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Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice
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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…
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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: 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: 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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Weekend Cooking: Pressure Cooker Chicken with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Sausage
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After having my morning coffee and having finished this week’s copy of The Edge, I wandered into the kitchen and saw Kak’mbang staring at the chicken she just cut up. I asked her what was on her mind, and she said she had trouble figuring out what to do with it for lunch today.…
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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: Peri-peri Cornflakes Chicken
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It was the last few days of Ramadan, and things were reaaaally slowing down at work. As I was staring at my laptop screen wondering what work I should do for the day, an email came in from Nando’s with the subject line, “Take PERi-PERi sauce balik kampung this Hari Raya okay!” I clicked…
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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…
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Ramadan Cooking: Air-Fried Banana Spring Rolls With Nutella Drizzle
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I bought a bunch of pisang mas last weekend, and they were quite green then so I thought they would last a while. By mid week they’ve started to become overripe, so Kak’mbang asked me to try out this recipe by Chef Kamarul from his book, Resepi 30 Minit Chef Kamarul. Overall recipes from his book look…
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Ramadan Cooking: Shorbat el Ads (Middle Eastern Lentil Soup)
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Ramadan mubarak, everyone! Because of the fasting month, we get to leave work an hour early, and this has given me the opportunity to be home early enough to make something for buka puasa. When Mummy went for her umrah earlier this year, the place she was staying at served a nice lentil soup that she…