recipes UAE

Arabic Cooking Sundays: Meat fried with spices

Posted by sd-b on September 28, 2008 at 7:08 am

I haven’t forgotten about Arabic Sundays but they will most likely be few and far in between since I don’t cook as often anymore. This work things just gets in the way of everything!
This is a dish I cooked up months ago but just got around to posting. La-ham nashif or meat fried with [...]

Arabic Cooking Sundays: Meat Stew

Posted by sd-b on July 13, 2008 at 8:11 am

There is nothing like a big bowl of hearty stew in the cold of winter. And just because I’m in Dubai doesn’t mean it doesn’t get cold!
Even though it is 40°C (104°F) outside every day, it is 22°C (71.5°F) in my apartment and we don’t even have the A/C on!
So I was looking forward [...]

Arabic Cooking: Rice with Chicken in the Bottom

Posted by sd-b on June 29, 2008 at 9:57 pm

As per this post, the first dish in my latest cooking project is: Rice with Chicken in the Bottom (De-jaj ta-ha-tah).
This was my first attempt at an Arabic recipe. It is from Celia Ann Brock-Al Ansari’s “The Complete United Arab Emirates Cookbook.” I will not be re-printing the recipe here but you [...]

Cooking Local

Posted by sd-b on June 15, 2008 at 10:43 am

 
Previously, I had talked about wanting to learn how to cook up some Middle Eastern dishes due to the ease of obtaining the necessary ingredients here and also to learn more about the local culture.
After some Googling, I have found a collection of online recipes from Celia Ann Brock-Al Ansari. Her book, “The Complete United [...]