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Ramadan Food Trail With Calcutta Walks | As The Muezzin Calls
Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. ∼Rumi ‘Why do you need to go on a food tour in Kolkata with a guide?’ My friends and family members were pretty baffled. I, who have been going around each and every lane, bylane, market, sweet shop, food kiosk, restaurant in Kolkata – with my Nikon, smartphone and the Z-Sisters in tow. Well that’s true. But Kolkata being Kolkata – the overstimulated kaleidoscope that it is, the melting pot of culture, heritage and history that it is, one needs a guide… an explorer rather, who can guide you through the exploration of the…
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Food e Mag dxb | The Ramadan Issue
[Edited on 5th Nov, 2014: Food e Mag dxb now has its own inbuilt reader in its own website. There have been a few changes in the Editorial team.] This is the Ramadan edition of Food e Mag dxb , the magazine that I have been co-editing with my talented blogger friend, The Hedonista. If you still want to know about why it all happened, what the magazine is it all about and how it all happened, you can read the history here. Time does fly and the third issue is also out. This issue, we bring you more traditional Arabic recipes, and combine them with some others a little…
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Emirati Dates Ice Cream | Recipe From Asateer, The Palm Atlantis
Emirati Dates Ice Cream Category – Dessert; Cuisine type – Arabic/Emirati Courtesy: Asateer, Atlantis, The Palm Dates hold a very special position in Middle East cuisine. This special recipe has been shared by Chef Ali El Bourji, the Executive Oriental Chef of Asateer. For the printable recipes → Serves 6 persons Ingredients Fresh Dates – 400gm, deseeded and roughly chopped Pouring Cream – 600mlVanilla Pods – 3gm. halvedMilk – 300mlEgg Yolks – 200gmInvert Sugar – 40gmDextrose – 150gm Method of Preparation • Mix and blend the milk, dextrose and dates with hand, until smooth • Put into the pasteurizer and bring the temperature to 40° Celsius • Mix and whisk…
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Lamb Tagine With Couscous | Recipe From Sheraton MOE
Lamb Tagine With Cous Cous Category – Main Meal; Cuisine type – Middle Eastern Courtesy: Sanabel Restaurant, Sheraton MOE During this entire month, I will be sharing special Ramadan recipes, gathered from many signature restaurants of top hotels in Dubai and around the region. I know that many people do not go out during Ramadan and prefer to cook at home. Most would like to cook special dishes, but they don’t have access to these restaurant recipes. Today’s recipe is a popular Middle Eastern dish cooked in the ‘Tagine’ or sous vide technique and can be served as a complete meal. For the printable recipes → Serves 4 people Ingredients…
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Arabic Meatballs or Dawood Basha and Vermicelli Rice| Recipe From AL Nafoorah, Emirates Towers
Dawood Basha or Arabic Meatballs in Tomato Sauce Category – Side Dish; Cuisine type – Middle Eastern Courtesy: Chef Ali of Al Nafoorah, Jumeirah Emirates Towers For the last few days, I have been sharing recipes on everything – Starters, Salad, Main course, Dessert. But today’s recipe comes as a double bonanza as the dish Dawood Basha can only be complemented by another dish – the Vermicelli Rice and I thought that giving out the recipe for just the first one will not make it complete. So, here’s Chef Ali’s recipe of the very traditional Arabic dishes. For the printable recipes → Serves 6 people Ingredients Minced Meat – 800gm…
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Arabic Sushi | Recipe From Ritz Carlton, DIFC
Arabic Sushi Category – Starters; Cuisine type – Japanese? Middle Eastern? Courtesy: Chef Ron Pietruszka and Chef Majde Alhinani of Ritz Carlton, DIFC I’ve attended Sushi making classes before, made those irresistible rolls. I have also thought of creating fusion Sushi Rolls. But Arabic Sushi rolls? This is something that I have never come across before. So when Chef Ron Pietruszka and Chef Majde Alhinani sent me this recipe, I found it very intriguing. I have met Chef Ron before during a Masterclass, where we had learnt to cook Zatar Lamb and Crushed Lemon Potato, again an Arabic take on an International dish. So the recipe of Arabic Sushi should hardly…
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Shaabiyat Kacha | Recipe From Address Marina
Shaabiyat Kacha Category – Dessert; Cuisine type – Middle Eastern Courtesy: Chef Ammoury of The Address Marina For the last few days, I have been sharing recipes on everything – Starters, Salad, Main course… but Dessert. To resist from writing on dessert, that too from this sweet loving Bengali foodie, is like asking a child not to kick the football after he’s been given a new football! So, here’s recipe that Chef Ammoury shares for my blog readers, on Shaabiyat Kacha, a very traditional Lebanese dessert. These are nothing but puff pastry with Cream Rose Water filling and drizzled in Sugar syrup. Deliciously crispy, you’ll find these sweet puff pastries…
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Sumac Octopus with Pomegranate | Recipe From Celebrity Chef Silvena Rowe
Sumac Octopus with Pomegranate Category – Seafood/Salad; Cuisine type – Ottoman/Middle Eastern Courtesy: Chef Silvena Rowe and The H Dubai Celebrity Chef Silvena Rowe chose to share this amazing recipe from her cookbook Orient Express, specially for my blog readers. The salad looks very dramatic and vibrant, just like Silvena’s personality. It’s easy, uses the popular local spice Sumac and can easily be stirred up. For the printable recipes → Serves 8 persons Ingredients Octopus – 1, whole weighing around 1.5kg White Wine Vinegar – 3 tbsp Lemon – 1/2, juiced Bay leaves – 2 Black Peppercorns – 3 Sea salt– 1/2 tbsp Pomegranate Molasses – 2 tbsp Caster Sugar…
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