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How about mentioning your favorite?Thought about putting it in poll form,but it simply takes me more time,so will leave it like this to each mention our favo.
I confess i like a good ol well made koshari with the spicy sauce,but really liked the stuffed pidgeon....yumm,yumm! On the downside,have to say that didnt like the molokiya at all!
So which one is your favorite,and even one your really dont like at all. Posts: 3833 | From: here,there,everywhere | Registered: Nov 2007
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Macaroni Bechamel is one of my favorites, although i like just about all of it Posts: 9443 | From: USA...... | Registered: Jun 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra8: [QUOTE]Originally posted by cbrbddd: MaHshe . . . . done with anything, lol, cabbage, grapevine leaves, zuchini . . love them all!! [/QUOTE
I remember reading you liked molokiyaaaa!
I do like it . . . . I have some in the freezer just waiting to be cooked . . . .maybe i should do that soon Posts: 895 | From: NorthTexas, USA | Registered: Mar 2004
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Koshari...and I hated stuffed pigeons! Oh, and stuffed grapeleaves. YUCK. I didn't mind molokiyah.
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I also love stuffed grave leaves...stuffed with anything from rice to rice with minced lamb or chicken.And if warm with a yogurty like sauce to dip,better.
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May i ask what is Mahshe?
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quote:Originally posted by Kalila : ): May i ask what is Mahshe?
I think it's those stuffed grape leaves. In fact,they are not exactly Egyptian specialty food,but Lebanese,although it's featured in all Arabic and Turkish cuisine.
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Thanks Sash will have to try these my next visit in point of fact some kind soul COULD make me up a menu of egyptian food i can try as i will be catering for myself yaay ! Err........ please
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra8: How about mentioning your favorite?Thought about putting it in poll form,but it simply takes me more time,so will leave it like this to each mention our favo.
I confess i like a good ol well made koshari with the spicy sauce,but really liked the stuffed pidgeon....yumm,yumm! On the downside,have to say that didnt like the molokiya at all!
OHH my mother-in-law's Moshhhhhhi. The cabbage one and she makes spinach tastes so good too. I only like certain koshari. Not everyone makes it the same. The best kebab I ever ate was at a place called Zeiny's. Yummy!
So which one is your favorite,and even one your really dont like at all.
quote:Originally posted by Kalila : ): May i ask what is Mahshe?
It can be stuffed grape leaves, cabbage, squash, tomotoes.....there may be more. Will have to ask hubby.
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quote:Originally posted by Kalila : ): May i ask what is Mahshe?
stuffed cabbage leaves, stuffed corgette (zuccini) stuffed green peppers and I have even had stuffed potatoes. I love mahshi!
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The coarse ground bread with taheena (sp?) All the better if also having grilled chicken ahhhh...would love some now! Not sure if it's Egyptian food but its my favorite thing to eat in Egypt. (falafel too, but pretty sure that one is not exactly Egyptian either) Oh and that rice and milk breakfast thing... And fatir, I don't think any of it is officially Egyptian Posts: 929 | Registered: Jul 2008
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Mine has to be Kolcasia or Ol Es as they call it here. When I first saw it I thought it was a bowl of Molokeya with chopped up potatoes inside!
I have been in Egypt for the last 3 weeks and mainly staying with my husbands family so 90% of my diet has been Egyptian Food and I got to try loads of things that I hadn't previously had. Koshari is another new favourite. I love it all. Anything that has been made by someone else other than me is fine by me ;-)
The only food I dislike is that Sesame Seed Paste - Halawi or something like that?
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Something hubby makes here I could eat till it comes out my ears, he boils beef to death, adds fried onlins, lots of them, then lots of pepper. The 'gravy' is poured on that dried thin bread/pastry like stuff and is soaked up, tastes like steak and kidney pud!!!
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Thanks up to now peeps but pls could you put a little discription of each dish as well as it's name for us uninitiated people TA
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I love vine leaves and Koshari, but at the moment I'm obsessed with Circassian chicken, a dish that Egypt adopted from the Turks and it's yummy. I also love roz bel khalta (rice with nuts).
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Wasfa Sahla means Easy Recipe. They also have other Middle Eastern Cuisine.
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Thanks for those recipe links above....I need to start learning to cook Egyptian food, if only to make my mother in law happy when she comes to visit..:-) My husband..(ha that sounds weird...i still want to snigger everytime i say the H word!) isn't that bothered and prefers other stuff as his cholestrol was dangerously high when he left Egypt...he isn't at all overweight but years of living on foods cooked with ghee made it sky high
Strangely enough when i wrote my above post yesterday I was at my my mother in laws in Cairo as we had just flew back from Hurghada yesterday morning and she was preparing a big meal for us beore we left to come back to Dubai, she shouted me in the kitchen and showed me how to make molokeya...looks straightforward enough but I have tasted it made by lots of people and some are nicer than others...we will see what happens when i have a go
I am as I write this making the first married wife (!) meal for us, we just moved into our new apartment today...which would be very romantic apart from the fact ive done about 50 loads of washing and I'm making a romantic dinner of lasagne with chunky chips and salad and I have a big tub of haagen daz for afters! Not very Egyptian or Romantic but its the best thing i can make after a day of sorting out 9 million pairs of socks!
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Now,Dubai Girl,what are this "chunky chips" of? Of pasta,of meat or what? Posts: 3833 | From: here,there,everywhere | Registered: Nov 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra8: lasagne with chunky chips
Now,Dubai Girl,what are this "chunky chips" of? Of pasta,of meat or what?
Potato Sash !! big FAT chips or fries if you prefer Posts: 3945 | From: ' Res Contr ' Amor non es guirens, lai on sos poders s'atura | Registered: Dec 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra8: lasagne with chunky chips
Now,Dubai Girl,what are this "chunky chips" of? Of pasta,of meat or what?
Potato Sash !! big FAT chips or fries if you prefer
Im probably outdated,but never saw lasagna eaten with potato chips or fries as side dish or topping.
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lol at Sashyra! Sorry I was using the word chips which is a word British people mean for french fries..I always call them chips
Actually I prefer garlic bread with Lasagne and when I lived in UK I used to just buy them frozen in the supermarket...I searched tonight in Spinneys and Carrefour and I cant find any variety of garlic bread so chips was my back up Posts: 500 | From: United Arab Emirates | Registered: Jul 2008
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Dubai Girl, you should really try that link if you want to learn to cook Egyptian stuff. They really go out of their way to simplify the dishes, so you shouldn't have a problem. If a crappy cook like me could do it, then anyone can
What annoys me about Egyptians is that they are so uptight in their cooking. Everything has to be cooked in a specific way and if you stray a little bit from the traditional recipe, they get really upset. Very uncreative in my opinion.
My mother was really shocked when I told her that I put Lebanese Pomegranate sauce on my okra and that it makes it taste much better. She didn't understand why would I put something like that on the okra, when you are not supposed to and seemed really upset about it lol Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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I like to give my personal twist to some recipes.Also,not always we can find the exact ingredients if abroad.
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Hmmm...definately different, Lasagne with french fries....I will have to try that one. Would like to get some traditional egyptian recipies so I can cook for my new love. Posts: 199 | From: ...under the radar.... | Registered: Jan 2009
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I can't believe fuul tamaya hasn't been mentioned! ahh i think i'm having withdrawal symptoms i miss it so much haha. Hi everyone! Posts: 31 | From: Guernsey -Channel islands | Registered: May 2009
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i absolutely love everything mentioned apart from Ol Es i hate the stuff and im not fussed about halawa either its too sweet. mahshi can also be stuffed aubergene long shaped ones some are the normal aubergene colour but some are white
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well for me anything that has mushrooms or egg plant is a favorite. i also love mahshi grape leaves and cabbage only.
im not that crazy about molokheya because of the way it looks. first time i tried it, i thought that it is spinach so i took a big spoon of it and really felt so sorry after.
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im not that crazy about molokheya because of the way it looks. first time i tried it, i thought that it is spinach so i took a big spoon of it and really felt so sorry after.
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I love houmous, although I'm not sure whether it's typically Egyptian, ie originates from Egypt.
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quote:Originally posted by Makbeta: I love houmous, although I'm not sure whether it's typically Egyptian, ie originates from Egypt.
No,it's not Egyptian food exactly,but Lebanese.Although many of these can be found in Arabic cuisine in general.The same as mashee,or mashi,stuffed grape leaves.
Most of the time when we eat at an Arabic restaurant outside Egypt the main staples are Lebanese stuff.
It would be a nice idea for the Egys on this board to mention typical Egyptian food for us to learn.
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