My Ramadan Table-Day 11

Menu:

Libyan Sharba

Spinach and Cheese Buricks

Fried Fsh Fillets and Fries

 Fricasee'(Tunisian ) Fried dough then stuffed with tunafish ,egg slices ,olives and harissa

Pasta Salad a la Desert Rose!

Arabic Salad

Chicken Shawerma (Middle East)

Lettuce Leaves

Sahten !

My Ramadan Table-Day 9 and 10

Im so sorry for not posting yesterday which was mostly due to power failure(force major)-sigh. As the 1st September ceremony approaches this will tend to happen quite frequently in our area....

Our city becomes one of lights a kind of Las Vegas style of attractions with a Xmas twist hence we have to pay the consequences for the continuous power failure which is the norm...Anyway enough rants lets get down to my menu for day 9 !


Menu:Day 9

 Lentil Soup( Middle East)

Rice Pilaf

Yahni Biselia with lamb(Turkish)(Green pea casserole)

Humus ( Middle East )

Arabic salad

Cheese Buricks

Greeen Salad

Tabahaj (Libyan -Tripolitanian)fried veggies then fresh hot(green peppers)tomato sauce is then simmered in..

The sweets below are from family members who visited me on Thursday night .
My diblah is obvious,my teenager made creme caramel cake(top left)date filled sweets  and a chocolate ice cream cake was brought by relatives....

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Yesterday I had to take Mama shopping and that alone is a struggle as its a hard for her to move with ease ...so I got home late and as I was rushing in found my son and teenager in control of the menu .though they did use my leftovers from the previous day ,still I was pleased,and thanked God/Allah I had taught them to cook !

Menu Day 10:
Lentil Soup- from previous day  ( Libyan Sharba got burnt )

 Kufta ( a bit dark nearly burnt nevertheless tasty)

Arabic Salad

Pizza (Italian)

 Small panini  from same pizzza dough (filled with tunafish and harissa and capers)

Tabajaj (Libyan) from day before

 Spinach and cheese buricks(Turkish )

Yahni Biselia(also from previous day ) 

Sahten !

All in all its the thought and the gathering during Ramadan that counts and not what is consumed....



 Salam

My Ramadan Table -Day 8

 Menu :
Lentil Soup(Middle East)

Lasagna (Italian)

Burick(Tunisian -with capers,egg and tunafish )

Burick (potatoes and cheese)

Insalta di riso (Italian) rice salad

Arabic Salad

 Makdous   (Middle East) pickled eggplant stuffed with almonds and hot sauce


Sahten

* All recipes will be made available after Ramadan InshaAllah.....

My Ramadan Table -Day 7

Diblah( from left) Ashesha,( these both made for the mosque)

home made backlawa,(made night of Ramadan)Tunisain backlawa (fresh from Tunis)at back and Caak Imasel ,Date horns( made by daughters)

Nothing interesting on my table today-sorry -most are leftovers-yes we consume them even in Ramadan for I believe food should never go to waste. I had to make sweets for the mosque as we take turns in our neighborhood...

Menu :

Libyan Sharba( leftover)

Burick with egg, tunafish and capers(Tunisian)

Arabic Salad

Homs tahina dip ( Middle East)

Rice Pilaf

Yahni Bamia( Turkish)(Okra casserole)(leftover)

Yahni Fasulia(Turkish)( bean casserole with lamb)(leftover)

Sahten !

And NOW you need either Alkaselzer or what we use in Libya ENO with different flavours to look at this pic and hope it doesnt hurt your digestive system!

I left this pic to last as we can well note that most of the trash is unconsumed food-sigh .People die of starvation in this world while we just trow it away. I took this photo ,which is on the beach road in Hai Alandulus -supposedly a posh suburb of Tripoli-sigh !

My Ramadan Table -Day 6

Yesterday, I had my daughters and their hubbies over for Iftar as guests as my kitchen belongs to me NOW ! YESSSSSSSSSSS !

Menu :

Libyan Sharba

Rice Pilaf

Yahni Fasulia( Turkish )

Osban (Libyan Haggis)

Dolmet Sileck( Stuffed Swiss Chard)( Turkish )

Arabic Salad

Insalta di Riso(Rice Salad)(Italian)

Slata Meshweeya(Tunisan Grilled Salad)

Sahten !

My Ramadan Table -Day 5

Menu:

Crema di Funghi(Italian) Mushroom Soup

Insalata di riso( Italian) Rice Salad

Arabic Salad

Foul Imdemes (Egypt)

Small pita bread tunafish sandwiches

Onion rings(USA)

Burick(Turkish) Spinach and cheese

Escalope(French ) Cotoletta ala Milanese (Italian) Breaded Chicken Breasts

Tabahej Turki(Turkish) eggplant side dish

Feta Cheese Salad (Greek )

For better view . Click on images to zoom in..

I love fruit for dessert !



Homemade Turkish Coffee (from Anglo's Mum ,bless her heart ) and sweets


Sahten!

My Ramadan Table -Day 3 and 4

Ramadan Day 3

Menu :

Libyan Fish Sharba

Burick( Keema)

Slatet Fasulia (Bean Salad)

Slata Arbia ( Arabic Salad)

Lettuce

Kifta (Libyan Meatballs)

Canelloni(Italian) with 3 cheese bechamel sauce stuffed with spinach and leftover chicken breasts from day before)

Baba Ghanouj



If you notice I do a little of everything and believe when we say that there is always the BARACKA while cooking the IFTAR .

SAHTEN !






Ramadan Day 4


Menu :

Libyan Sharba wist Idsheesha ( similar to large granule of wheatgerm but barley is used intead of the sharba(pasta)

Burick Esbanack( Spinach and cheese filled puff pastries )

Left over imbatin and kefta( from yesterday)

Tabahej Turki (Turkish )(eggplant,tomato and hot green chili peppers)side dish
Dolmet Malfuf( Stuffed Cabbage)

Slatet Fasulia(Mediterranean) Bean Salad)

Foul Imdemes

Slata Arbia(Arabic Salad)

Slatet Blankeet (Tunisian)French bread sliced dunk in hot harissa sauce and garnished with Slata meesweeya,alittle tiny bit of tuna ,sliced cheese olive and parsley.