Egyptians love stuffing stuff so why not potatoes?!
Stuffed potatoes with beef, sounds good, right?! My mom used to make this more than 2 decades ago, at first I thought it was her own invention. How would one think […]
Category Archives: Meat
Egyptian Kabab Hala: Beef stew with potatoes
Kabab el hala means in english pot kabob. It is small pieces of beef cooked in its own broth with onions and garlic. Some people add mushrooms but the old traditional […]
Egyptian kamounia recipe
Kamounia is surprisingly not cooked that often in many Egyptian homes. It is basically beef stew with cumin and Egyptian tomato sauce. I noticed that there is a Tunisian kamounia […]
Egyptian okra stew, the bamya recipe
Bamya is a very traditional Egyptian dish but it is still very common in all Arab countries. It is usually cooked with lamb, however I am not a big fan […]
Egyptian recipe of beef stew with carrots and peas…Elbasila w el roz…
I remember running around the house trying to escape the vegetables meal when I was a kid. Most of the vegetables in Egypt are cooked along with beef stew and tomato […]
Egyptian Hawawshi…my favorite was from a butcher shop
Egyptian Hawawshi is a very famous traditional Egyptian street food. However, it is prepared in Egyptian homes as well. The quality of the meat for the ones that are made […]
Fried beef steak: If guilt does not kill me, this dish might!
Bofteek is the Egyptian name for that dish, it is also named sometimes in the fancier places in Egypt as escalope. In USA, you usually see a different version of […]
My experience with the Palestinian Shish Barak
My dear friend invited me to spend a day in her kitchen learning and watching how she and her mom make a very a traditional Palestinian/Jordanian dish. That dish is called […]
Kabab w Kofta or what is known as Kabob and Lula here…
I do not know why it is spelled like that or as Kebab, in Egypt, we pronounce it as if it is spelled like Kabab. This is one of the […]
Squash with béchamel sauce and ground beef
Many years ago, I was never a big fan of vegetables even if they were deep fried in butter. Things change though and so are the taste buds I guess. I find that squash […]
