Monday, November 17, 2014

Baghrirs - Moroccan crepes





( the kids were having fun in the -
kitchen preparing Baghrirs - crepes  at her aunt house)

Ingredients:
- 2 bowl fine semolina
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/2 bowls warm water
- 1 tsp sugar

sauce:
- butter
- Honey

Instructions:
- use a blender, put all the ingredients into the blender or a mixing bowl. 
- blend them for about 5 minutes until to form lots of bubble in the batter
- pour the batter in a medium bowl, stir with a ladle before cooking
- preheat a non stick pan in very hot temperature
- pour quantity of crepe batter into the pan. wait few minutes until all around the crepe make lots of hole. repeat to all batter until done
- serve hot with melted butter and honey over the Baghrir ( crepes )



Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Kefta Mkaouara { Tagine beefballs with eggs }

Kefta Mkaouara is famous dish in morocco with tomato sauce. Since I am not a big fan of tomato so i used only 1 tomato. you can use any ground meat as you like. 



( the video inspired me, so i made Tagine beef balls in my way 
but you learn preparing Tagine from this video so much )

Ingredients:
* 1/2 lb ground beef
* 3 eggs
* 1 onion - chopped very small 
* 1 tomato - chopped
* 1/4 cup olive oil
* 3 gloves garlic - chopped 
* 1/2 tsp cumin
* 1/4 tsp paprika
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 pepper 
* 1/2 tsp ginger powder
* 1/2 tsp turmeric
* 1 cup cilantro and parsley - chopped very small 
* water

Method
- in Tagine clay or use cooking pot, cook chopped onion and garlic with olive oil until soft and caramelize. then add chopped tomato and some cilantro parsley. 
- mean while, preparing meat balls, in a medium bowl. place ground beef with cumin, paprika, salt, pepper, ginger powder, turmeric and chopped remaining parsley cilantro
- combine beef ball with spices very well, then make a small a beef ball. repeat for all
- drop beef balls in the tagine mix onion. add little water, cook for few minutes until tender then drop eggs over the kefta. cover the tagine and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
- serve with bread. 

Meloui ( Moroccan Pancake )


( the video above, i found in you tube so you can making Meloui easier
 by looking at video. Many steps to preparing Meloui,
 especially folding the dough. it needs to be right)

( my result made a Meloui for the first time but not to bad. I have eaten them
 many times at 
my sister-in law. she is the expert making Meloui. ) 

Ingredients:
  -- for the dough --
* 3 cups flour
* 1 cup semolina
* 1/4 tsp yeast
* 1 3/4 cup water - or little less
* salt
-- For folding msemen --
  * 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  * 1/2 cup soften Butter 
  * 1 cup semolina flour 
serve with honey and butter 

Directions:
* In a bowl, place a yeast with 1 tsp water then let yeast to rest 5 minutes to form bubbling 
* Mix the dry ingredients in another bowl with add some water little by little, then mix together with yeast. add more water if necessary.
* make the dough not too sticky but easy to knead with your hand. 
* Knead the msemen dough in a bowl or cutting wood with four surface for about 10-15 minutes or transfer dough to stand mixer for 5 minutes until a dough become smooth and elastic 

* Make the dough into a small ball, the size of small apple or plum, use oil on your hand to avoid sticky
* make as much as small balls, then cover with towel or fabric let them rest 15 - 20 minutes 

How to folding the Meloui
* use a big flat plate or work on wide open wood area and grease with oil to
 avoid from stick
* Mix ingredients for folding meloui except semolina, soften butter and vegetable oil mix together in a small bowl
* take a ball of dough, then flat it out into a large rectangle shape with oil on your hand and surface
* grease with some mix oil and butter on the flat dough, then sprinkle a little semolina flour
*  fold the dough like you fold a letter both a side. stretch the dough in the cutting board. pitch with your finger.then roll from down to up until end. flat it out shape like circle.
* heat a flat pan with no oil, cook Meloui until golden brown for both side. repeat for all
* serve with butter and honey. 




Cream cheese, jelly and candy bar with wonton wrap


 ingredients:
- 20 wonton wrap
- cream cheese
- jelly ( any flavor )
- 10 small candy bar ( cut into half )
- oil ( for frying )
- confection sugar 

directions:

1. take one a wonton wrap. a place a tinny bit cream cheese & jelly. place them in the center. closed it shape like triangle 
2. the second filling a candy bar, do the same process. place it in the center of wonton wrap, then closed
3. repeat the step until all finished.
4- fry in medium pot for few minutes until brown. let it cool
5- when it cool down, sprinkle with confection sugar over the wonton 
6- eat while it is still warm because crunchy and sweet






Lamb Sandwich with melt mozzarella




Ingredients:
1 lb ground lamb
3-4 breads
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup shredded mozarella cheese
                                         1 cup homemade tomato sauce ( or store brand )

directions:
in a medium bowl place a ground lamb and spices in. mix well with your hand. let it rest for a few minutes in the refrigerator.
meanwhile, toast the bread in the oven or stop pan for both side until little crispy. then set a side
take the ground lamb, shape a round with your hand like making a burger. grill for a few minutes for both side.then, place a cook lamb burger over the bread, sprinkle
                                       with mozarella cheese and tomato sauce
                                        grill in the oven until cheese melt. 

SUSH -w/ cooked salmon


Sushi is a Japanese food made from rice and seaweed. those are the main ingredients in making sushi. Today menu " sushi" is neither Indonesia, morocco or american food but Asian cuisine especially Japanese and Korean.
my daughter, cousin and her friend asked me to teach them how to make sushi.
 i used a cooked salmon, egg and veggies because the kids do not like eating raw seafood.
look fancy dish but they are cheap, healthy, fun to eat and most of all DELICIOUS food
you can put anything for the filling be creative to your dish as well as taste 
below i post  of my children and friends having fun in kitchen . 


amina's play date with friend and cousin making a sushi 

Ingredients:
- 3 cup cooked rice
-sushi vinegar ( if you don't have use a white vinegar )
- 1 zucchini ( cut strip )
- 1 cucumber { strip ) 
- 1 cooked egg ( cut strip )
-1 cup cooked salmon ( teriyaki flavor )
- rice season - ebi umami ( you can replace with sesame seeds )
- bamboo mat for roll the sushi

dressing: ell sauce, soy sauce, wasabi

directions:
in a bowl, place a cooked rice and sushi vinegar. mix them well so incorporate the rice.
place a seaweed in the top sushi mat. take a hand full of rice. spread around the seaweed. then put a cooked salmon in the top of seaweed fallow with zucchini, cucumber and egg.
start rolling. roll from the bottom until to the top, press gentle. cut in a bite size.




Monday, November 10, 2014

Chocolate Hazelnut Gelato



Ingredients
2 cups whole milk
4 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup sugar, plus 1/4 cup
1/2 ts vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread

Direction:
- in small pot combine the milk, sugar and heavy cream. cook for 3 to 4 minutes until all dissolve. 
- meanwhile, use a hand mixer or any other mixer you have, beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar until turn forming and creamy look almost light whip cream like
- then pour 1/2 cup of the warm milk and cream mixture into the egg mixture and stir
- add the mixture back into the small pot. cook with low heat. stir constantly because we don't want to turn scramble egg. cook for 7 to 9 minutes 
-add the remaining ingredients, vanilla extract to the custard mixture. 
- chill custard mixture completely before pouring into an ice cream maker. 
- when the custard mixture is so cold, pour it into an ice cream maker with the chocolate hazelnut spread. let its work for about 20 minutes until gelato look like an ice cream.
-once it's done you can place back in the freeze for extra chill or eat right away.
-serve scoop gelato into serving cup and top with your chocolate or hazelnuts.