Arabic showarma

Arabic showarma

 

Ingredients

• Boneless chicken julienne 250 gm
• Garlic paste 1 tsp
• White pepper ½ tsp
• Soya sauce 1 tsp
• White vinegar 1 tbsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Cinnamon powder pinch
• Hp sauce 1 tbsp
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Chili sauce 2 tbsp
• DP sauce 1 tbsp
• Yogurt 2 tbsp
• Onion 1 julienne
• Jalapeno pepper chopped 2
• Jerkins sliced 2

Ingredients for showarma sauce

• Tahini 2 tbsp
• Whipped yogurt ½ cup
• Garlic paste ½ tsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• White pepper ½ tsp
• Lemon juice 1 tbsp

Method for showarma sauce

• Mix tahini 2 tbsp Whipped yogurt ½ cups Garlic paste ½ tsp Salt ½ tsp White pepper ½ tsp Lemon juice 1 tbsp together in bowl and serve with showarma.

Method for showarma

• Marinate chicken julienne with Garlic paste 1 tsp White pepper ½ tsp Soya sauce 1 tsp White vinegar 1 tbsp Salt ½ tsp Cinnamon powder pinch Hp sauce 1 tbsp Chili sauce 2 tbsp DP sauce 1 tbsp Yogurt 2 tbsp Onion 1 julienne Jalapeno pepper chopped 2 Jerkins sliced 2. Heat 2 tbsp oil in fry pan, pan fry chicken for 10 minutes till tender, heat pita bread or hotdog bun, spread with showarma sauce, onion Julian, salad leaves, cooked chicken, jalapeno pepper and jerkins. Wrap showarma in butter paper, serve hot immediately.

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Arabian Rice

Arabian Rice

Ingredients

• Rice 250 gm boiled with 1 tbsp salt
• Chicken boneless 1 breast thinly sliced
• Salt, black pepper, mustard powder ¼ tsp each
• Ketchup 1 tbsp
• Wooster sauce 1 tbsp
• Ginger garlic paste ¼ tsp
• Oil 3 tbsp
• Raisins 10 to 12
• Cloves 5
• Salt ½ tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Allspice powder ½ tsp
• Yellow color pinch
• Onion 2 tbsp chopped
• Green chilies sliced 2

Method

• Marinate chicken strips with salt, black pepper, mustard, ginger garlic, ketchup and Wooster sauce. Heat oil, fry chopped onion, add marinated chicken, cook for 5 minutes add in the boiled rice with green chilies, black pepper, allspice, raisins, mix well, lastly sprinkle yellow color, cover and leave it on dum for 10 minutes, mix well and serve.

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Cinnamon Roll with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cinnamon Roll with Cream Cheese Frosting

 

Ingredients

• Flour 3 cups
• Water ¼ cup
• Milk ½ cup
• Butter 4 ounces
• Eggs 2
• Vanilla essence ½ tsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Caster sugar 4 tbsp
• Yeast 1 ½ tsp
• Bread improver 1 tsp heaped
• Brown sugar 2 tbsp

Ingredients for filling

• Butter 3 ounces
• Brown sugar ½ cup
• Cinnamon powder 1 tbsp heaped
• Method
• Mix altogether

Ingredients for cream cheese frosting

• Imported butter 100 gm
• Cream cheese 5 tbsp
• Icing sugar ½ cup
• Milk 1 tbsp

Method

• Melt butter with water and milk, cool add in caster sugar, brown sugar, salt, eggs and vanilla essence, mix together with a whisk, gradually add in flour, yeast and bread improver, mix together, the dough should be very soft, put to rise in a grease bowl for 2 hours. Punch the risen dough and knead again, roll out to a big rectangle, spread filling, roll up from long end and cut into 2 inch thick roll, leave to rise for another 15 minute then brush egg and milk mixture on the, sprinkle with water spray, before baking put water in a pan in oven then put the buns to bake on 180 degree C for 20 minutes after 12 minutes again water spray. Spread with cream cheese frosting and serve.

Method for frosting

• Beat butter and cream cheese, gradually add icing sugar and milk, beat well, spread the frosting on Cinnamon roll.

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Busboosa Semolina Cake

Busboosa Semolina Cake

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter 8 ounces
• Icing sugar 1 ½ cup
• Vanilla essence 1 tsp
• Eggs 4
• Semolina 4 cups
• Baking powder 1 tsp leveled
• Baking soda 1 tsp leveled
• Yogurt 2 cups
• Blanched spilt almonds about 20

Ingredients for syrup

• Water 1 cup
• Sugar 1 cup
• Honey 1 cup
• Lemon juice ¼ cup

Method

• Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy, add eggs 1 at a time, beat well add essence, sieve semolina with baking powder and soda, fold in lightly with 2 cups leveled yogurt, mix slightly, grease 12 x 12 inches square, butter very well, pour mixture into them, place blanched whole almonds in such a way when the cake is cut and almonds will be centered on each piece, bake on 180 degrees for 40 minutes, remove, cool cake slightly and pour the warm syrup on the warm cake, so it absorbs the syrup, cut in diamond or square shape.

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Arabic kabsa

Arabic kabsa

Ingredients

• Rice 750 gm
• Dried lemon 1
• Salt 2 tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Green cardamom grinded ½ tsp
• Chicken 1 kg with skin
• Green chilies 8
• Tomatoes 2
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Turmeric ¼ tsp
• Crushed red pepper 1 tsp
• Onion 1 ½ cup chopped
• Tomato paste 2 tbsp
• Ghee ¼ cup
• Bay leaf 2
• Black pepper 12
• Cloves 10
• Cinnamon 4 sticks

Method

• Heat ghee in a pan add whole spices with chopped onion fry until soft add chicken with skin fry till light golden add chopped tomatoes seeds removed fry, add green chilies, dried lemon all the above seasonings, 8 cups water, cover and cook for at least 40 minutes, remove chicken add 1 tbsp salt to the leftover stock add green cardamom powder with soaked rice, cover and cook till water dries, leave it on dum, grill the chicken in over for 15 minutes till crisp and golden on 200 degrees add lemon juice, remove rice in a platter, serve chicken over rice, serve with sauce.

Ingredients for sauce (dakous)

• Oil ¼ cup
• Garlic paste 1 tsp
• Tomato paste 2 tbsp
• Water ½ cup
• Green cardamom ½ tsp
• Salt ¾ tsp
• Curry powder ½ tsp heaped
• Dried lemon 1

Method

• Heat oil add garlic paste, stir for 1 minute add tomato paste with half cup water, cook for 10 minutes add seasonings, dry lemon, cook till thick, serve with kabsa.

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Arabic kofta

Arabic kofta

Ingredients

• Mince ½ kg (double machined)
• Onion finely chopped 4 tbsp
• Parsley finely chopped 2 tbsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Cumin roasted and crushed 1 tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp heaped
• Garlic paste 1 tsp
• Oil ¼ cup

Ingredients for salsa

• Tomato puree 1 tbsp
• Water ½ cup
• Garlic paste 1 tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Roasted and crushed cumin ½ tsp
• Salt ½ tsp heaped
• Allspice ½ tsp
• Paprika 1 tsp
• Parsley finely chopped 1 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together in the mince and chopperize well, make into koftas and shallow fry for 10 minutes until done, remove and keep aside. In the left over oil in which we fried kofta add all the ingredients for salsa, fry well. Put kofta in a serving platter, top with prepared sauce and serve hot.

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