Chicken With Eggplants.

Adha Mubarak everyone.

I’m pretty sure most people are fasting today so it’s a late lunch or Iftar.

We’re all gathered so it’s a kind of big dinner.

Menu was a new chicken recipe I took from our dear family friend Osama, really easy and yummy,plus pesto pasta, potatoes with cream,red or rice with tomato paste.

Ingredients and method of chicken :
# whole chicken with skin on.
# eggplants.
# carrots.
#red peppers.
#1 clove garlic.
# juice of a lemon.
# salt, pepper, cumin, all spice, tandoori spices.
# olive oil.

#Cut all veggies to big shunks.
# Season chicken and veggies with all spices,lemon and olive oil.
# In a deep oven pan arrange chicken and veggies around it.
# heat the oven from upper section then roast chicken and veggies till golden or brownish.(الشوايه من فوق)
# cover all with foil paper then leave in oven for one hour or more till done and sauce is thick.

Serve with any kind of rice you prefer.

Ramadan Kareem.

Hello everybody.

First day of the Holy month of Ramadan, wish Muslims all around the world a month full of spirituality and forgiveness.

A usual custom in our house first dish will be stuffed vine leaves and courgettes with yogurt cucumber salad, fatoush and mushroom soup. My sister in-law will bring lentil soup and boiled eggs and potatoes.
I also baked a big loaf and sliced it to squares a must for my son every year.

Good thing weather is warm so as we’ll eat outdoors.

Arafeh Fasting Dinner. (افطار وقفه عرفات ).

Hello everybody.
Today we’re fasting as most Muslims around the globe are,may God accepts all your prayers and good deeds.

I invited my niece’s fiance who came home from Australia to have dinner with us cause he’s craving all dishes he sees on fb !!

So upon his request I made salmon with cream cheese, eggplant pizza, stuffed mushroom, pesto pasta, chicken curry vegetables rice and a big salad bowl with grilled cheese and sesame seeds.
Dessert was a new chocolate biscuits cake a member in banancooking group posted the other day. Recipe is normal chocolate cake but filled in the middle.
Ingredients of filling:
* 2 tablespoons custard powder.
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
* crushed biscuits (I added some Oreos and flutes)
* 1 tsp cocoa powder.
* 1 tsp Nescafe (forgot to add it in the photo)
* some crushed walnuts.
* grease a baking pan or cake mold with butter and cocoa powder.
* mix the cake ( you can use ready mix) pour half of it in the pan.
* add biscuit mix then add the rest of batter.
* bake in medium heated oven for 40-50 minutes or till done.
Very delicious juicy cake, but I guess Oreos made filling dark and didn’t show biscuits clearly when cut, but taste is great ♡

Light Healthy Lunch.

Hello everybody.

Family gatherings are truly wonderful , however specially in our culture,, family time means lots and lots of eating. Too many kinds and invitations.
So cause today is free and we have a big lunch tomorrow also..I cooked a light meal, used to make it when my son was on diet last year. It’s basically chicken breasts with garlic, lemon and oregano with sauteed veggies on the side.
I also had some extra courgettes so I made a small dish of cooked pulp of it. (حفاره او لب الكوسا ).
Ingredients and method:
* 2-3 chicken breasts sliced or whole.
* 3 cloves garlic.
* lemon juice.
* salt, pepper, oregano.
* vegetables : carrots, mushroom, broccoli, peppers, corn, courgettes…etc

* heat some olive oil in a skillet or wide covered pan.
* add chopped garlic the chicken, keep turning them till golden.
* add all coarsely chopped veggies.
* season with salt.oregano, all spice.
* cover and lower heat to minimum. Leave till vegetables are done then sprinkle lemon juice all over.

As for courgettes..it’s not necessarily to use only pulp, I usually bring big courgettes and grate them all.
Cook them till tender,you might need a bit of water, then add crushed garlic, salt, dried mint and olive oil..leave on low heat for 15-20 minutes.
Very light healthy appetizer that can be done now during our dear Christian brother’s fasting.

Who says light and healthy is not delicious.???

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