Magda El Mahdawi
Author of My Grandmother's Kitchen and Egyptian food specialist
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The civilization of Ancient Egypt was a shining light amid the darkness of the rest of the world. At this society's center was the Nile River. It was on the banks of the Nile that Ancient Egypt grew and prospered. The river provided ancient...
Beef kofta with rice
Ingredients:
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
1 kilo of ground meat
1 tablespoon of minced parsley
1 tablespoon of minced mint
1 cup of rice
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of beef spice
Frying oil...
Soup contains vitamins and minerals that stimulate the stomach to produce its digestive juices. Normally, soup is served as an appetizer before a main course, but if the soup contains chicken, meat, vegetables, beans, croutons, or vermicelli, then...
Roasted meat mix:
Ingredients
1 rack of lamb
1/2 kilo sirloin
1/2 kilo lamb liver
1/4 kilo lamb kidneys
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 kilo onion
1 sheet of parchment paper
Recipe:
1- Cut the liver into cubes, and the kidneys...
Ingredients: 2 loaves dry baladi (pita) bread 2 tablespoons ghee 2 cups yellow lentil soup 4 garlic cloves 2 tablespoons vinegar 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions: 1) Fry small pieces of bread in ghee. Add lentil soup and leave to steep...
There are many items that can be prepared from lamb, but the traditional basic meal in most Egyptian houses for the first day of Eid el-Adha is soup and feta
Meat SoupIngredients:
1 neck of lamb2 liters of waterMedium sized onionSmall bunches of...
Tarb kofta is a traditional Eid al-Adha meal. It is a heavy but delicious dish for family celebrations.
Ingredients:
One medium onion1 kg minced lamb1 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2 teaspoon spices1 tablespoon parsleyTarb (lamb fat)1/4...
In Upper Egypt, sweets are generally made of flour, yeast, ghee, honey and fruits (and, recently, sugar). The dough can take the form of oven-baked pies, can be fried in oil or can be made into a porridge by mixing flour with water and putting it on...
Weeka Okra is one of the most famous Upper Egyptian recipes, where the instrument (mefraak) is used to mash the vegetables, a method stemming from Pharaonic times.
Okra with Chard and Fresh Coriander is another dish of Pharaonic origin, since...
Since ancient times, the fertile and ever renewing soil of the Nile took advantage of a suitable climate for different crops such as grain and vegetables, leading to the ancient Egyptians realizing the value of agricultural lands.
Vegetables are of...
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