Kunafeh, also spelt varyingly as kanafeh and knafe, is a Middle Eastern sweet made from shredded filo pastry (called Kataifi/Qatayfi pastry) stuffed with delicious gooey cheese drenched in scented sugar syrup. Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? Types of Kunafeh So many Middle…
Traditionally, Kabab Koobideh are fashioned as long, cylindrical kebabs wrapped around flat, sword like skewers, which can be barbecued, grilled, cooked in an oven and even on the stove top. Take your pick. Kabab Koobideh Recipe It’s such an easy…
Quick and easy, melt in the mouth butter cookies recipe that I used to make as a kid in my granny’s kitchen. My Granny and her Butter Cookies These butter cookies are one of those childhood recipes that will always…
The King of all Persian dishes, the Persian Jewelled Rice or Morasa Polow bedazzles the eye with twinkles of red, green, orange and gold. Morasa means jewels. What is Morasa Polo? The King of all Persian dishes, Morasa Polo, or Persian…
This basic Persian rice recipe with tahdeeg is your first step to mastering the art of cooking Persian rice. Once you understand the principles, you can move on to the other Persian rice recipes (see images below), whether on this…
A delicious, easy to follow Moroccan lamb tagine with preserved lemons and olives. Perfect with cous cous, bread or rice. I don’t suppose the lamb tagine needs any introduction, quite possibly, Morocco’s most famous export, along with Ras El Hanout,…