Chickpeas soup , chickpeas drink , Hummus elsham , Halabesa الحلبسه . حمص الشام

I really don’t know what can I call it exactly ! It’s chickpeas swimming in a delicious spiced soup. You enjoy eating the chickpeas as much as you enjoy drinking its soup. It’s one of the few official winter drinks that are sold in every corner in Egypt specially Cafes , clubs , street carts & of course in every house !

It’s so easy to make , you can add your favourite spices to it , and enjoy your personal taste .

It’s made of dried chickpeas that you have to soak overnight in water ,so as to make it easier in digestion & to take less cooking time. I personally use the precooked chickpeas sold in cans & the outcome is always the same ! using the ready made chickpeas in cans makes it ready in nearly 15 minutes. Just boil in water with tomatoes, onion, garlic, spices and it’s done !

This recipe was featured in my beautiful freind Nisreen's website .

Here’s the very easy recipe that kids too love .

Butter Tilapia . السمك البلطي بالزبدة

Tilapia is one of my favourite Fish ! I'm always used to eating it deep fried in Oil & Coated with a thin layer of Flour (after marinading it for sometime) , This is how we usually cook Tilapia in Egypt ! And since I'm a very busy mom & I always have no time, So I decided to fry it in Butter with some Salt & Pepper ,without wasting a long time in the marinade . I used a good non-stick pan , as Tilapia is a very fragile fish & choose a nice relatively thick Tilapia cut to use & it was really so delicious, I felt the real fish taste in my mouth , The recipe I used before was perfect, but I liked this way of cooking more as the taste of Fish was not masked by other the flour & frying process .

Egyptian Beef Liver . Ägyptische Rinde Leber.

Egyptian Beef Liver recipe is a very popular Liver recipe all around Egypt. It's called "Alexandrian Liver"  , The name is related to the beautiful city of Alexandria in the north of Egypt.
It's sold every where in Egypt, & in many corners in Food Carts , we eat it in Sandwiches with the Egyptian brown bread or in Pita bread, with Tahini Sauce.
It's usually done very spicy, but I prefer it not so spicy because my kids don't bear spicy food :)
Here's the very easy recipe that is done in less than 30 minutes.

Pasta Tomato Sauce. Spaghetti Tomatensoße. صوص الطماطم للمكرونة

This is my favourite Pasta Tomato Sauce that I learned from my mother ,with some modifications added latter by me :) My kids & family love this easy Sauce & I hope you try it & I'm sure you'll love it!

Ingredients : (4-6 persons)

Grilled Lamb chops with herbs. Gegrilltes Lammkotelett mit Kräuter. الريش الضاني المشوية بالاعشاب

This is an easy delicious way to do Lamb Kotletts or chops, it's done in nearly 10 minutes after maination for few hours!
we usually eat Lamb meat in Egypt more in our feast which is coming up soon, & we usually eat it with "Fattah"  (recipe here: http://drolacooks.blogspot.de/2012/10/egyptian-fattah-rice-meat-bread-dish.html ).
or you can simply serve it with Rice or French fries!

Ingredients : (for 4 )

Summer Pasta with Avocado. Sommer Pasta mit Avocado. مكرونة مع الخضروات و الأفوكادو

This is a very easy Pasta, ideal for Summer & for Vegetarians . It's done in 20 minutes & you can use your favourite veggies , you can eat it warm or even cool , in both cases it's tasty & amazing!

Ingredients: (for 4 persons)

Easy Meatloaf. Amerikanischer hackbraten. ميت لوف , طاجن اللحم المفروم

Meat Loaf is one of the easy dishes I like because it's so easy & kids like it & you can create so many flavours & recipes out of it!
You can serve it with Rice, Pasta, or Vegetables & you can also add vegetables inside.
Today I made a basic & easy recipe , hope you'll like it!

Ingredients:

One minute Cookie. Eine Minute Cookie. كوكيز الدقيقة الواحدة

Well, I'm exteremely busy those days with so many thing & at same time craving for Cakes or Cookies! I found this really nice Cookie recipe that is done in 1 minute!!! I tried it & loved it. It's a very good choice for anyone craving for sweets & doesn't have time to bake!!!

extra-crispy fried Cauliflower . Knuspriger gebratener Blumenkohl. القرنبيط المقلي المقرمش

 I love Cauliflower , my kids like it too because they are still convinced that it is white Broccoli & they do love Broccoli :) I came up with this recipe after having baguette leftovers,so I decided to fry Cauliflower with, then to give it an extra crispy taste I decided to add Cornmeal  to the original recipe I'm always used to! It was a real hit & was really delicious! I served it with Tomato-Basil Sauce ,but you can use your favourite dip with it or just enjoy it alone!

German Potato dumplings. Kartoffelklöße. كرات البطاطس الألمانية

 German Potato dumplings is a delicious side dish served with saucy meat or chicken ,it's made plain or stuffed with meat or croutons.
Here I made the basic easy recipe and you can try it stuffed or plain.

Oven Backed wedged Potatoes. Gebackene Kartoffeln. بطاطس مخبوزة بالفرن

Oven backed Potatoes is one of my favourite side dishes, It's easy & fast & tastes always perfect! I guess there are no chances for failure!

Vegetarian Burger. Vegetarischer Burger. برجر نباتي بالخضروات

Me & my family eat at least twice a week a vegetarian meal for lunch. This week's choice was veggie Burger. I loved the recipe & what's good about it is that you can use any type of Vegetables available in your house & thus having a different taste every time you do it.

Ingredients: (10 Burgers)

Roasted chicken breast fillet

Very easy healthy recipe.

Ingredients:

Chicken breast fillet.
Olive oil
Salt,pepper, paprika,Thyme,garlic, chopped fresh Parsley

     

Preparation:

Marinade the chicken in Olive oil & spices and leave for 3-4 hours.
Enter preheated oven for 15 minutes then turn the chicken breasts on the other side for another 15 minutes.
During the baking process , pour the juices coming out of the Chicken over it (every 10 minutes).

N.B: you might need to add some water if your Chicken dries.

Serve with Baked Potatoes:
Recipe here: http://drolacooks.blogspot.de/2012/11/oven-backed-wedged-potatoes-gebackene.html

Clementine-Cream cups

 

In a sunny afternoon, I thought of doing a light-fresh cool dessert, I had some remaining  vanilla cupcakes, cream chesse, ready made whiped cream & a jar of Clementine, so I came up with this yummmmy dessert!

 

 

Ingredients:(for 3 cups)

Yogurt-Raspberries cups with Raspberry Sauce.

 

Yogurt cups with Raspberry Sauce.
Very light summery dessert, easy,fast & delicious.

You will need :

Crispy fried chicken

This a very nice recipie that is ideal for kids too.

Ingredients:

Grilled Köfte

Grilled Kofte.

Ingredients:
500 gm minced meat
1 medium chopped onion
1 bundle of parsely
salt & papper
1/2 cup bread crumbs (bo2somat mat7oon)

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients with hands.

Put Köfte in a pan that can be covered & bring a piece of coal & heat it then put an onion cortex with some butter in the middle over the meat (you make a groove inside the meat with your fingers & lay the onion cortex inside it) then put the heated piece of coal inside the butter ,you will find smoke coming out of the heated piece of coal , then close firmly the pan for 30 minutes.

Then form Kofte in skewers & grill.
served with Tahini Sauce.

Homemade Hamburger.

This is a very easy dish everyone loves!

you only need 3 ingredients:

Minced meat

Salt & Pepper

N.B. You can add finely chopped Onion 

Preparation:

mix together & shape burgers with your hand ( a little bit larger then the desired size)& grill3-5 minutes on each side (according to your Burger thickness)

 To make uniform sized Hamburger Patties :

Simply use a glass jar lid (I used the Nutella jar lid) to press the meat against it,then flip it over to get the patties out.

Oven Spinach ramekins

An easy delicious & nutritive recipie that kids also like a lot. It can be served as a side dish with Potatos or Rice.

Ingredients: (makes 4 Ramekins,12 cm wide)

500 gm Spinach (leaves or chopped) (fresh or frozen)
200 ml whippingcream
200 ml sourcream
50 gm grated Gouda cheese
2 eggs
2 table spoons sliced Almond
3 Tablespoons Olive oil
1 medium sized chopped onion
3 chopped garlic cloves
Salt & Pepper

Preparation:

In a pan heat olive oil & add onion & garlic & stirr , add Spinach & keep stirring (5 minutes) then drain from water & add salt & pepper.
in a bowl, mix, eggs, sourcream, cheese, whippingcream, salt & pepper.

Prepare your Ramekins by buttering .
Add drained spinache evenly in the 4 Ramekins.
Then pour the eggs-cream mixture over the spinache.
sprinkle some sliced almonds on top.

Enter pre-heated oven (220°C) for 10 -15 minutes till golden on top.

Grilled Hot dog skewers with oven backed Potatos.

This is an easy & delicious recipie that kids love & doesn´t take time at all.


Backed Potatos:

Ingredients:
Potatos
Olive oil
2-3 finely chopped garlic cloves
Salt,Pepper,Thyme & Rosemarry

Preparation:
Cut Potatos into wedges or chuncks, coat with other ingredients & enter preheated oven 200°C for 15 minutes (or more according to the size of the cut potatos)

Hot Dog skewers:

You will need sliced Hot dogs, Pepper,Onions.
marinade your cut pepper & onions with some oil, salt & pepper.
Arrange your skewers with hot dogs, pepper & onions.
Grill (on the oven grill)