Chicken and Mushrooms Lasagna With Bechamel Sauce

Just made it for last night dinner and it was so delicious, it took about an hour and a half to be done.

Serves 2-4 people

Ingredients:
1- A half a pack of lasagna pasta.
2- Two chicken breasts. Sliced
3- One onion. Sliced.
4- Some mushroom. As desired.
5- Mozzarella.
6- Oil.

Bechamel:
1- Five tablespoons of flour.
2- Four tablespoons of butter.
3- A bottle of whole milk, 1 liter.


Preparations:
1- Boil the lasagna. Don’t make it too soft.
2- Use a frying pan and light fry the chicken, onion and mushrooms.

For the bechamel:
1- Use a deep pot and melt the butter. Medium heat.
2- Add the flour. Use a whisk and stir for 3 minutes, until the flour mixed well with the butter.
3- Add milk and keep string until it’s thick enough, It shouldn’t be so thick.
If there are some lumps you can use a screen and use the liquid only.

The Lasagna:
1- Use an oven tray.
2- Add some of the bechamel in the bottom.
3- Put down a layer of lasagna.
4- A layer of the mix, chicken, mushrooms and onion.
5-Then some mozzarella.
6- Do this twice.
7- On the top a layer of lasagna, bechamel and mozzarella.
8- Preheat the oven 250 degree. I’m using an electric oven.
9- And cook it until it’s all golden.

Be Al-hana We Al-shafa

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!  

4 Ways to Eat Ful Mudammas Like an Egyptian

4 Ways to Eat Ful Mudammas Like an Egyptian 

Ful Mudammas is the most traditional Egyptian dish. We eat it everyday for breakfast and it is the one single dish all of the Egyptians agree on. Fava beans cooked slowly over night, flavored with lentil an tomatoes. MMM, nom.
Ful mudammas is also a common dish in Middle Eastern countries. There are a lot of ways to eat it. In this post, I will tell you the most four popular ways to eat it!

For an authentic ful mudammas recipe, please click the link below:
http://www.amazon.com/Vegetarians-Guide-Egyptian-Street-Food-ebook/dp/B00ON28UH6/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8


1- Foul mudammas with tahini and spices:

Ingredients:
1- One tablespoon of tahini paste.
2- One tablespoon of olive oil.
3- Salt.
4- Cumin.
5- Chili powder. 
Spices to taste. I like it spicy so I add a lot of chili powder. 
6- One tablespoon of lemon juice. 
7- One cup of cooked ful.

Preparations:
1- In a deep bowl, mix cooked ful with all of the ingredients and mix well. 
Served hot with pita bread or Egyptian whole wheat bread.

2- Ful Mudammas with scrambled eggs:

Ingredients:
1- One tablespoon of butter.
2- Two eggs.
3- One teaspoon of salt.
4- One teaspoon of black pepper.
5- One cup of cooked ful. 

Preparations:
1- In a non-stick pan, melt the butter.
2- Season the butter with salt and black pepper.
3- On a low-medium heat, scramble the eggs in butter.
4- Add the cooked ful and stir. 
Served with bread and cucumber pickles.

3- Ful mudammas with fresh vegetables:

Ingredients: 
1- One cup of cooked ful.
2- One diced tomato.
3- One diced cucumber.
4- A bunch green rocket, chopped.
5- One small onion, diced.
6- Salt.
7-Cumin.
8- Chili powder.
Spices to taste.

Preparations: 
1- In a deep bowl, mix all of the ingredients together.
Serve with Egyptian bread.

4- Ful mudammas with tomato sauce:

Ingredients:
1- One cup of cooked ful.
2- Two garlic cloves, chopped.
3- One tablespoon of olive oil.
4- Three tomatoes, diced.
5- One teaspoon of salt.
6-1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
7- ½ teaspoon of paprika.
8- One green bell pepper, diced.

Preparations:
1- On a medium heat, heat the oil and fry the onion and garlic until golden brown.
2- Add the tomatoes and spices, give it a stir. Cook for few minutes until it starts thicken. 
3- Add the ful and green pepper, stir and cook for about 15 minutes.
Serve hot with Egyptian bread. 
Be-alhana We Al-shafa! 

Egyptian Fried Chicken

This recipe is absolutely my favorite fried chicken, I grew up eating it every other day.

Ingredients:
1- Four chicken breasts.
2- One onion sliced.
3- Five tablespoons of lemon juice.
4- One teaspoon of salt.
5- One teaspoon of black pepper.
6- One big egg.
7- Oil for frying.
8- Few spoons of House seasoning.
9- Three tablespoons of Flour.

For the house seasoning:
1- Two tablespoons of Flour.
2- 1/2 a tablespoon of paprika.
3- 1/2 a tablespoon of ginger powder.
4- 1/4 a tablespoon of black pepper.
5- 1/4 a tablespoon of white pepper.
6- One tablespoon of dry parsley.
7- 1/4 a teaspoon of ground anise.
8- 1/2 a tablespoon of cumin.
9- 1/2 a tablespoon of coriander.
10- 1/2 a tablespoon of dry basil.
11- 1/2 a tablespoon of thyme.
12- 1/2 a tablespoon of rosemary.
13- 1/2 a tablespoon of garlic powder.
14-  1/2 a tablespoon of onion powder.
15- One tablespoon of salt.
16- 500g bread crumbs.
Mix all of the ingredients in a food processor until they turn into soft powder. Keep in airtight jar.

Preparations:
1- In a deep bowl, mix the sliced onions, lemon juice, salt and black pepper. Soak chicken breasts in it overnight or at least for 6 hours.
2- Coat the chicken with flour.
3- Beat the egg, coat the chicken with the egg.
4- Heat the oil.
5- Coat the chicken with the house seasoning.
6- Fry the chicken until golden brown.

Be-alhana we Al-shafa

Baked Mashed Potatoes Stuffed With Beef

Another delicious Egyptian dish, and it’s one of the many different ways to cook beef and potatoes. Nothing really can goes wrong with beef and potatoes! It's a fantastic fall meal.


Ingredients:
1- 4-6 medium sized potatoes.
2- 300g of ground beef.
3- One onion.
4- One teaspoon of salt.
5- Two teaspoon of black pepper.
6- One egg, for brushing.
7- One tablespoon of butter.
8- Few spoons of oil.

Preparations:
1- Boil the potatoes in a deep pot.
2- Use a different deep pot to cook the beef.
3- Cut the onion to small pieces.
4- Grease the pot and add the onion.
5- Fry and stir the onion for a few minutes until it gets golden.
6- Add the ground beef and stir well.
7- When all of the beef is brown add a small cup of water.
8- Add salt and black pepper to the beef. And leave 20-30 minutes to be done. Don’t forget to check on it.
9- After the potatoes are done, peel them and mash them.
10- Bring an oven tray and melt the butter in it to grease the bottom.
11- Put half of the potatoes on the bottom, then the beef in the middle and put the other half on the top.
12- beat an egg and add a teaspoon of black pepper.
13- put the egg on the top of the potatoes to give it golden color.
14- put the potatoes in a preheated oven 250 C.
The cooking time is from 20 to 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown. I’m using an electric oven.

Bl-hana we Al-shafa