An Ancient Egyptian Recipe
Cold Beverages
1)
'Ir' sus' - Licorice Juice.
2)
'Karkadeeh' - Hibiscus Drink (Red Tea).
3)
'Amar al-din' - Apricot Juice.
4)
'Tamr Hindi' - Tamarind.
5)
'Date" cold beverage
Hot Beverages
1)
"Sahlab" and 'Moghat'.
2)
"Hummus Alsham" (chickpeas).
Bread
1)
Eesh baladi - Local Bread.
2)
Feteer Meshaltet - Short Crust Pastry.
Hors d'oeuvres
1)
Khiyar Mikhalil - Pickled Cucumbers.
2)
Bazngan Mkhalel - Pickled Eggplants in vinegar.
3)
Leimon Moasfar - Lemon Pickles.
4)
Humm-us - Low Fat Vegetarian.
Soup
Lesan Al Asfor - Bird Tongue.
Egyptian's Breakfast
1)
Fuul Midammis - Bean.
Breakfast usually consists of beans (Fuul Midammis), bean cakes
(Ta'miya or Falafel), eggs, and/or pickles. Cheeses and jam -
called nawahif, or 'dry things' are also part of breakfast meal.
2)
Ta'miya/Falafel - Bean cakes.
3)
Bileela -Whole wheat grain.
4)
Du"a - Spice mixture.
Lunch (Main Meal)
1)
Oven Potatoes Tray (Saniat Patates Ba El-Lahma Fi Al-forn)
Serves 10 people.
2)
Cauliflower -
Cauliflower with Eggs (Arnabet Ba AL-Baed), and Cauliflower
with Tomato (Arnabet Ba AL-Tamatem)
3)
Ros Mo-amar -
Rice with milk and salt cooked in the oven. It is my favorite rice.
Try it.
4)
Fatta A-Ra'ba, Fatta Al-Lahma -- Fatta, with Neck or Beef -
moisten bread with the boiling broth and cover with thick
layer of rice. Wet the rice with the remaining yogurt,
flavored heavily with garlic soup. Arrange the meat, neck
or chicken around the rice, in a ring.
It is great.
5)
Bechamel -
Bechamel Sauce, with Artichoke, Eggplant, Cauliflower,
Gizzards, Peas, Spinach, and with Zucchini. Dimaa Misabbika -
Tomato Sauce, Stewed. Lahma Li-L-Farm - Meat for mincing.
Lahma Mua assaga - Savory Minced Beef (Two Ways).
6)
Macaroni Bachamel (Bechamel), and Macaroni Bechamel Sauce.
7)
Eggplant "Masaka" -
Black Eggplant cooked in the oven. It is one of my favorites.
Try it.
Also, There are several ways for Stuffed Eggplant, one way
is (Bitingan Mahshi siami).
Enjoy.
8)
"Babaghanuuj" - Roasted and pureed eggplant - Tahina -
Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan - 'Babaghanuuj' - tahina - Roasted
and pureed eggplant.
9)
"Koshari" and "Shatta": Hot Sauce Chili Peppers -
Koshari is number 3 meal for average Egyptian after Foul
Mudammas (Fava Beans) and Falafal. Serving Size: 8 people
10)
Mahshy Cabbage -
Mahshy cabbage takes hours to cook, but it is worth it.
11)
Kosa Mahshiya - Zucchini, Stuffed -
There are 4 different ways to cook Kosa Mahshiya - Zucchini, Stuffed.
12)
'Sambusak' - Turnovers -
This is an Egyptian 'Sambusak' - Turnovers.
This pastry is not a sweet dish.
13)
(1) and (2) Lahma mu'assaga - Savory minced beef.
3) Lahma Mashwiya or Kebab - Grilled meat, 4) Kufta Mashwiya - Grilled Minced Beef.
5) Kufta Bi-Al-Fahma - Minced Meat with Charcoal Seasoning.
6) Kufta Bi-Al-Beed - Minced Meat with Eggs.
7) Kufta Bi-Al-Toom Wi-Al-Basal - Minced Meat with Garlic and Onion.
8) Kufta Bi-Al-Korrat - Minced Meat with leek.
9) Kufta Ras Al-'asfur (means "head of Sparrow", indicating
the size of the meatballs) (Kufta Dawod Basha) - Minced Meat with Ground Rice.
10) Kufta Bi-Al-Khudar - Minced Meat with vegetables.
14)
Kebab Halla - Lamb, Stewed (1) -
Lahma Dani Matbukha - Lamb, Stewed (2) -
Fakhda Dani Mashwiya - Leg of Lamb, Roosted (3) -
Maza Matbukha - Shin of Veal, Stewed (4).
15)
Mulukhiya - is a leafy summer vegetable (Fresh, Dried,
Ta'lya, Tomatoes, Rabbit, Muluki (Roya), Bi-L-Samak (Fish),
and Burani (unchopped - 2 Ways))
16)
"Ol-As" - Colocasia moussaka, Creamed Colocasia, stewed with tomatoes,
stewed with other vegetables and "Ta'liya" - Savory Minced Beef
(Two Ways).
17)
Several Egyptian Chicken Recipes - Tagin Frakh - Chicken Casserole:
Fried, Grilled, and Stewed.
18)
Ruzz Ahmar - Rice with Onion -
This dish is always served with fish.
19)
Hawosi (Aish Bellahma - Bread with ground beef) -
Hawosi is like meat in pita bread wrapped in paper and baked in the oven.
20)
Khalta li-l-khudar al-mahshi - Mixtures of stuffed vegetables. -
1) Dulma - Mixed stuffed vegetables. 2) Turli - Mixed vegetables casserole.
Fried & Grilled Liver:
Kibda ma'liya - Fried Liver (1), (2), and (3) -
Kibda Mashwiya - Grilled Liver.
Kishk - Milky Cold Sauce
Kishk - Milky Cold Sauce -
Kishk Li-l-Takhzin - Kishk, for storage (1), Kishk with Yogurt,
Kishk Sa'idi Li-l-Takhzin - Upper Egyptian Kishk, for storage (2),
Kishk Matbukh - Dried Kishk to cook.
Pigeons (Hamam):
Pigeons (Hamam):
1) Tagin Hamam Bi-El-Firik - Casserole of Pigeon with Hulled grain
2) For variety, try 2 cups of rice cooked in 2 cups of
milk and 2 cups of stock with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
3) Hamam Mashwi - Pigeons Grilled
4) Hamam Mashwi - Pigeons, Roasted
5) Hamam Mahshi - Pigeons, Stuffed.
Fish (Samak):
1. Samak bi-al-tahina - Fish with tahina sauce,
2. Sayadiyit al-samak - Fish, boiled with cooked rice,
3. Samak Mashwee - Grilled fish,
4. Samak ma'li - Fried Fish (One way),
5. Samak ma'li - Fried Fish (Second way),
6. Sayadiyit samak ma'li - Fried Fish cooked with rice,
7. Kuftit Samak - Fish fingers or patties,
8. Samak bi-al-tahina - Fish with tahina sauce,
9. Samak bi-al-khudar wi-al-tahina - Fish, with
mixed vegetables and tahina sauce,
10. Saniyit samak bi-al-khudar - Backed Fish and vegetable,
11. Samak al-a"imma - Backed stuffed fish,
12. Tagin Samak - Ragout of fish,
13. Tagin samak bi-al-kuzbara - Fish ragout with coriander,
14. A variation of (13) is to use cumin rather than coriander,
15. Tagin samak bi-al-firik - Fish casserole with hulled grain,
16. Kuzbariyit al-samak - Fish cooked with coriander,
17. Another variation of (16) is to use cumin instead of coriander.
The dish would then be called Kammuniyit al-samak,
or fish cooked with cumin, and
18. Samak misabbil - Fish, stewed.
Ruzz Ahmar - Rice with Onion - This dish is always served with fish.
Shellfish:
1) Shrimp Scampi (Gambary) - Gambari with garlic and rice cooked in the Oven
2) Kaburya - Crabs
3) Gambari - Prawns and shrimp, to cook
4) Sayadiyit Al-Gambari - Prawns and shrimps, with cooked rice
5) Gambari Ma'li - Shrimps, fried
6) Gambari Bi-l-Ruzz - Prawns and Shrimps, with cooked rice
Sweet Dishes
1)
"Halawa Sweet" - "AKA Sweet" - "Egyptian Sugar WAX" - "Hair
Removal" - Assalya - You can eat it, and you can use it as "Hair
Removal".
2)
Basboussa (Called Cream of Wheat Cake, called, Coconut and Semolina
Cake). Called Baseema. Also, called Haressa. - It is very easy
to make. I recommend it for a student school project.
The recipe of sweet dish called Baseema is the same as the Basboussa
recipe except you add a lot of coconut.
3)
"Konafah" - (To serve 7 people) cooked in the oven.
It is my favorite Egyptian sweet. Try it.
4)
"Atayif (Katayf)" - Be-El Mukassarat (Atayif with
Mixed Nuts or Sweet white sauce).
5)
"Lkmt Alkady" - Zalabia - (To serve 4 people). Try it.
6)
"Umm Ali (Ali's mother)" "Om Ali" - is a rich dessert
invented by this woman (Umm Ali).
7)
"Mehalabia" - is an Egyptian cold dessert like a pudding.
8)
"Mihallabiyit'amar al-din - Pressed Apricot Pudding Recipe"
- is another Egyptian cold dessert.
9)
Date Nut Bars - Good luck.
10)
Shakalama - There are three ways to make Shakalama.
Shakalama is a Short Crust Pastry with Coconut Macaroon,
with Almond, or with Apple.
11)
Ruzz Bi-laban - Rice Pudding.
12)
Halwa Al-mawlid: Semsemiah, Foliah, and Hommosiah halwa.
13)
'Ashura - Whole Wheat Grain: This dish is traditionally
prepared on the 10th of Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar).
14)
Al Graibah: This dish is traditionally prepared
at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan for Eid celebrations.
Spices
1)
Egyptian's Spices - 24 Egyptian's Spices and Dukkah.
2)
Curry Sauce with Vegetables - Salsah Curry Ba-Al-Khdar.
Egyptian Arabic Language Recipes from Al-ahram Arabic news paper:
Tagen Sety (for cold days) - Halawiat Sham Al-nsem (eastern Deserts) -
Atbak Al-amthanat (Examination time recips).
1. Tagen Sety (for cold days):
(1) Tagen Dagag Ba Al-frek, 2) Tagen Ars Moamar, 3) Tagen Al-lahm ma Al-sgk.)
2. Halawiat Sham Al-nsem (eastern Deserts):
(1) Kaaket Sham Al-nsem, 2) Fataer Al-tofah, 3) Tortet Al-rabia.
3. Atbak Al-amthanat (Examination time recips):
(1) Koktal Al-khakh ma Al-bortkal, 2) Kwsaa Ba Al-zabady,
3) Felah Al-samak ma Salsa Al-laimon, 4) Kakat Al-mshmsh.
4. From Al Ahram News Paper January 16,1998 - Arabic Language only:
1) Kahak El Eid, 2) Kahak El Eid ba al-baking bawdr, 3) Garaiaba,
4) Betefor, 5) Baskawet Al noshader, 6) Baskawet Al nasha,
7) Shaklama, and 8) Karakesh.
5. From Al Ahram News Paper November 30, 2001 - Arabic Language only:
1) Batates wa ros, 2) Beef Strwganwf, 3) Dagag Mashwe,
4) Mkloba Al Bzngan, 5) Makronah Ba Al Gbn, and 6) Glash Ba Kramet Al Kshtah.
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