Traditional Emirati Breakfast: "Balaleet" with Chef Latifa

Khaleejia said: Emarati Breakfast series will show you how to cook at your home kitchen most of the traditional dishes of UAE. Chef Latifa presented the art of traditional cooking on Sama Dubai TV . & Exclusively for Khaleejia's Life 
حلقات عن الريوق الاماراتي مع الشيف لطيفة بشكل خاص على "حياة خليجية"
تتعلمون 
طرق طبخ الاكلات الاماراتية التقليدية الشعبية




Recipe:

Ingredients:
2 cups of vermicelli/noodles
2 tablespoons cooking oil
100 g of butter 
cup sugar
2 tablespoons cardamom powder
2 generous pinches of saffron 
4 eggs beaten 
Directions:
In a wide pan, heat  2 tablespoons of cooking oil and add 1/3 of the raw vermicelli. Lightly fry vermicelli until it gets dark, golden brown color. Constantly stir alli with a  spoon,  so it won't burn.  Then add enough water to boil the fried raw vermicelli.Once the water starts to boil, add the  rest of non-fried vermicelli and cook for just 3-4 minutes and then drain. Place back into the pot and add to it  butter, cardamom powder, sugar and saffron. Mix all with the vermicceli and place on a small fire for about 10 min or until the sugar melts. 
Serve vermicelli hot on a large dish. 

Serve with omelet, for that:
Heat about 3 tablespoons cooking oil and then when getting very hot add the beaten eggs. Tip the pan around to spread the uncooked egg. When dry on top, turn the egg omelet over and cook for one minute more and top the vermicelli.

Bel 3afia!

Traditional Emarati Breakfast: خبز الخمير Khobz Al Khameer by Chef Latifa

Khaleejia said: حلقات عن الريوق الاماراتي مع الشيف لطيفة بشكل خاص على "حياة خليجية"
تتعلمون 
طرق طبخ الاكلات الاماراتية التقليدية الشعبية 
We presenting you New video series "Traditional Emarati Breakfast " with  Latifa Al Masoud one of our best cook in UAE who had several programs on Sama Dubai.  Chef Latifa offered her help in creating these series exclusively for our followers. We hope you will enjoy and learn a lot from these videos.

The first part telling about Khobz Al Khameer ( or Yeast Bread ). The Traditional Emarati bread that cooked at home. Once cooked, it can be served with cheese, honey, or jam. Used as sandwich or wrap.
Emarati Breakfast series will show you how to cook at your home kitchen most of the traditional dishes of UAE.
Chef Latifa presented the art of traditional cooking on Sama Dubai Tv . 
& Exclusively for Khaleejia's Life

Recipe:
2 glass of warm water.
4 cups of flour
2 table spoons of:
-Sugar,
-yeast,
-milk powder,
-ghee butter
-1 egg ( to lubricate the top of the dough before cooking)
1 tea spoon of:
Salt,
saffron,
Kurkum, 
Sesame seeds.


1. Add warm water to yeast mix well and leave to leavened
2. Add to the flour milk powder and salt mix well then
3 Add Kurkum and Saffron
Mix all well & add warm water.
When the dough gets well mixed and becomes sticky leave it for  30 min to ferment.
Once the dough ready, make from it ball shapes using some flour. Then flatten them and stick it to the hot metallic cake pan. Over spread some egg and sesame seeds. Place it up-side-down on the top of the deep empty hot metal pan that is placed on the fire directly and used as an oven.  Leave it for about 2-4 minutes, depends on if you like  to reach less or more brown bread. Chef Latifa prefers more brown. At the end put some ghee butter then serve with honey, cheese or jam.
 Try it and Share your experience. And by the way, you all are welcome to ask Chef Latifa  any question regarding the cooking process.

Thanks & see you soon!

Cultural Iftars with Emiratis in Dubai

Khaleejia said: The Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding is a non-profit organization established to increase awareness and understanding between the various cultures that  live in Dubai. Operating under the banner o f “Open Doors. Open Minds.” the SMCCU strives to remove barriers between people of different nationalities and raise awareness of the local culture,customs and religion of the United Arab Emirates.

Aisha Abdullah, the author of Khaleejia's Life is official volunteer at Sheikh Mohammad Center of Cultural Understanding invites you to join "Cultural Iftar with Emiratis" during the Holy month of Ramadan where you can learn & ask more about Islam, Culture, Traditions of GCC and UAE particularly  in the nice and friendly atmosphere at the Cultural Center in historical Bastakia, Dubai. The programm starts from 11 July. For more information please visit www.cultures.ae or ask directly us on khaleejia.blogspot.com our facebook page facebook.com/khaleejiaslife ; email: khaleejia@hotmail.com or by phone +971 4 353 6666

Beyonce visited the Sheikh Mohammed Centre and Jumeirah Mosque when she was last in Dubai, as featured in her new 'I am...World Tour' video

Iftar in 2012 how was it...video:

Ramadan Recipe- Khushaf- ألخشاف- وصفه رمضانيه

Khaleejia said: Well Ramdan is started and our lives has been changed by  the new schadule. Today i was asked to prepare a very nice iftar that starting with "khushaf". I think for arabs it is very popular drink while for the west still uknown. Here i want to share the recipe and hope you will enjoy the meal after! I think i will post a lot about food this month))

(im happy to find ready post here))
Al-Khushaf is a dish that is associated with the month of Ramadan. It is a very well known recipe in Egypt and some Arab countries. It is a very easy recipe that only needs your personal touch while preparation. You personalized this recipe by adding your choice of different kinds of dried fruit and nuts . Al- Khushaf is eaten without cooking, it is done by saturating the dried fruits and nuts in apricot drink. It is a very satisfying meal especially during Suhoor.

Ingredients:
-- Half a cup each of your choice of dried fruits such as apricot, figs, raisins and prunes. You may chop the big sized fruits since it plumps up while soaking in the apricot drink for hours.
-- Half a cup of your choice of un-toasted nuts such as walnuts, almonds, pistachios and pine nuts. You can use less or more of your favorite nuts. You may add some pomegranate seeds if they are in season.
-- Six cups of apricot drink (Amar al deen). You can increase the amount of the drink used according to the quantity of fruits and nuts used.
-- 2 Tablespoons Rose water or orange blossom water, optional

Directions:
* Pour apricot drink in a deep container
* Add dried fruit.
* Add nuts.
* Cover container and place in the fridge between 8-12 hours.
* Serve cold.
My note: my friend use fresh apricot puree made from fresh apricots mixed in blender then mix it well with sugar and some milk- tastes AMAZING like nothing you have ever tried before! 

My note: If you do not have apricot drink,can use milk just as the next video

according to these steps /milk-1litr dates-0.5 kg/n

Step1-

:Prepare dates and add some milk/0.5litr/ to them. put in the frige from 30min to 2 hour(can be more)

  (after this time the milk will change color to brownish )then mix this dates and milk well using bllender.

- step 2:
 prepare other dried fruits according to what you have and like. Put them in the another bowl with milk. (some add sugar, but for me it's fine without it). and pure over that mix of dates and milk you have just mixed.

- step 3: serve it at the time of iftar /optional- can serve with some nuts, coconut powder, and even sugar.

this is very tasty drink. with apricot or with milk it tastes like a nectar!! so tasty and natural!

من الوصفات الرمضانيه المعروفه في مصر و بعض الدول العربيه. الوصفه سهله جدا و تحتاج الى اضافة اللمسه الشخصيه عند التحضير. لكم حريةألأختيار لأضافة انواع مختلفه من الفواكه المجففه و اضافة المكسرات. يقدّم الخشاف كنقيع بدون طهي و هو من الوجبات المشبعه خصوصا أذا قُدّم على السحور. 

ألمقادير:  
-نصف فنجان من كل نوع من انواع عديده من الفواكه المجففه مثل المشمش, التين, الزبيب و القراصيه. بأمكانك تقطيع الفواكه اذا كان حجمها كبيرا لأنها تنفش في الشراب بعد النقع. -نصف فنجان من أختيارك من المكسرات النيئه, غير المحمّصه, مثل الجوز,اللوز, الفستق الحلبي و الصنوبر. يمكنك استعمال اقل او اكثر من المكسرات المفضله لديك. 
٦ أكواب من شراب قمر الدين المحضّر, يمكن زيادة كمية الشراب حسب كمية الفواكه و المكسّرات المستعمله. 
- ماء الورد و ماء الزهر, أختياري 
الطريقه: * أسكبي الشراب في وعاء غميق. 
*أضيفي الفواكه المجففه. 
*أضيفي المكسّرات. 
*غطي الوعاء و ضعيه في البرّاد ل 8 الى 12 ساعه. 
* قدّمي النقوع باردا.

"Matbak Um Hassan" - a TV show about Emirati Food & RECIPES

 Khaleejia said: I'm delighted to share with you a TV Show about traditional Emirati Cuisine.

Modern Emirati food has been influenced by many other cuisines - Lebanon, India, other Middle Eastern countries and international food- pasta, burgers, french fries, doughnuts, soft drinks and many more. There are also a lot of Indian, Afghan, Persian, Chinese  restaurants where people order takeaway food. And of course the ever-present fast food restaurants like McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, Subway and the local choice- Taza and al Farooj.

 Here is a book available on line with many Emirati recipes in English, very easy recipes.

UAE Food- recipes

Yet there are many families that still respect the old style traditional food and cook/buy it regularly. In the TV Show "Matbak Um Hassan" they feature the traditional dishes like Harees, Fireed, Salona, many dishes with fish and rice. This program will be also very useful to those who try to learn Gulf Arabic as the Emirati lady (Um Hassan) speaks in the local accent and uses a lot of words specific for this region .



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