Middle Eastern Recipes

  • Chicken Mandy with Rice

    Chicken Mandy with Rice

    It’s Ramadan and every few days or so we inevitably end up breaking fast with friends or family at one of the many wonderful iftar sessions, be it at restaurants or five-star hotels.  I recently had a lovely buka puasa with my former colleagues at Dua Sentral, where they brought in some absolutely delicious nasi Arab from Restoran…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Eman’s Chicken Mandy

    Ramadan Cooking: Eman’s Chicken Mandy

    It’s the last weekend of Ramadan. Gosh, time really flies.  I wanted to make Chef Wan’s briyani gam with chicken kuzi, but I was missing a few ingredients and I’ll only be going to the market tomorrow.  Since I’ll also be eating out tomorrow, if I wanted to make something, tonight was my only window of…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Shuraba (Meat and Oat Soup)

    Ramadan Cooking: Shuraba (Meat and Oat Soup)

    Mummy has been losing weight of late, and I’ve been trying out various soup recipes for her to have some variety in her diet.  I wanted to keep things interesting enough for her to want to eat, while at the same time provide her with all the necessary nutrition to stay healthy. Since it’s…

  • Eman’s Chicken Kabsa

    Eman’s Chicken Kabsa

    Mummy wasn’t feeling well a few weekends back, and I was really worried because she took so long to recover and had such poor appetite.  I decided to make something nice for her for dinner, in hopes that she’d eat more.  I didn’t want to do a lamb dish, because I figured an elevated…

  • Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice

    Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice

    This was on my To-Make list for a while now, and finally I managed to make it this week.  Use a mix of meat and bones for a more flavorful stock; I chose lamb shoulder chops specifically for this purpose.  If you’re not keen on making your own meghazlia spice mix, I’m sure subbing…

  • For Your Spice Rack: Meghazlia Spice Mix

    For Your Spice Rack: Meghazlia Spice Mix

    It took me a while to finally make Eman’s Lamb Meghazlia, mainly because I needed to mix the meghazlia spice mix myself.  Since I have some lamb in the freezer I really needed to get rid of, I set aside some time today to make this spice mix. What took me a while to…

  • For Your Spice Rack: Dried Bisbas Spice Mix

    For Your Spice Rack: Dried Bisbas Spice Mix

    I made this spice mix thinking that this was the besbasa Eman was referring to for her meghazlia spice mix recipe.  It turned out that this actually wasn’t what she meant, but in any case I’ll try to figure out what other things I can use this for. Based on the recipe by Sheba Yemeni Food.

  • Weekend Cooking: Khaliat Nahal (Beehive)

    Weekend Cooking: Khaliat Nahal (Beehive)

    To me, cooking is a way to destress after a long week slogging at the office.  Making bread, however, is what I find most enjoyable.   When a bread recipe appeared in Saudi Food Eman’s Facebook feed, I knew I had to try it ASAP.  I mean, bread stuffed with cream cheese and drizzled with syrup?…

  • Weekend Cooking: Eman’s Oven-baked Chicken and Rice

    Weekend Cooking: Eman’s Oven-baked Chicken and Rice

    It was another one of those weekends when the freezer was full of stuff and Kak’mbang sent out her SOS.  I needed to help her clear at least one whole chicken, so I decided to try this recipe by Saudi Food Eman.  I found it interesting how good she claims the dish to be…

  • Weekend Cooking: Eman’s Lamb Bukhari with Rice

    Weekend Cooking: Eman’s Lamb Bukhari with Rice

    Last weekend I picked up some decent-looking lamb cubes from Tesco, and decided to use it immediately for dinner that night.  I didn’t want to make something too complicated, because I was just so exhausted by the many things that were going on both at home and at work.  Since Saudi Food Eman is…