Love your coffee? You haven’t lived until you’ve tried this light, aromatic and spiced up Arabic coffee! What is Arabic Coffee? Arabic Coffee, or qahwa, is definitely one of the more “exotic” coffees found in the Middle East. It is…
Falooda is a delicious dessert/drink of milk, sweet noodles and basil seeds, that is popular in South Asia, the Middle East and in parts of South East Asia. What is Falooda? Falooda doesn’t need any introduction to many. It’s a…
A showstopping one-pot Palestinian rice dish you cook in layers, then flip out onto a platter like a savoury cake. Maqluba (also maqlooba, maqloubeh, makloubeh) literally means “upside down” – and yes, it’s dinner and theatre in one. What is…
First published July 2013, updated Jun 2017. Zabadee el Mishmish is a delightful chilled Egyptian dessert of apricots, cottage cheese and yoghurt. I learnt to make this from a colleague in London who used to regale us with stories and…
Mahalabia (also spelled muhallabia, muhalabia, muhallebi, mahalabiya – and closely related to malabi) is the Middle East’s answer to a chilled milk pudding: softly set, lightly sweet, and scented with rose water or orange blossom water. It takes about 10…
Click here to go straight to the Harira (Moroccan Stew) Recipe. I first had this wonderful dish in Essouria, Morocco, many moons ago, en route to Casablanca. I was not in the least bit impressed when I read the English…