Sambousek - Chicken and Vegetables Sambousek

Sambousek, also called samboosak in some Middle Eastern regions, is fried stuffed pastry.
This sambousek is stuffed with Chicken and Vegetables. Delicious Lebanese Appetizer dish!

Ingredients

For the dough:
3 cups plain flour or 420 g
1 tablespoon sugar
1½ teaspoons salt
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon yeast, dissolved in 4 tablespoons warm water
¾ cups water or 185 ml

For the stuffing:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small onion or 100 g, diced to small pieces
250 g chicken, minced
1 medium baby zucchini or 100 g, diced to small pieces
1 small green capsicum pepper or 100 g, diced to small pieces
1 baby eggplants or 70 g, diced to small pieces
1 medium tomatoes or 150 g, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 cubes MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon, crumbled
2 tablespoons pine seeds, toasted
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon seven spices

Preparation

Place flour in a deep bowl; add sugar, salt, oil and mix well with your fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Add the dissolved yeast and mix. Gradually add little quantities of water and mix thoroughly until a dough forms. Cover with kitchen cloth and set aside for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile heat the oil in saucepan and sauté onion for 2 minutes then add minced chicken and stir until chicken is cooked then add the baby zucchini, capsicum and eggplant and stir over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until vegetables are almost tender. Add the tomato, tomato paste and the crumbled MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon cubes. Stir and cook for 5 minutes or until all vegetables are well cooked and liquid is almost steamed. Add pine seeds and spices. Stir and remove from heat.

Roll the dough into round 3 millimeters thin pastry. Using a medium size cup or dough cutter, cut round pieces of the dough. Place 1 tablespoon of the stuffing in the center of each piece and seal the edges by twisting them or pressing with fork.

Place the stuffed sambousek in a greased oven tray keeping around 1cm space between each piece from other and place them in a warm area for 30 minutes or until stuffed sambousek dough rise up.

Bake sambousek in a 250ºC preheated oven for 13-15 minutes or until it becomes golden brown in color. Remove from oven and serve immediately.

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Ladies Delight Recipe- How to make ladies delight

Wonderful oriental desserts recipe - Ladies delight in toast bread. Delicious Arabic desserts dish. Enjoy Ladies Delight!

Ingredients

• 24 slices toast bread, fresh
• 2 tins NESTLÉ® Cream or 340 g
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• 3 teaspoons plain flour, dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water
• 2 cups oil for deep frying
• 2 cups sugar syrup, ready made
• ¼ cup pistachio nuts or 40 g, ground for garnishing

Preparation

• Remove the crust of the toast slices, then flatten each slice using a rolling pin.
• Combine NESTLÉ® Cream and rosewater in a bowl, stuff each slice with ½ tablespoon of cream. Roll to enclose as finger shape and secure the edge with the dissolved flour. Press the sides so the cream does not come out when deep frying.
• Deep fry the ladies delight in 180°C hot oil for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oil and place them on a rack to remove the excess oil. Then dip each piece quickly in the ready syrup.
• Sprinkle with ground pistachio and serve at room temperature.

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Sahlab - Oriental Sahlab

Enjoy this warm oriental sahlab desserts recipe during winter. It is easy to prepare! have fun with your kids, they will love it.

Ingredients

• 4 cups water or 1000 ml
• 1 tin NESTLÉ® Sweetened Condensed Milk or 397 g
• ¼ teaspoon mastic, ground
• ¼ teaspoon ground mahlab
• 3 tablespoons corn flour or 40 g
• 3 tablespoons rose water
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation

1. Add water, NESTLÉ® Sweetened Condensed Milk , mastic, mahlab and corn flour to a large saucepan.
2. Bring to boil then simmer for 7-10 minutes while stirring continuously.
3. Remove from heat, add rosewater then pour mixture into serving cups.
4. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve hot with “Kaak” Arabic biscuits.

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Hummus - How to make Best Hummus

How to make best hummus?

Hummus is one of the most popular Middle Eastern dips. Served with fresh or toasted pita bread, hummus makes for a great snack or appetizer.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
1 16 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
1/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
3-5 tablespoons lemon juice (depending on taste)
1 1/2 tablespoons tahini
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation:
Drain chickpeas and set aside liquid from can. Combine remaining ingredients in blender or food processor. Add 1/4 cup of liquid from chickpeas. Blend for 3-5 minutes on low until thoroughly mixed and smooth.

Place in serving bowl, and create a shallow well in the center of the hummus.

Add a small amount (1-2 tablespoons) of olive oil in the well. Garnish with parsley (optional).

Serve immediately with fresh, warm or toasted pita bread, or cover and refrigerate.

Variations
For a spicier hummus, add a sliced red chile or a dash of cayenne pepper.

Storing Hummus
Hummus can be refrigerated for up to 3 days and can be kept in the freezer for up to one month. Add a little olive oil if it appears to be too dry.

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Garlic Hummus - Garlic Hummus Recipe

Great Garlic Hummus Recipe - Enjoy middle eastern hummus.

Makes 3 cups

Ingredients
* 600g canned chickpeas, drained, rinsed
* 3 garlic cloves, crushed
* 100ml olive oil
* 2 tbs tahini paste*
* 1 tsp ground cumin
* Juice of 1 lemon
* Toasted Turkish bread, to serve

Method

1. Place the chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, tahini paste, cumin and lemon juice in a food processor and process until combined. Add 1/4 cup (60ml) of water and process again until quite smooth.

2. Place hummus in a bowl and serve with toasted Turkish bread.

Notes & tips
* From health food stores and selected supermarkets.

Source
delicious. - June 2004, Page 107
Recipe by Valli Little

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Ingredients
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Malay Wedding Menu & Recipes - Sambal Goreng Pengantin

How to make Sambal Goreng Pengantin. This dish is usualy served at Malay Weddings together with Nasi Minyak, Dalca and Ayam Masak Merah. Though the steps of making this dish is quite complicated, it is worth the try. Sambal Goreng Pengantin has a unique taste and rich in "rempah" which blend the ingredients together to form a delicious meal.

Ingredients: ( 20-30 Pax )

• 1 kg beef (lembu)*


• 1/2 kg beef lung (paru)*


• 1/2 kg beef liver (hati lembu) *


• 1 kg medium size prawns - deshell(udang basah) - dikupas kulit dan digoreng berasingan.


• 2 cups thick coconut milk (2 cawan santan pekat - drpd 1 1/2 biji kelapa )


• 300 g tamarind (asam jawa)


• 2" belachan (2 inci persegi belacan)


• 25 pcs dried chillies (25 tangkai cili kering)


• 2 red onions (2 biji bawang besar)


• 8 cloves garlic (8ulas bawang putih)


• 8 lemongrass (8 batang serai)


• 1/2 thumb size galagal (1/2 jari lengkuas)


• 5 red chillies - cut 45 degrees thinly ang fry seperately (5 tangkai lada merah - hiris serong dan goreng berasingan)


• 2 cups fried onions (2 cawan bawang goreng)


• Cooking oil (minyak masak secukupnya utk menggoreng dan menumis)


• Salt and sugar to taste (garam dan gula secukup rasa)

Method:

• Items with * to boil till tender, cut cube, heat wok on highand and deep fry seperately. (Make sure the meat is still tender) (Bahan bertanda * direbus,potong dadu kecil dan digoreng berasingan.)


• Mix tamarind and belachan together with coconut milk and put aside (Asam dan belacan diramas bersama santan dan ketepikan).


• [ Blend this items in red ]
  (Bahan bertanda merah dikisar halus)

Heat wok on high, add oil, stir-fry ground paste till quite toasted (about 5 mins), add mixed tamarind and belachan together with coconut milk till and oil starts to ooze.

(Panaskan 1/2 cawan minyak dan tumis bahan kisar hingga garing dan masukkan campuran santan dan masak terus hingga mendidih dan naik minyak).

Add * items, salt and sugar to taste, and add some water to make it a bit wet.
(Kemudian masukkan secukup garam dan gula dan kacau rata dan masukkan daging,hati paru goreng,udang goreng tadi dan gaul hingga rata.Tambah sedikit air supaya tidak terlalu kering).

Lastly, add fried cut red chillies and fried onions; stir evenly. Add salt and sugar to taste. The taste should be spicy, sweet and a little bit sour with mild coconut taste.
(Akhir sekali masukkan pula cili merah dan bawang goreng dan gaul hingga rata.Tambah garam dan gula lagi jika perlu.Rasanya haruslah lemak manis dan sedikit sahaja masamnya).

Note: May add a few kaffir or tumeric leaves if desired.
(Dlm masakan ini boleh juga di masukkan daun limau purut dan daun kunyit jika suka).