions 1 cup yoghurt Preparation: Wash and dry the chicken parts, season with salt and pepper and put in an ovenproof glass or aluminum pan. Squeeze the lemons and mix the juice with the same amount of olive oil. Mix with the finely grated garlic, salt, pepper and seep over the chicken. Peel the onions and the potatoes and cut all [...]

Green Curry paste is available at 247 (and Sheikh Abdallah?), not cheap, but as it lasts very long time, it is worth it! You need: app. 400 gr chicken filet ( 1 - 2 beast filets) 3 tb soy sauce 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 1 tb oil (sun flower or corn oil) 1 ts green curry paste 250 gr Zucchini ( and/or green beans and/or leek (poree), peas, baby corn.....) 1 can coconut milk 1 ts sugar salt, black pepper 1 lemon 1 potato some coriander Preparation: Cut the chicken in small cubes, around 1 x 1 cm, and [...]

You need: 2 – 3 chicken breast filets 2 - 3 different kinds of vegetables of your choice (i.e. carrots , mushrooms (canned or fresh), bell pepper, zucchini, leek, …) Balsamico vinegar Tomato Ketchup Sugar Soy sauce Cut the chicken filets in small pieces and fry them in a pan with very little oil, season with salt and pepper. When crispy brown, take them out and store on a plate. In the meantime cut the vegetables in thin slices/pieces. Add a little more oil to the same pan, and put around 2 teaspoons of sugar in it and let it [...]

Ingredients: 1 kg chicken, cleaned ¼ cup pine nuts, fried ¼ cup blanched almonds, fried ¼ cup blanched pistachio nuts, fried 200 g minced meat ¼ cup shortening or butter ¼ tspn of: ground allspice, ground cinnamon and ground cardamom 1 tbls salt ¾ cup long grain rice, washed 1 bay leaf Preparation: Put the minced meat with shortening in the cooking pot, add ¼ tspn of salt and ½ the quantity of the spices. Stir mixture for 5 minutes, add 1 cup of water. Add rice to the meat and stir once. Leave it over moderate heat for 15 [...]

You need: Chicken, soy sauce, honey, garlic, lemon, dates, vegetables, and an oven. Buy a whole frozen chicken, let it defrost completely, take the skin off, or at least the most fatty parts (depending on how much you mind the calories…), and divide it in 4 or more pieces. Prepare a marinade from soy sauce (min. 5 tablespoons), honey (min. 3 tablespoons), 1 piece fine chopped garlic, a piece of fine chopped ginger if available (sometimes at Sheikh Abdallah supermarket), the juice of one lemon, and put the chicken in. Make sure that the marinade is rubbed in all parts [...]