English Trifle with some Egyptian twists
I was invited 20 years ago to my one of my best Egyptian friend’s birthday. Her mom, May Allah bless her soul, used to make for her birthday every year […]
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Egyptian Eid butter cookies “El ghorayeba”
That would be a special night, the last night in Ramadan when every mom starts to prepare the dough for different types of cookies and put them in so many […]
Kunafa with mahlabiya and pineapple
Kunafa is one of the very famous traditional middle eastern desserts. Kunafa is very long thin pastry kind of looking like soft and very thin angel hair pasta. Something has been […]
Middle eastern donuts: zalabia
Zalabya or Loqmet el qady is the middle eastern version of donuts. They are crunchy from outside though and covered with powdered sugar or more traditionally a sugar syrup. The […]
Om Ali recipe…The Egyptian bread pudding
Om Ali “Ali’s mother” is an Egyptian dessert that could remind you kind of bread pudding if you have never tasted it before. It is usually served in small clay baking […]
Egyptian basboosa: my favorite dessert!
Basboosa is my favorite dessert since I was a little kid. If you have never tried it before, it might be close in description to a very thin crumbly […]
Mahalabiya the very easy and yummy Egyptian milk custard
Mahalabiya is one of the traditional Egyptian desserts. However, I do not believe it has the same popularity as the rice pudding does. I remember the first time I tried it […]
The secret of crispy qatayef
Qatayef is the most traditional Ramadan dessert. I do not recall eating it except during the fasting month of Ramadan but at that time, I would like to eat it […]
Egyptian sugar syrup: El sharbat el masry
There is no traditional middle eastern dessert that can be made without that yummy sugar syrup. This recipe below is the pure Egyptian way of making it. However, if you […]
Twisted Cinnabon with dates and cinnamon
In middle east, pastries with date filling are very common. It could be in form of cookies, pastries or bread rolls. It is really tasty and common in all Arab countries. […]
