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Weekend Cooking: Khaliat Nahal (Beehive)
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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?…
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Weekend Cooking: Eman’s Oven-baked Chicken and Rice
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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…
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Eman’s Lamb Bukhari Rice
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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…
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Weekend Cooking: Saleeg
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I’ve been looking through the Saudi Food Eman YouTube channel, and seriously this lady is pretty talented. I’ve tried a few of her recipes already, and have quite a long list of others in my weekend cooking queue. This particular dish, saleeg, was something different from the recent rice dishes I’ve been making. Looking at how…
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Weekend Cooking: Lamb Haneeth with Rice
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During a rare trip to Berkat Madinah, a Middle Eastern grocer, I bought a jar of Chef Ammar’s haneeth spice. We love the haneeth served at Half Moon, our favorite Arab restaurant, so I figured I’d try making it on my own. However recipes I found online were very different from what I thought…
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Weekend Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Haneeth Roasted Chicken with Cajun Spiced Vegetables
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We got Monday off to celebrate our victory at the SEA Games, so Rudy and I decided to have the family over for dinner. The fridge was overflowing with chicken and lamb and all sorts of stuff, so I joined the effort to clean it out. I needed to feed about 9 adults, so…
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Weekend Cooking: Roti Golok
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I saw this recipe on Facebook some time back. Apparently it was something that was going viral here in Malaysia. Looking through the ingredients it did seem quite yummy, so I started writing this post, with some small adjustments and notes. It took me two tries to get this right, using my trusty old…
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Ramadan Cooking: Lamb Makhtoum
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It’s almost the end of Ramadan, and I was hoping to cook a few more dishes before I’m no longer allowed to leave work an hour earlier. I found a YouTube channel called Saudi Food Eman, and I really liked her videos. This lamb makhtoum looked simple enough to make, and I happened to…
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Ramadan Cooking: Chicken Kabsah with Rice
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Usually during Ramadan I try to cook more often for my family. Sometimes I make snacks and appetizers, and sometimes I try to make one-pot meals. This year’s Ramadan, one of the first buka puasa dishes I made was this chicken kabsah. My family loves Middle Eastern cuisine, but our favourite nasi Arab restaurant, Half Moon, is just…
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Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Mandy Rice with Lamb Shank
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Bought a few really nice lamb shanks (and a bunch of other things) from B.I.G. last Friday! They cost a lot more than from the TTDI wet market, but the quality looks top notch. This weekend was quite busy for me to cook everything I bought, but at least I managed to make this…