Arabic Food Recipes

Machboos

Machboos is a dish of rice & meat, popular in many Gulf countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates. Here is a version of Machboos recipe.

Ingredients:

• 4 1/2 cups water
• 650 g basmati rice
• 3 tomatoes, quartered
• 1-1 1/2 kg chicken
• 3 onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 green hot pepper, as desired
• 2 black dried limes
• 2 teaspoons buharat spice mix
• 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 slice ginger root, cut into small pieces
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons rose water
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 teaspoons salt

Preparation:

1. Cut the chicken in half. Heat the water and leave aside. In a small bowl, mix the spices (garam masala, turmeric, cumin, and cardamom) together and add to the mixture one teaspoon of salt. Sprinkle half of the spice mixture on the chicken halves.
2. Heat oil in a large cooking pan, fry the onions until golden brown, then add to the pepper and the black limes - you MUST make a hole in each limes.
3. Add the chicken to the onion mixture and turn it over a few times in the pan. Sprinkle on the chicken a teaspoon of cinnamon and the rest of the mixed spices. Turn the contents all together so the chicken is coated with the spices, cover the pan and let it cook on medium heat for 3 minutes.
4. Add the garlic, chopped ginger, and tomato cubes to the pan and turn the ingredients in the pan a few times. Cover again for 3 minutes on medium heat. Sprinkle with the rest of the salt and pour on it water while its still hot.Cover the pan and let it cook for about 1 hour, or until the chicken is cooked. Add the copped coriander 5 minutes before you remove the chicken from the stock in the pan. While the chicken is cooking, wash the rice well and soak for 10 minutes in cold water, then drain.Remove the chicken from the pan and put on an oven tray, brush with some oil and sprinkle with the rest of the cinnamon powder and grill in the oven until the chicken is golden brown.Add the rice to the chicken stock, stir, then let it cook on low heat until the rice absorbs the stock and is almost done.Sprinkle rose water and lemon juice over the rice and place the butter pieces on the top. Cover the pan and cook on low heat for 30 minutes.
5. Serve the rice on a large serving plate and place the grilled chicken halves on the top.

125 பில்லியன் ரூபாய்க்கு இன்ஸ்ராகிராமை கொள்வனவு செய்தது பேஸ்புக் திங்கட்கிழமை, 09 ஏப்ரல் 2012 23:59

பிரபல புகைப்படப் பகிர்வு மென்பொருளான "இன்ஸ்ராகிராம்"இனை புகழ்பெற்ற சமூகவலைத்தளம் “பேஸ்புக்“ ஒரு பில்லியன் அமெரிக்க டொலர்களுக்கு (125 பில்லியன் ரூபாய்) கொள்வனவு செய்துள்ளது. இன்ஸ்ராகிராமினை கொள்வனவு செய்தமை பற்றி பேஸ்புக்கின் ஸ்தாபகரும் பிரதம நிறைவேற்று அதிகாரியுமான மார்க் சூக்கர்பெக் கருத்துத் தெரிவிக்கையில்... 

”இன்ஸ்ராகிராம் வெகுவிரைவில் அனைவரும் பயன்படுத்துகின்ற சமூகத்தளமாக மாற்றமடையும். வெகுவிரைவில் தங்களுக்கு பிடித்தமான படங்களை நண்பர்கள், உறவினர்களுடன் பகிர்ந்துகொள்ள முடியும். அதற்காக இன்ஸ்ராகிராம் குழுவினருடன் மிக நெருக்கமான தொடர்பினை பேணவிருக்கிறோம். இன்ஸ்ராகிராமும் அதன் பெறுமதியான குழுவினரும் எங்களுடன் இணைந்திருப்பது பெருமகிழ்ச்சி. நமது இணைவின்மூலம் சிறந்த பெறுதியை வழங்குவதற்கு காத்திருக்கிறோம்” என்று தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

ஐபோன்களில் எடுக்கப்பட்ட புகைப்படங்களை சிறிய மாற்றங்களைச் செய்து அழகாக்கி பகிரப் பயன்படும் இம்மென்பொருள் தற்போது ஐபோன்களுக்கு மாத்திரம் மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளதோடு 27 மில்லியன் பதிவுசெய்யப்பட்ட பயனாளர்களைக் கொண்டு காணப்படுகிறது. பேஸ்புக்குடன் இணைந்திருப்பதனால் இத்தொகை மேலும் அதிகரிக்கலாம் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.

Doctors, hospital fined SR250,000 for negligence
JEDDAH – The Sharia Medical Commission has fined a hospital and two doctors SR250,000 for medical negligence.

An expat, known only by his initials as ‘FS,’ said his pregnant wife was advised during a routine check up that her fetus was a “little fat”. The examining doctor advised her to increase her walking exercises to ease her imminent delivery. However, after just three days she developed a pain under the navel and her baby movement slowed considerably, according to a report in Al-Watan newspaper.

The couple returned to the hospital out of grave concern for the baby. After conducting an uterus ultrasonography the two attending doctors informed them that the umbilical cord had wrapped around the baby’s neck. 

A cesarean section was deemed essential to save the baby. However, instead of attending to the situation the female gynecologist and male surgeon of left the pregnant wife lying in the bed for more than one hour. The newborn baby girl developed medical complications and went into an irreversible coma.

FS felt so aggrieved he immediately sent an official letter to the commission accusing the doctors of negligence. He relinquished his private right in order to make the hospital cover the medical expenses of her treatment in the ICU.

Muhammad Al-Ajari, head of the Sharia Medical Commission, said the commission found that the two doctors guilty as charged and fined each of them SR100,000. He also fined the hospital SR50,000 and approved the relinquishment of the private right as requested by the plaintiff. – SG __
Saudi Gazette

Rasam

This is a spicy drink usually served as an appetizer.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

4 cups water
1/4 cup masoor dhal
1 tsp corriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 dried red chillies
6-8 curry leaves
1 tbsp tamarind concentrate
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chillie powder
1 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 balck mustrad seeds

Method

Wash and drain the dhal. Place the water, dhal, corriander,
cumin, chillies and curry leaves in a pan and bring to boil.
Lower the heat to medium and cook, uncovered, for 6-8 mins.
Cover the pan and simmer for 30 mins.

Remove the pan from the heat and let cool slightly. Strain the
liquid and sieve the dhal into it. Return to the pan. Heat and
add the tamarind, salt, chillie powder. Stir until the tamrind
is dissolved.

Heat the oil in a seperate pan and add the mustrad seeds. As
soon as the seeds crackle, add the rasam or stir the hot oi and
the seeds in to the rasam.

Remove from heat and serve warm.

Rulang Cake

250 g rulang
250 sugar
100g butter, at room temperature
2 eggs
50g milk powder
50 cashew nuts, split in half
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla essence

First of all add rulang, half of the sugar, milk powder, baking powder and cashew nuts and mix it very well using a large spoon.
Then add the butter and the eggs one by one, add the vanilla essence and mix well.
Put the mixture into a tray, and bake at 200 c for about 25-30 minutes.

While the cake is in the oven, dissolve the other half of the sugar and 1 1/2 cup of water and make a syrup.
Let it cool. Put it into another tray and remove the oil paper.
Pour the syrup to the hot cake.
Serve after the cake has cooled.

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Marshmallows

How do they make marshmallows?

Marshmallows are incredibly cool -- not only do they taste good, but by lighting them you can create a great source of light in a dark campsite!

Technically, marshmallows are a confection -- a candy. They've been around in the form we know them since the mid-1800s.

They are called "marshmallows" because part of the early recipe called for sap from the root of the marshmallow plant.

The History of Marshmallows

Marshmallow candy originated in ancient Egypt. It was a honey candy that was flavored and thickened with Marsh-Mallow plant sap.

The Herbal Properties of the Marsh-Mallow Plant

The Marsh-Mallow plant was harvested from salt marshes and on banks near large bodies of water. According to Viable Herbal Solutions "Nineteenth century doctors extracted juice from the marsh mallow plant's roots and cooked it with egg whites and sugar, then whipped the mixture into a foamy meringue that later hardened, creating a medicinal candy used to soothe children's sore throats. Eventually, advanced manufacturing processes and improved texturing agents eliminated the need for the gooey root juice altogether. Unfortunately, that eliminated the confection's healing properties as a cough suppressant, immune system booster and wound healer."

Making Marshmallow Candy

Until the mid 1800's, marshmallow candy was made using the sap of the Marsh-Mallow plant. Gelatin replaces the sap in the modern recipes. Today's marshmallows are a mixture of corn syrup or sugar, gelatin, gum arabic and flavoring.

The candy makers needed to find a new, faster way of making marshmallows. As a result, the "starch mogul" system was developed in the late 1800s. Rather than making marshmallows by hand, the new system let candy makers create marshmallows in molds made of modified cornstarch (like jelly beans, gummies and candy corn are made today). At about the same time, mallow root was replaced by gelatin, providing marshmallows with their "stable" form.

In 1948, Alex Doumak, a marshmallow manufacturer, began experimenting with different methods of marshmallow making. Doumak was looking for ways to speed up production and discovered the "extrusion process", which revolutionized marshmallow production. Now, marshmallows can be made by piping the fluffy mixture through long tubes and cutting its tubular shape into equal pieces.