Turmeric Rice

In Egypt, we have so many different rice dishes, the most common one is Egyptian white rice cooked with fried vermicelli. Turmeric rice is the second most common and it is very delicious.

Ingredients:
1- 350g of basmati rice.
2- 50g of unsalted butter.
3- 500ml water.
4- One teaspoon of salt.
5- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.
6-One cinnamon stick.
7- A dash of ground cardamom.
8- One teaspoon of turmeric.

Preparations:
1- In a heavy bottomed pot, mix all of the ingredients together. Cook on medium heat, uncovered. Bring to boil and make sure that the butter melted.
2- Stir the rice for few seconds. Cover the pot and cook on low heat for 6 minutes.
3- Remove from heat. Keep the lid on for 5 more minutes.
Serve hot. Served as a side dish with fish.

Be Al-hana We Al-shafa!  

Liver Fillet With Bran Flakes

Liver is a very popular street food in Egypt. Everywhere you go you will find a restaurant or food truck that sells cow liver. There are variety of ways to cook liver and all of them are yummy! Today, we will make fried liver fillet.

Ingredients:
1- One cow liver cut into thin fillets.
2- Three garlic gloves, mashed.
3- Three tablespoons of lemon juice.
4- One tablespoon of vinegar.
5- One teaspoon of salt.
6- One teaspoon of black pepper.
7- ½ of teaspoon cumin.
8- Bran flakes.
9- One teaspoon of cornstarch.
10- A dash of salt.
11- Oil for frying.

Preparations:
1- In a deep bowl, mix the first seven ingredients together. Let the liver marinade for 10 minutes.
2- In another bowl, mix bran flakes with the cornstarch and a dash of salt.
3- Heat the oil in deep frying pan.
4- Coat the liver fillets with the bran mixture.
5- Fry the liver fillet in oil until golden brown.
Serve in a pita sandwich, or serve with green salad or serve with tomato pasta.

Be-alhana We Al-shafa!

Easy Pickles

My mom used to make everything at home, even pickles. It is very easy to make home-made pickle. It takes just a few steps.

Carrot Pickles:
Ingredients: 
1- Half a kilo of carrots, fresh and hard.
2- Five chili peppers.
3- Five full tablespoons of salt.
4- A tablespoon of oil.
5- Water.
6- Garlic cloves (optional).

Preparation: 
Slice the carrots. Use a knife to poke some holes in the chili peppers. Mix the salt with water and fill a medium-sized jar with it, then add the carrots, garlic and the pepper. Add a spoonful of oil and close the jar tightly and leave it for 10 to 15 days.

Cucumber Pickles:
Ingredients:
1- Fresh five cucumbers.
2- Four tablespoon of salt.
3- Water.
4- One spoon of oil.

Preparation:
Warm the water up. It should be warm not hot. Add the salt and mix it together. Slice the cucumber and add it to the salty water. The last step is to add a spoonful of oil. Close the jar tightly and leave it  2 days.

How to Eat Tuna like an Egyptian

With the simplest ingredients you can spice up the taste of ordinary food like tuna. It isn’t even a real recipe! All you have to do is add spices. In Egypt we never eat plain tuna... we always make it spicier.

Ingredients:
1- One can of tuna.
2- Salt.
3- Cumin powder.
4- Chili powder.
5- Lemon juice.
Spice to taste.

Preparation: 
1- Drain the oil from the tuna.
2- In a mixing bowl, mix the tuna with the spices and two teaspoon of lemon juice and it is done .

The second recipe is tuna with tahini paste. It is for good for sandwiches and it takes few minutes to make!

Ingredients : 
1- One can of tuna.
2- 1/4 cup of tahini.
3- One tablespoon of chopped garlic.
4- Two tablespoon of lemon juice.
5- Few tablespoons of water.
6- Salt, to taste.
7- Cumin, to taste.
8- One green bell pepper, chopped to small pieces.
9- One onion, chopped to small pieces.
10- Fresh cilantro.

Preparation: 
1- In a mixing bowl, mix tahini paste with water, stir well to make tahini thinner.
2- Add the garlic, onion, green pepper, lemon juice and cilantro and mix well.
3- Add the tuna and spices and mix.

The third recipe is green salad tuna. It is very light to the stomach, plus it tastes very good.
Ingredients : 
1- One can of tuna.
2- One tomato
3- One onion
4- One cucumber
5- One teaspoon of salt
6- One teaspoon of lemon juice

Preparation: 
Cut the vegetables to small pieces and add the salt and lemon juice, then the tuna. Mix it well and it is ready.

Be-alhana we Al-shafa!