Sharkaseya, aka Circassian walnut chicken
Oh sweet mother of god is this dish amazing. Before I delved into making it, I had put it off fearing it was a difficult …
Discover classic Egyptian meat recipes from the iconic molokheya to savoury kobeiba, these are standards central to the Egyptian table.
Molokheya: Egypt’s favourite dish, a green slimy soup
Molokheya, is by far an Egypt’s favourite dish and close runner to the national favourite. It’s a green, slimy (viscous) soup that is cooked in …
Peas and beef stew with rice: Comforting Egyptian stew
Today will be one of my favourite comfort foods: peas and beef stew with rice. It’s commonly known as basila wa roz = peas and rice. Appropriately …
Mashi Phil-Phil (Egyptian Stuffed Peppers)
Today’s recipe is a wide-spread phenomena across cultures: stuffing vegetables. I guess you can only make so much vegetable soup before you need something else to do with all your vegetables.
The term “mashi” in Arabic means stuffed. In Egypt, anything that can be cleaned out to have an empty hole is game for stuffing. Eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, peppers, pigeon, grape leaf, and cabbage leaf are all popular items to be stuffed with the traditional meat and rice mix.
Lesan al Asfour: Egyptian bird’s tongue soup (orzo pasta)
Let’s just start this off right: this is not a meal about an actual bird’s tongue. This is simply the easiest and most comforting soup made with orzo pasta, also known as lesan al asfour. The shape of the pasta resembles a bird’s tongue, hence the name.
It’s one of those soups that doesn’t require much, but when you put all the elements together, it’s essentially a giant bear hug from the inside.
