Date Milkshake کھجور کا ملک شیک

Date Milkshake is a very very delicious and nutritious drink. Is gives extra energy at Iftar during Ramadan,  the month of dates. Thousand of kilogram of dates are consumed during the Holy Month of Ramadan at Sehar and at Iftar.

Date Milkshake

Ingredients:

• Date pitted  , good quality  6-8
• Full cream chilled milk   1 glass
• Sugar 2-3 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Take all ingredients in an electric blender.
• Blend for 3-5 minutes.
• Remove in a glass.
• Serve chilled.
• Delicious Date Milkshake tastes good.

Camel Meat Biryani الرز البرياني مع لحم الحاشي اونٹ کے گوشت کی بریانی

Camel Meat Biryani is a very tasty Rice Dish from Arab World. It is cooked in Arabian spices using camel meat.

برياني حاشي

Ingredients:

• Camel Meat  1 kg (   لحم الحاشي )
• Rice 1/2 kg
• Oil 1 cup
• Tomatoes chopped 3-4
• Onion chopped 3
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Green Chillies  4
• Fresh Coriander leaves  chopped 1/2 cup
• Fresh Mint leaves chopped 1/2 cup
• Yellow Food Colour 1 pinch

Spices:

• Dry lemon black/yellow  whole 4
• Cloves whole  10
• Cardamom green whole  8
• Cinnamon sticks 2
• bay leaves whole 2
• Nutmeg powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Cardamom green powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Pimento powder 2 teaspoon
• Khoranjan powder 2 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Black pepper powder 1 teaspoon

Nuts:

• Wall nut  4-5
• Pine nuts  1 tablespoon
• Pistachio 1 tablespoon
• Black Raisin 2 tablespoon   
• Green Raisin 1 tablespoon

Procedure:

• Thoroughly wash and soak rice in water for 20 minutes.
• Take 6 glass of water in a pan, add 2 teaspoon of salt and boil till rice is near to cook.
• Drain and keep aside to be used later.

• Now in a separate pan fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Now add tomatoes, ginger , garlic paste, green chillies and spices.
• Fry for 2-3 minutes then add camel meat and fry for another 5 minutes.
• Then add 1-2 cup water and cook on medium heat till camel meat is tender.
• Evaporate much of the water.
• Lower the flame, spread boiled rice over top.
• Spread nuts over it then sprinkle fresh mint and coriander on top layer.
• Also sprinkle yellow food colour.
• Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Delicious Camel Meat Biryani is Ready.
• Serve hot with salad.

  

Umm Ali (Arabian Dessert) أم علي

Umm Ali is one of the most famous dessert from Arab world. It is a very nutty and creamy dessert, very sweet and liked by all ages.

Umm Ali after Baking

Umm Ali Before Baking

Ingredients:

• Milk  full cream 1/2 litre
• Puff Pastry (Baqar Khani is best suit for Pakistan)   6-8
• Fresh Cream 1-2 cup
• Sugar 3-4 tablespoon
• Icing sugar 1 tablespoon
• Green Cardamom powder  1/2 teaspoon
• Cinnamon powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Vanilla or rose essences  few drops
• Almonds  1 tablespoon
• Pistachio 1 tablespoon
• Pine nuts 1 tablespoon
• Raisin 1 tablespoon
• Coconut sliced 1 tablespoon
• Saffron few threads
• Baking dish round medium size
• Unsalted butter for glazing

Procedure:

• Take milk in a pan, add sugar, essences, cinnamon powder and cardamom powder and boil on medium flame keep aside.
• Now glaze baking tray/dish with unsalted butter, spread broken puff pasties at bottom and spread evenly.
• Pour over boiled milk carefully.
• Sprinkle nuts and saffron over it.
• Then spread fresh cream on top layer. Dusting the top with icing sugar and sprinkle.
• Bake in an pre-heated oven at180-200 degree centigrade  for 20-30 minute.
• Delicious Umm Ali is ready.
• Cool and serve.

Sambousek (Arabian Snack) سمبوسك

Sambousek is one of the most popular snack in Arab world. From Saudi Arabia to UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.  Try this recipe for Iftar this Ramadan and feels a touch and love with Arab world.

Sambousek

Ingredients For Dough:

• Super Fine Wheat flour/starch (Maida)  1/4 kg
• Salt  1/4 teaspoon
• Cumin seeds 1/4 teaspoon
• baking soda  1/4 teaspoon
• Zaatar 1/2 teaspoon

Ingredients For Filling:

• Minced lamb/Mutton 250g
• Oil 1/4 teaspoon
• Tomatoes chopped 1
• Onion chopped  1
• Parsley chopped 1 tablespoon
• Green chillies chopped 1-2
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper 1/2 teaspoon
• Cardamom powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Sumac powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Pine nuts  a few

Procedure For Filling Cooking:

• Fry onion in oil till golden, then add tomatoes, and spices fry for 3 minutes.
• Now add minced meat and fry for 5 more minutes, then add a cup water and continue to cooking till meat is tender. Evaporate excess water by increasing flame with constant stirring.
• Now sprinkle green chillies, pine nuts and parsley.
• Simmer and then cool. 
• The Filling for Sambousek is ready.

Preparation and frying of Sambousek:

• Add salt,  cumin , baking soda and zaatar to the flour and mix well. Then add little water to make a hard dough. Keep aside for 30 minutes in a cool and dry place.
• Now make dough ball, wall nut size, from the prepared dough.
• Take a dough ball flat it 3-4 inch diameter round  with the help of roller pin and board.
• Place a small quantity of filling on it then fold to make semicircle shape.
• Seal the open ends with the help of fork.
• Make more sambousak from remaining dough.
• Now heat oil in a deep frying pan, add 3-4 sambousek at a time and fry till golden in colour.
• Delicious and tangy Samousek are ready.
• Serve at Iftar with tomtot ketchup or chutney.

Harees الهريس Ramadan Dish of The United Arab Emirates

Harees is a most popular Ramadan dish in The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and also in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries.  The below recipe  of Harees is from The United Arab Emirates. It is a very nutritious and tasty dish to be served either at Sehar or Iftar during Ramadan to get extra energy for fasting.

Harees  الهريس

Ingredients:

• Mutton with bones  1 kg
• Wheat soaked for 6-8 hours  2 cup
• Water 4-6 cup
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper 1 teaspoon
• Cinnamon sticks 4-6
• Cumin seeds powder 1 teaspoon
• Cardamom powder 1 teaspoon
• Butter for serving and garnish as required
• Sugar for serving

Procedure:

• Boil meat in water till tender. 
• Remove bones and discard. Retain meat.
• Now in a pan add water, boiled meat , wheat and spices and cook on low heat till wheat is fully tender.
• Mash to a fine texture.
• Delicious Harees is ready to serve.
• Serve with melted and caramelized butter and sugar.

Bukhari Rice (Saudi Steamed Rice) ارز بخاري بالدجاج

Bukhari Rice is a most popular Steamed Rice dish of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most consumed dish in Saudi Arabia.  It is a very tasty dish cooked with meat or chicken.

سعودی عرب کی ڈش بخاری رائس

Ingredients:

• Rice 500-700g
• Chicken cut into 4 pieces 1 no.
• Oil 1 cup
• Tomatoes   chopped 2-3
• Onion chopped 2-3
• Carrot grated 2
• Lemon chopped 1

Ingredients to be added at steaming stage:

• Tomato paste 1 tablespoon 
• Raisins 1 tablespoon
• Pine nuts 1 tablespoon
• Almonds slivered 1 tablespoon

Powder spices:

• Salt to taste
• Red Chillies  powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Khoranjan powder 1 teaspoon

Whole spices:

• Cloves whole 10-12
• Cardamom green 6
• Cardamom brown 2
• Cinnamon sticks 3
• Black pepper whole 1 teaspoon
• Cumin whole 1 teaspoon
• Mace 2-3 pieces

Procedure:

• Wash and soak rice for 1/2 hour, drain and keep aside.
• Now in a pan fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Add spices fry for 1 minute, then add tomatoes and fry for 2-3 minutes.
• Then add chicken and fry for 5 more minutes, then add carrot and fry for another 2 minutes.
• Cook on medium flame till chicken is tender. Add 1/4 cup water if desired.
• Take out Chicken pieces and keep aside.
• Add soaked rice and enough water, 1 inch above the rice level. (2-3 glass water).
• Continue to cook till rice is near to done.
• Sprinkle steaming ingredients on top. Then place chicken pieces and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Delicious Bukhari Rice are ready to serve.