May - African/Moroccan Cooking Month (incomplete)

[callistra]

Name of Cuisine:

Turkish/Lebanese/Moroccan

Dining Experience:

Mostly sitting on cushions on the floor with a low table in the middle. Starters or appetizers, main course, and desserts. Drinks often yoghurt based. Usually men eat together, no mention of what women do. Gossip in the kitchen I guess. :-/ (Incomplete entry)

Customs and Notes:

Recipes: (10 recipes)

1 - Loobia (beans in tomatoes and onions)
2 - Turkish style kebabs (toasted pita bread, a tomato sauce, natural yoghurt sauce and beef or lamb mince kebabs with sumac sprinkle)
3 - Chicken honey tagine
4 - Lamb stew with egg and lemon sauce
5 - Chicken with dates
6 - Mini turkish pizzas
7 - Baked kibbeh with onion and pine nut topping
8 - Lamb chermoula
9 - Stuffed courgettes in tomato sauce
10 - Grilled chicken wings with lemon and garlic
11 - chicken pie with onions and sumac
12 - Aubergines with Tomato and Chickpeas
13 - Meat Cigars
14 - Cucumber and Yoghurt Salad
15 - Sweet Potato Salad
16 - Hummus


Main Ingredients I need to obtain (excluding meats):

General Ingredients

Yoghurt	Pine Nuts	Burghar
Mint	Dill	Parsley
eggplant	lemon	spring onions
Eggs	Capers	Feta
Walnuts	Filo Pastry	Cinnamon
all-spice	pistachios	tahini
chick peas	pomegranite molasses	vine leaves

Resources (Books/Blogs/Shops):
Arabesque by Claudia Roden
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/Morocco.html
http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/

Livejournal Posts:
http://callistra.livejournal.com/411205.html
http://callistra.livejournal.com/412006.html
http://callistra.livejournal.com/415964.html
http://callistra.livejournal.com/416622.html
http://callistra.livejournal.com/418493.html
http://callistra.livejournal.com/422837.html
http://callistra.livejournal.com/424031.html

Comments

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

Oooh!

This sounds good:-)

I'm also really fond of Adas Polo (Meat and Lentil Rice, from Passion for Pulses if you have it, or I'll find the post/recipe later) and Paddington's Lamb Meatballs I _think_ are turkish based (rather than strictly turkish).

And there is something else... I'll get back to you about that—when I remember what it was:-)

[mynxii.livejournal.com]

The 'turkish style kebabs' recipe was just awesomeness, can you post the recipe so I can try it?

Thank you again for an awesome night :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I am still debating about posting the recipes.
If I start now, I end up doing a *lot* more typing than I really have time for. So the answer is... I'll think about it LOL

I expect all of the recipes to be good, hence my uncertainty.

[mynxii.livejournal.com]

i may jot it down on monday then and save you the typing :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

BTW the carrot and mint and garlic salad was AWESOME with lunch today. I made corn fritters with capsicum and mushrooms and put natural yoghurt on top, and cold carrot salad. I also put a little balsamic dressing onto the cold couscous to make a salad too.

And it was all SO BLOODY GOOD!

[mynxii.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!!!!!!

That's brilliant!