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Meat & vegetables
Peas with meat & tomatos
2 kg washed fresh peas, 500 g. meat cut into medium size cubes, 3 carrots (diced or thinly
sliced), 1 ½ kg fresh tomatoes, 4 garlic gloves, salt, pepper, cinnamon, 60 ml of vegetable oil,
375 ml water, 1 small bunch fresh coriander (finely chopped).
Peel and cut the tomato and process in a blender. Boil the meat in 450 ml
water in the pressure cooker without the lid on, remove the scum. Close
the pressure cooker. As soon as the valve starts to whistle, reduce the heat
and leave to cook for 20 minutes. Remove the meat and keep warm, clean
the pressure cooker, then add the carrots, peas, oil and put it on a medium
heat and cook for 5 minutes without the lid on. Add the tomato, garlic,
coriander, and the 375 ml water, then close the pressure cooker. As soon
as the valve starts to whistle, reduce the heat and leave to cook for 15
minutes. Serve with hot rice.
Home made desserts
Sweet Rice
1 cup of rice, 5 glasses water, 2 cups of sugar, 600 gm white cheese, 5 pieces of arabic musk,
½ glass of rose water.
If the cheese is salty, cut it in to thin slices and soak in water, change the
water every 15 minutes unto the cheese becomes sweet, drain and keep
aside. Wash the rice several times. Pour water into the pressure cooker then
add the rice and stir. Close the pressure cooker. As soon as the valve starts
to whistle, reduce the heat and leave to cook for 45 minutes. Put the rice
in a blender to make it smooth. Then put the rice in the pressure cooker
on medium heat, stir with a wooden ladle, add the sugar and stir. If the
rice is too hard add ½ glass (60 ml) of water. Close the pressure cooker. As
soon as the valve starts to whistle, reduce the heat and leave to cook for
60 minutes. Add the musk powder with one spoon of sugar then the rose
water and stir. Add the cheese slowly step by step to dissolve in the mixture.
Pour in dishes and serve.
Mufattaqah
500 g sesame juice, 500 g rice, 1 kg sugar, ¼ glass turmeric, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, 5 glasses
water, 1 cup of pine kernels.
Wash the rice several times and soak in warm water for 3 hours. Drain the
rice and put it in the pressure cooker, on high heat, add the turmeric, and
10 glasses of water, stir a little. When it boils close the pressure cooker. As
soon as the valve starts to whistle, reduce the heat and leave to cook for
30 minutes. Add the sesame juice, the sugar, and the cinnamon, stir well
with a wooden ladle, then put the pressure cooker on the heat, stir the
mixture until boiling. Close the pressure cooker. As soon as the valve starts
to whistle, reduce the heat and leave to cook for 60 minutes. Open the
pressure cooker and put it on low heat and stir the Mufattaqah with a
wooden ladle to prevent sticking, stir continuously for 45 minutes (depends
on Quality of sesame oil) until it becomes one full unit and the yellow oil
(sesame oil) of the Mufattaqah comes out. Add the pine kernels, mix it.
Pour in dishes and let it cool, then serve.
Serves 10.
Preparation:
20 min.
Cooking:
180 min.
Serves 7.
Preparation:
20 min.
Cooking:
90 min.
Serves 5.
Preparation:
15 min.
Cooking:
40 min.
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