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Every day new recipe of appetizer,soups, salads,main courses and desserts.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Talapia Fillet


Ingredients:

  • 6 Talapia fillet
  • 6 clove garlic mashed 
  • 1 ts cumin
  • 2 ts salt
  • 1 ts apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup extra olive oil
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 ts black pepper
  • 1/4 cup green coriander
preparation:
  1. In a small bowl mix (garlic, salt, black pepper, cumin, lemon juice, coriander, olive oil, and apple cider vinegar).
  2. In non stick tray, arrange the Talapia Fillet and distribute the mixture on it by your hand.
  3. leave the Talapia in marinate for two hours. 
  4. Heat the oven to 400 F.
  5. Put the tray in oven for 15 minutes and turn over to another side, wait for 5 minutes.
  6. Serve with white Rice and salad.




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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sheikh Al Mihshi




Ingredients 

  1. 6 pieces zucchini size medium, chopped into thick slices
  2. 1/2 pound minced beef or lamb
  3. 1 bunch parsley, finely chopped
  4. 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
  5. 1 tsp allspices
  6. 1 1/2 tsp salt
  7. 1/4 cup water
  8. 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  9. oil to brush the zucchini slices

 Preparation

  •  Cut the zucchini into thick slices, pinch it with salt and coat the slices with oil by using the brush
  • Heat saucepan, grill the slices and set it aside.
  • Make the stuffing in the same pan. Pour the oil in the pan and heat on medium heat.
  • Add the meat and fry it. Loose the lumps with wooden spoon until become brown. season and add the salt. 
  • Add the parsley. finally, add the pine nuts and set it aside.
  • Arranged layer of slices in a tray. put the stuffing, add another layer.you can make three layers of slices and two layer of stuffing
  • pour little of water and cover with foil
  • place the tray in per heat oven to 350 F for 30 minutes
  • Serve with white Rice and  some yogurt mixed with one clove garlic minced
  • you can add mushroom if there was extra stuffing 

Monday, December 13, 2010

Sayadieh

Ingredients:
  • 2 medium onions very finely chopped
  • 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil to fry  pine nuts
  • 1 cup rice rinsed and cleaned (round grain rice or basmati)
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 large fish fillet pieces 
  • Vegetable oil to fry the fish 
  • Flour mixture   (1 cup flour +1 ts salt + 1 ts cumin + 1 ts black pepper) 
  • Pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon saffron
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 2 tablespoons of pine nuts
preparation
  1. Cover the pieces of fish with flour mixture and fry it, then place it aside.
  2. Take 4 tbs of fry fish oil and fry the onions in a large cooking pot on high temperature.
  3. Add all the spices on the onions, stir until change the color of onions to brown.
  4. Add the water, wait until the water boil, then add the rice and cover the pot.
  5.  After 5 minutes from boiling ,  low temperature to simmer for 20 minutes .
  6.   After the rice has cooked. Flip your pot on a huge and sturdy serving plate. 
  7.  Fry the  pine nuts in 2-3 tbsp of vegetable oil until lightly golden.
  8. Spread evenly pine nuts on top of the Sayadieh in the serving plate. 
  9. Serve with any salad you Favorite and  Tahini sauce



Tourism Regions in the Arab World


Welcome to SYRIA



Country main information:

Land area: 185,180 sq.Km
Population: 17 Million
Capital: Damascus
Language: Arabic (English & French are widely spoken)
Religion: Moslem, Christian and some minorities
Measures: Metric system
Time: +2 GMT(1st October - 31 March)
         +3 GMT(1st April - 30 September)

Working Days: Sunday through Thursday
Electricity: 220 Volts
Communication: Country code +963
Climate: A pleasant and varied Mediterranean climate
Currency: Syrian Pound (Lira)

Syria Weather

 A continental climate with extreme hot summers and cold winters.
Hottest season : July, August.

Coldest & rainiest season  : usually 6 weeks, can start in
 November or December.

Hot overday, cool evenings (especially in the North) :
 September, October.

 Presferred season by tourists : May, September.

Once the coldest period is over, nature is full of color
 (especially wild flowers) until end of May.

Syria Coast

The Syrian coast consists of long stretches of 
beach and green mountains.

 These mountains are mostly covered with pine and
 oak trees, and their slopes touch shore.

 This landscape repeats itself from Ras al-Basit in
 the north to Tartus in the south.

 On the mountains are scattered villages and
 towns with springs of clear mineral water.



Castle Aleppo


Aleppo Castle 

Aleppo Castle 

Aleppo Castle is one of the biggest castles in the middle East, 
 it has been constructed in the oldest city Aleppo. 
You can enjoy the scene  and have a meal or a drink at one of 
the resaurants just  at the front of the castle gate



Aleppo Castle 




Aleppo is the seconed City in Syria it is about 350 km (200 Mile ) north of Damscus near
 the turkish boarder ( 120 km ) .
 It is Nice rich in history City you can see the old area of the city with its mosques ,
 Khans, Hammams , Narrow streets and alleys , Houses dating back hundreds of years ago .
 It is a modern city too


Aleppo Castle 




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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
  • 1 3/4 cup of all purpose
  • 2/3 cup of sugar
  • 1/3 cup of butter
  • 1/2 cup of walnut crushed coarse
  • 1 cup of medium ripe mashed bananas
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
Preparation:
  1. Preheat  oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a loaf pan with cooking spray or butter.
  2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whip together eggs, sugar and butter
  4. Add the mixture flour gradually and walnut. Stir with spoon until consistency.
  5. Pour batter into prepared pan, bake for 50 minutes.
  6.  Remove pan from oven, cool for 20 minutes before running a knife around outside edges.
  7. Remove the loaf from pan, and transfer to a wire rack to cool, add 30 minutes before slicing.