Sweet cabbage sheets, lasagna style

By Karima.


Feeling like something similar to Lasagna, lighter and healthier? 
Get your Cabbage, black olives, a portion of rice and minced meat and follow the steps: 

boil your sweet cabbage leaves for 10 mintues. 


Meanwhile, prepare your stuffing: 
In a pot grate and soften an onion in a bit of oil. add the minced meat or chicken pieces. Once cooked add chopped black olives and boiled white rice. and mix well. 

Grease an oven dish and spread the sweet cabbage sheet gently to form a sort of carpet for the stuffing. Then add some of the stuffing on it. spread it evenly before you add another layer of the sweet cabbage sheets. 

Get some Bechamelle sauce and spread it nicely and gently on top of the last layer of cabbage

Wet your wooden spoon with water so that sauce doesn't stick to it

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Voila !! 

Then chuck in the oven, and watch till all is cooked and smells wonderfully. 

ENJOY

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Easy PEAS-y Jwaz (stew)

By Za 

I got this recipe from my auntie Sliyou, God's peace and blessings be on her. 
Hasn't been a while? 

well well, Ramadan table brings us back together! I hope everyone is well!

This Ramadan my table consisted on one main dish, juice and some sweets. That's all :)

So, I thought of sharing with you a dish that took me literally 20 minutes to prepare. 

Do yo have peas? frozen? it's ok, let's get started 

So we'll need 

• Medium diced hicken breast or meatballs 
• half an onion
• 3 to 4 garlic cloves. 
• 2 table spoons of oil (of your choice) 
• 1/2 table spoon of paprika 
• salt, 
• Peas (about 500g) or less if you like. 
• water

In a pot (if you have a pressure cooker, it would be much better), put oil and grated 1/2 onion and garlic and let them soften up a little before you add you chicken cube (if you're adding meatball, don't add them yet)
PS: Careful with the garlic - it burns quickly, you may want to add a spoo of water to help it get soft without burning. 

Stir the chicken with soft onions and garlic until the chicken grilled a little and gives a nice flavour, (if things get dry add a tiny bit of water) 

Add paprika and stir more. 

Add your peas (if they are frozen, it's ok don't wait for them to defrost, just chuck them in the pot)

Then, add water just enough to cover the peas and chicken. ( now you can add you meatballs if you don't want chicken) 

Salt 

Let cook.
If you're using a pressure pot, let it cook for 10 munites. If it's a regular pot, you may want to let them cook longer, and watch and feel the peas until they are soft as you like them. :)
you'll notice the sauce is reduced and thicked a little. 

PS: For the meatballs. once everything is cooked, I usually take them out and put them in a pan with a little oil and butter and let them brown and grill, to give a better taste (cover the pan) 

Place in a dish and decorate with chopped parsley and lemon slices (some people love to squeeze some lemon juice on the Jwas while eating) 

Bsahetkom - Bon appetit  Enjoy. 

The Algerian Couscous - Kseksou

By Za, 

^^^^ ** Teaser ** ^^^^

"To be continued mwahahaha"

Shorba Beeda (White Soup)

By Za, 

Recipe coming up soon! 

Another omelet!

By Youcef


Hello! Here comes another omelet for the lazy people!!! (like me :-P ) 


This one was inspired by Camille's and Reem's idea for recycling chicken leftovers! :-D

Alright, you'll need some... ermm... chicken leftovers! And of course, eggs, and cheese. (I used that kind of cheese used in sandwiches and burgers, you know, the one that's so thin it makes it almost look healthy! hihihi)




Put a frying pan on medium high if you're using an electric stove (medium low for fire/gas), then put just a bit of vegetable oil, just so it won't stick. 


In the meantime, mix up some eggs in a cup (I used 2, depending on how much chicken you're using), chuck in some salt, pepper, or anything of your liking. (No rat poison, don't listen to Aqeel if he tells you to do so)

 Put the chicken leftovers in the pan (those need to be shredded, you can do that by hand, as long as you don't eat every second piece as you do it, you'd be left with nothing I assure you), and spread the pieces evenly. 

Now the cheese, get the cheese, goooooooooo get the cheese! Ok, cut it into medium pieces and spread it on the chicken then pour the mixed eggs onto the whole thing! 

                      You're now ready to.... put the lid on the pan and wait. 

                         About 10 minutes later, it should be ready! (don't trust me, keep an eye on it >:->) 

Here's something to try too... Have a go and eat it with with croissants! Tastes awesome! :-D 

                   Cooked :-D .............. Gone :-D ............... *Burp* :-P

Yellow rice with chicken and carrots

By Reem

The dish has few spicy ingredients. If u dont like spicy remove it and u can fry raisins and almonds on the side and add at the end for a different sweet nutty flavour.

1 chicken, 2 carrots, 1.5 onions, 3 cups rice, half a cup of thin short noodles (sh3airiyyah) (small vermicelli) , 2 cardamons, cinnamon powder, salt, black pepper, tandoori powder mix (did'nt put much so can be replaced with tajin spices) yellow colour, peri peri sauce (available at tesco for a pound) and chilli flakes.

Marinate chicken cut into small pieces in lemon, peri peri sauce, salt, chilli flakes, tandoori powder and salt.
Leave for as long as possible, the longer the more tender. I cooked mine after 15 mins of marination.
Add two cardamons
Steam chicken, basically put it on low heat. No oil. 
Meanwhile, grate 2 carrots or more if u like. Fry them in a wee bit of oil.
Chop 1.5 big onions. 1 white, half red. Long.
Once the chicken has cooked add black pepper powder and the carrots to it and add yellow colour NOT TURMERIC.
Fry onions, add lil cinnamon powder until brown.
Add to chicken and carrot mix.
Wash 3 cups of rice.
Add to mixture and add bit of salt
Fry the v thin short noodles in v lil oil until brown.
Add to the mixture.
Give it a good gentle mix. 
Add boiled water.


Tip: make sure the chicken has cooked but still have gravy in it.

I just had it and it was yummy. Had to add a bit of salt. Goes well with mayo. Or maybe its just me... I add mayo to everything.
Next time I will add another carrot and possibly more thin noodles. They both give the special flavour of the dish

Enjoy! 

Quick & easy pasta with chiken leftovers

by Camy

This is a quick, easy and delicious way of using meat leftovers. 

Just cook some pastas and cut your chicken (or whatever meat your using) in small pieces. Mix the two together.

 

 

Then, add some cheese (I added parmiggiano here but emmental or gruyere are even better) and tomato sauce (ketchup is also super yummy with it but way less healthy!) 

 

Stir well...

And there you have it! A quick, easy and yummy way to make pastas and use your leftovers!

Enjoy!