The dish can vary widely within its basic definition, whether as a home recipe or on a restaurant menu. The main ingredients are ground meat cooked in a gravy with onions and sometimes vegetables, such as peas, celery or carrots, and topped with mashed potato. It’s not very traditional but […]
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Middle Eastern Baked Kibbeh
Kibbeh is a popular dish in Middle Eastern cuisine. Mainly, it’s found in Arab countries as well as Turkey, Armenia and Cyprus but with either a different name or a slightly different pronunciation of the same word kibbeh. The northern Syrian city of Aleppo (Halab) is famous for having more […]
Mongolian Beef With Steamed Jasmin Rice
Although this dish is called Mongolian beef, but this dish doesn’t actually exists in Mongolia. It’s an American creation of an Asian sweet and sour beef stir fry, that became popular and famous world wide only after it was made and served at P.F. Chang’s restaurants. Well, this super fast […]
Creamy Turkey Pot Pie
Chicken pot pie is the ultimate comfort food. The Buttery, flaky pie crust topping a shredded chicken or in this case turkey plus vegetables, and a creamy sauce. We always have leftover roasted turkey in the fridge the day after Thanksgiving or on the Christmas day. We are all tired […]
Holiday’s Scented Roasted Turkey
My father loves turkey so my mother cooked it more frequently than just in holidays. Sometimes she roasted it and other times she made it into a stew, but the turkey was never served with a gravy, cranberry sauce or even mashed potato, it was a totally different taste and […]
Creamy Tarragon Mashed Potato
Who doesn’t like to have a creamy, buttery mashed potato with the roasted turkey? If you’re planing to have a roasted turkey for any holiday dinner, then you should also think of making this delicious mashed potato. Tarragon adds a sweet rich aroma and flavor to the mashed potato. I […]
Fried Veal Tongue With Veloute Sauce & Steamed Vegetables
Have you ever tried any beef or veal tongue?? I know that might not sound very unpleasant to some people but the tongue does taste really good if prepared and cooked properly. Well it’s a tough muscle and needs long cooking until it reaches the proper texture but it’s all […]
Sweet & Sour Chicken Carrot Pilaf (Haveej Polo)
This is a very famous Iranian dish that usually consists of chicken, rice, carrots, and spices. Each and every family and region might prepare and cook this delicious pilaf dish differently, I cook it the way my mother cooked it, sweet and sour with beautiful golden color. This dish in […]
Shawarma Stuffed Bread
This dish is becoming very popular and in demand in the Middle East. It started in a restaurant in Turkey and before you know it, it was being made in almost every restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey. The trend continued and started being made in different cities and countries all around […]
Sweet & Sour Chicken Stir Fry
This is an all time favorite dish at my home, I like to make stir fry dishes because, it can be made pretty quickly, can be made with different vegetables and different flavored sauces. It can be sweet and sour, spicy and sour and many more variations and more ways […]