Let's go to Jordan & Kuwait this August 2012!

[Elmotoo]

This August, the NA/ME Forum is traveling to
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Welcome to Jordan and Kuwait!

Jordan is, of course, an ancient country but somehow it remains rather unknown in many lands. Arabic cuisine delights the gourmet, and feasting is a preoccupation not only of Jordan, but of the Middle East as a whole. In culinary terms, the Middle East enjoys one of the world's most sophisticated and elaborate cuisines, and are rated among the finest foods in the world. Dishes will even satisfy the health conscious because many of them are made with grain, cheese, yogurt, fresh and dried fruits and vegetables. With the use of these grains and vegetables, meat goes a long way and even the simplest ingredients can produce a surprisingly attractive creation. Jordan's cuisine, although unique, is part of this distinctive culinary heritage, which have been savored for well over a thousand years. Below is a well loved Jordanian dish: Mansaf The national dish of Jordan is Mansaf: lamb seasoned with aromatic herbs, sometimes lightly spiced, cooked in yoghurt, and served with huge quantities of rice. Feasting on Mansaf is taken seriously, and hours are spent in its preparations.

[Elmotoo]

Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula. Historically, the region was the site of Characene, a major Parthian port for trade between Mesopotamia and India. The Bani Utbah tribe were the first permanent Arab settlers in the region, laying the foundation for the modern emirate. By the 19th century, Kuwait came under the influence of the Ottoman Empire. After World War I, it emerged as an independent sheikhdom under the protection of the British Empire. Kuwait's large oil fields were discovered in the late 1930s. The influence of Islamic and Arab Culture on its architecture, music, attire, cuisine and lifestyle is prominent. Seafood has been the mainstay of the Kuwaiti diet for centuries. Traditional Kuwaiti cuisine includes machboos diyay, machboos laham, maraq diyay laham which borrows heavily from South Asian cuisine and Arab cuisine. Imawash is another popular dish. As in other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait takes part in the tradition of Qarqe'an during the month of Ramadan.

[Elmotoo]

Visiting JORDAN! 8/2012 #553137



UNreviewed recipes:
African Spice Mix #35102 by Fido ®™
Jordan Upside Down Green Beans #465793 by Dienia B
Za'atar or Zahtar - Spice Mix of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon #479866 by KateL
Jordanian Mansaf #484562 by Annacia
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Visiting KUWAIT 8/2012 #553162



UNreviewed recipes:
Fried Fish With Rice (Kuwaiti & Emirati) #405788 by UmmBinat
Kuwaiti Machboos Lahem Ma'a Dakkous (Lamb and Rice W/ Tomato Sau #417828 by UmmBinat

[Elmotoo]

~~~TAGS~~~

[Elmotoo]

just in space case.

[Mia in Germany]

Found you!

[Elmotoo]

Mia in Germany wrote:

Found you!

welcome, Mia!! what are you going to tag??

[Mia in Germany]

Tagging KateL's Za'atar or Zahtar - Spice Mix of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon #479866 and UmmBinat's Fried Fish With Rice (Kuwaiti & Emirati) #405788.

Loved reading your intro!

[Elmotoo]

Mia in Germany wrote:
Tagging KateL's Za'atar or Zahtar - Spice Mix of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon #479866 and UmmBinat's Fried Fish With Rice (Kuwaiti & Emirati) #405788.

Loved reading your intro!

and that's the way...uh huh uh huh i like it..uh huh uh huh...

Miss Annacia did most of the intro ~ I just added a couple of the pics like the maps & flags, lol!

[UmmBinat]

Elmotoo wrote:
This August, the NA/ME Forum is traveling to
...........................................................*and*

Welcome to Jordan and Kuwait!

Jordan is, of course, an ancient country but somehow it remains rather unknown in many lands. Arabic cuisine delights the gourmet, and feasting is a preoccupation not only of Jordan, but of the Middle East as a whole. In culinary terms, the Middle East enjoys one of the world's most sophisticated and elaborate cuisines, and are rated among the finest foods in the world. Dishes will even satisfy the health conscious because many of them are made with grain, cheese, yogurt, fresh and dried fruits and vegetables. With the use of these grains and vegetables, meat goes a long way and even the simplest ingredients can produce a surprisingly attractive creation. Jordan's cuisine, although unique, is part of this distinctive culinary heritage, which have been savored for well over a thousand years. Below is a well loved Jordanian dish: Mansaf The national dish of Jordan is Mansaf: lamb seasoned with aromatic herbs, sometimes lightly spiced, cooked in yoghurt, and served with huge quantities of rice. Feasting on Mansaf is taken seriously, and hours are spent in its preparations.

Very neat, thank you

[UmmBinat]

In the Kuwaiti section I will explain what machboos diyay, machboos laham, maraq diyay laham are,

Machbous is a fragrant rice dish and diyay means chicken in the Kuwaiti Arabic dialect, laham means meat and here would be lamb, marag (q) means stew. My husband grew up in Kuwait so I have many recipes from that part of the Middle East and a partial understanding of their dialect.

[UmmBinat]

I'd never heard of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarqe'an

[UmmBinat]

And you said " Imawash is another popular dish" I wonder what that is. A quick Google search returned nothing. I am interested if anyone knows or can figure it out.

[UmmBinat]

I'll tag,

Gers Ogely - Traditional Kuwaiti Cake (Oil Free) #366950 by Chef Raqia

[UmmBinat]

more Kuwaiti recipes,

Hurricane - Kuwait Style (Non-Alcoholic)
Yogurt Marinated Shrimp (Kuwait, Gulf States)
Arabian Gulf Shortbread Cookies (Ghiraybah)
Gulf Fresh Date Treat
Yogurt Salad (Jajeek)
Cream Kunafa
Cypriot Fried Haloumy Cheese (Saganaki Haloumi) (though the origin is Cypriot this is served with breakfast in Kuwait
Our Arab Breakfast (With Gluten Free Option)
Loomi Powder (Noomi Basara, Dried Lime, Black Lemon, Loomi Aswad
Rice With Onion (Mashkoul)
Bahraini Prawn Balls (Chebeh Rubyan) quite easily also Kuwaiti
Bedouin Fresh Date Sweet (Rangina) (Gluten Free)
Sweet Coffee from the Arabian Gulf States (Qahwat Al-Hilo)
Spicy Marinated Black Olives (Jordanian ! see intro)
How to Blanch, Split, & Sliver Almonds
How to Prepare Fresh Okra (Bamia) Before Cooking
(Balalit, Saweeya or Seviyan) Sweet Vermicelli Breakfast
Hummus
Machbous Rubyan (Rice With Shrimps)
Machbous - Spiced Lamb With Rice