amazon_ad_width="728"; amazon_ad_height="90"; amazon_color_background="EFE20B"; amazon_color_border="07EDE8"; amazon_color_logo="060DF3"; amazon_color_text="14E91B"; amazon_color_link="E51459"; amazon_ad_link_target="new"; amazon_ad_border="hide"; //-->

Arabian Spinach

Total Time: 15 mins

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins




Ingredients:

Servings: 4

Units: US | Metric

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3 1/2 cups fresh spinach, washed and shredded
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 tablespoon butter
salt and pepper

Directions:

1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the onion for about 5 minutes until softened.

2 Add the garlic and cumin seeds, then fry for another minute.

3 Add the spinach, in stages, stirring until the leaves begin to wilt.

4 Stir in the chick peas, butter and season with salt and pepper.

5 Reheat until just bubbling, then serve hot.

Arabic Cardamom Shortbread

Total Time: 40 mins

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins


Ingredients:

Serves: 50

Yield: 50 cookies

Units: US | Metric

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons ground cardamom (optional) or 1 tablespoon orange flower water or 1 tablespoon rose water (optional)
1 cup pure ghee
1 cup icing sugar
50 blanched almond halves or 50 walnuts or 50 pine nuts or 50 pistachios
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1 Melt ghee in a saucepan on the stove.

2 Add icing sugar to ghee and mix till sugar is completely dissolved.

3 Remove from heat.

4 Add cardamom and gradually add in the flour and baking soda.

5 Mix well. dough should not stick to your hand.

6 Add more flour if necessary.

7 Roll 1 tsp of dough at a time into balls.

8 Place onto an oven tray, flatten slightly.

9 Place a nut of your choice in the middle of each cookie.

10 Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes, or until tops are cream.





 

No comments:

Post a Comment