Arabic￿ Recipes

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Daod Basha

Serves : 6

Ingredients:

500 g minced lamb meat a pinch cinnamon

20 g salt

2 g bahrat al tahi (mixed spices)

200 ml oil

500 g onions, sliced

75 g tomato purée 1/2 litre water

60 g pine nuts

Method:

Combine minced lamb meat, cinnamon powder, 10 g salt and bahrat al tahi. Mix well and form into small balls. Place them in a shallow dish and cook on HIGH for 2 minutes. Set aside. Heat oil in a 2- litre covered casserole dish on HIGH for 2 minutes. Add onions and brown on HIGH for 6 minutes. Add tomato purée and water, and mix well. Cook covered on HIGH for 6 minutes. Add the meat balls and balance salt to the sauce, and cook further on HIGH for another 8 minutes. Serve hot, sprinkled with lemon juice and garnished with pine nuts.

Kafta Bit Tahina

Serves : 10

Ingredients:

1.5kg minced lamb meat 100 g onions, chopped 150 g parsley, chopped 6 g salt

6 g pepper

5 g cinnamon powder

500 g tahina

400 ml lemon juice

150 ml water

Method:

Combine minced lamb meat with onions, parsley, salt, pepper and cinnamon powder. Mix well and shape into small patties (Kaftas). Place Kaftas in a 2-litre casserole dish and cook covered on HIGH for 10 minutes. Keep aside. Mix tahina, lemon juice, water and a little salt to make tarator. Cook the tarator in a small bowl on HIGH for 8 minutes. Pour this over the kaftas and cook on MEDIUM-HIGH for 8 minutes. Garnish with pine nuts. Serve hot with vermicelli or rice.

Daod Basha

Chicken Musakhan

Serves : 10

Ingredients:

2.5kg chicken, each chicken cut into 4 pieces

200 ml olive oil

500 g onions, chopped

20 g salt

10 g pepper

100 g semac

100 g almonds, chopped

200 ml water

Method:

Place chicken in a 3-litre casserole dish, cover with water and cook covered on HIGH for 10 minutes. Drain and keep aside. Mix olive oil, onions, salt and pepper in a small bowl, and cook on HIGH for 3 minutes. Add semac, stir and cook on HIGH for another 2 minutes. Add the onion and spice mixture to chicken pieces, mix well and cook on HIGH for 20 minutes, stirring frequently. Garnish with almonds. Serve hot with rice/Arabic bread.

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