Last Days Of Ramadan.

Hello everybody.

I have to admit, I’m super lazy in my posts this Ramadan but I do post daily on banancooking page everyday.

Last days are usually less active iftar time cause everybody starts preparing for Eid. Date rolls orders already in process plus I’m making the super yummy pistachio rose water cookies and rock cookies with nuts and spices.

Today’s iftar was a kind of breakfast than dinner, cheese platter and kishek.

Last samboosek in Ramadan.

Not a Ramadan related thing but it was a super cake, Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Cake.

Mini qatayef with cream and Nutella.

Another eggplant salad.

Burgers and fries.

Pistachio Cranberry Cookies.

Hello everybody.

As I was watching my aunt making pistachio Eid cookies I thought why not make something similar with less effort and mess so came back home and kept searching for a recipe that have same ingredients and taste but in a different way.

Most ones I found were from the Persian cuisine, mainly containing rose water and saffron,so I decided to make a combination of many in one.

Result was a big success, soft aromatic with nutty flavor cookies, I used tweezers to make them similar to the usual ka3ek we make.

Ingredients and method :
*3/4 cup butter.
* 3/4 cup sugar.
* 1 cup crushed pistachio.
* 1/2 cup crushed almonds.
* 1/2 cup dried cranberries.
* 1 egg.
*1 tsp vanilla.
* 1/4 cup rose water.
* 1 tsp saffron (optional)
*1 tsp baking powder.
*pinch of salt.
* 2 1/2 cups flour.

*Beat butter and sugar till creamy.
* add egg and vanilla.
* add pistachios,almonds, cranberries.
* add flour, salt and baking powder.
* add saffron and rose water.
*knead well till you have a soft dough.
*refrigerate for half an hour.
*form into balls and decorate the shape you like or you can use usual cookie molds.
*bake in a medium heated oven for 10-13 minutes.
*cool then add icing sugar before serving.

Another Week in Ramadan.

Hello everybody.
Another week passed with lots of yummy dishes, here are some of them.

Potato salad.

Hummus falafel and fatteh.

Ouzi in puff pastry.

Rice with curried veggies and chicken

Fettuccine and salad.

Eggplant dip.

Knafeh cheesecake.

Two birthdays this week.

Ended this week with a lovely iftar with Family Flavors team at the Four Seasons hotel.

Past Four Days Dishes.

Hello everybody.
Busy Ramadan this year, no time to post daily so I’ll be summarizing every couple of days.
These last days I made many yummy dishes.

Italian couscous salad.

Makdous salad.

Muhammara.

Kofta with tomatoes and tahini.

Had caraway at Mom’s.

Made this Ramadan dessert, khushaf which is thickened apricot juice with dried fruits and nuts.

Kibbeh cupcakes.

Roasted Chicken and mloukhieh.

Eggplant salad with special dressing.

Avocado mttabal.

Spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Ramadan Dishes.

Hello everybody.

Sorry for the laziness but Ramadan is really tiring specially after Iftar, one gets lazy and tired.

Strategy this month is to make little amounts of every dish so as not to have leftovers next day ,the past couple of days I made many dishes.

noodles veggie soup.

chicken pie.

rocca sun dried tomatoes grilled cheese salad.

chicken fatteh.

qatayef and muhalbieh with caramel.

Mujalaleh.

Hello everybody.

June issue of Family Flavors magazine is on stands today, my contribution this month is a very old traditional Southern dish, usually done in Karak and Tafileh cities when fresh new milk and yoghurt are available.

Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Cake.

Hello everybody.

My lovely aunt called yesterday saying she’d like to try one of my cakes, anything with lots of chocolate she said.

First thing that came to my mind was my usual daisies cake but then I thought why not to try another version, chocolate cake filled with chocolate cream and Ferrero Rocher and topped with the same.

Final outcome was really amazing and elegant, something all chocolate lovers will love for sure.

Food Styling and Photography Workshop.

Hello everybody.

Yesterday I attended a very useful and inspiring workshop about food styling and photography of food in general presented by the specialist food stylist Abeer Steitieh.

Lots of useful tips and info that hopefully will be helpful in the future.

Here are some of the photos I took.

Thank you PANTHERA for organizing this, looking forward for advanced ones.

Old New Lunch!

Hello everybody.
Well lunch today was two opposite dishes, first very old and traditional the other kind of new and modern. Had to do this to please everyone and hopefully to have enough leftovers for tomorrow.

Okra with olive oil, a simple dish with few ingredients, you simply fry okra with some olive oil till crispy, add chopped garlic and tomatoes. Add salt, pepper and chili and leave on very low heat till all done.

Other dish was chicken cubes cooked till done with some chopped onion and garlic, then I added fresh mushrooms, broccoli and fresh cream and cooked till cream is thick and veggies tender,all served on a bed of fresh yummy pasta from Maysas.Pasta.

yummy ingredients leads to a delicious meal.

Friday Breakfast.

Good morning lovely people.

Beautiful weather and a yummy simple breakfast is a great way to start the weekend.

What to cook today?

day by day cooking ideas

amman

Last Days Of Ramadan.

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Mujalaleh.

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