
What Mum Taught Us: Valuable Lessons and Outstanding Hospitality, Including Precious Mesopotamian Recipes
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Content
- Intro
- Unique Acknowledgment
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Presentation
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1
- Introduction
- Chapter 2
- Who Is Our Mum and What She Meant to Us and Others
- Chapter 3
- Valuable Lessons Learnt from Our Mum
- Chapter 4
- Hospitality - An Art Mastered by Our Mum
- Chapter 5
- Our Mum's Way of Serving Others
- Chapter 6
- Our Mum's Miraculous Way of Facing Life with a Smile
- Chapter 7
- Historical Background of Mesopotamian Food
- Chapter 8
- Preserving from the Garden - An Art Mastered by Our Mum
- Preserving
- Preserving the Black Olive
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Preserving the Green Olive
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Preserving the Grapevine Leaves
- The Method
- Preserving Bay (Laurel) Leaves
- Preserving Mint
- Preserving Oregano (Origanum vulgare)
- Preserving Molokhiah (Botanic Name: Corchorus Olitorius)
- Preserving Rosemary
- Preserving Lemon
- The Lemonade
- The Preserved Lemon
- Preserving the Fruits and Other Vegetables
- Preserving in the Way of Jam
- The Golden Citrus Fruit jam
- Ingredients
- The Steps
- Apple Marmalade
- Ingredients
- Instructions
- Bitter Orange Jam
- Ingredients
- The Steps
- Pomegranate Jam
- Ingredients
- Method
- Grape Jam
- Ingredients
- Method
- Pickles
- Preserving the Green Tomato (Pickled Green Tomatoes)
- Pickle of Green Tomatoes with Garlic Cloves
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Preserving Cucumbers (Cucumbers Pickles)
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Preserving Green Capsicum
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Preserving Small Eggplants (with Vegetables)
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Preserving Small Eggplants (with Walnuts)
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Cauliflower with Beans and Carrots
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Turnip with Beetroot (for Colour)
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Chili with Garlic
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Grapes with Rosemary and Peppercorn
- Ingredients
- The Method
- Serving
- Chapter 9
- Meals for Diverse Occasions by Our Mum
- Syriac Bread
- Ingredients
- For Decoration
- Steps
- Kebeh/Kubeh
- Ingredients
- Stu ng
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- [Outside of the Kebeh/Kubeh]
- Kebeh/Kubeh Balls
- Kebeh/Kubeh with Yoghurt
- Ingredients for the Sauce
- Method
- Boiled Ketleh (Bulgur (i.e., Fine Crushed Wheat) and Semolina Stuffed with Meat, Parsley)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Soup of Ketleh Dough without Stuffing (Bulgur (i.e., Fine Crushed Wheat) and Semolina) with Chick Peas
- Ingredients
- Method
- Fried Ketleh with Egg
- Method
- Boiled Bartley Ketleh or Kebbah ((Bulgur (i.e., Fine Crushed Wheat) and Semolina Stuffed with Meat, Parsley) from Bartley
- Ingredients
- Method
- Chicken and Potatoes with Garlic and Lemon
- Method
- Stuffed Vegetables
- Ingredients
- Method
- The Mix for the Fasting Days
- Ingredients
- Method
- Maqloubeh (Which Can Simply Be Literally Translated as upside down Whereas Whatever in the Bottom of the Pot Which Usually Would Be the Vegetables, Meat or Chicken Would Appear on the Top)
- Broad Beans Maqloubeh
- Ingredients
- Method
- Maqloubeh with Mixed Vegetables (Suitable for Fasting Days)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Minced Meat Maqloubeh
- Ingredients
- Method
- Egg Plants Maqloubeh (This Can Be Cooked for the Great Lent and Other Fasts without Meat) for Other Days You Need to Add Diced Meat to the Mix
- Ingredients
- Method
- Cauliflower Maqloubeh (This Can Be Cooked for the Great Lent and Other Fasts but without Meat) for Other Days You Need to Add Diced Meat to the Mix or You Can Add Pieces of Chicken Thigh
- Ingredients
- Method
- Frikeh (Green Wheat) with Minced Meat
- Ingredients
- Method
- Crushed Wheat (Bulgur) with Minced Meat
- Ingredients
- Method
- Crushed Wheat (Bulgur) with Chick Peas
- Ingredients
- Method
- Boiled and Mashed Potatoes in the Tray with Minced Meat
- Ingredients
- Method
- Boiled and Mashed Potatoes in the Tray with Assorted Vegetables
- Ingredients
- Method
- Pasta with Minced Meat
- Ingredients
- Method
- Pasta with Vegetables (Either Mushroom or Eggplants, or Zucchini or any Other Type of Vegetables) as This Dish Was Very Much Used during the Fasting Days
- Ingredients
- Method
- Soups
- Chicken Soup
- Ingredients
- Method
- Vegetable Soup (with Either Rice or Thin Noodle)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Pumpkin Soup
- Ingredients
- Method
- Balls of (Bulgur (i.e., Fine Crushed Wheat) and Semolina with Chick Peas
- Ingredients
- Method
- Meat Balls Soup (with Either Rice or Thin Noodle)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Lentils
- Whole Brown Lentils with Pomegranate Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Lentils Soups (Recipe One)
- Split Red Lentils Soup
- Ingredients
- Method
- Lentils Soups - (Recipe Two)
- Split Red Lentils Soup without Rice or Vegetables
- Ingredients
- Method
- Whole Brown Lentils with Rice (Processed - Mujadarah Msafayeh)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Whole Brown Lentils with Rice (Mujadarah)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Lentils with Crushed Wheat or Semolina (Balou')
- Ingredients
- Method
- Lentils with Silver Beet and Noodles Soup
- Ingredients
- Method
- Chicken
- Chicken Was the Hero of Several Dishes That Mum Mastered - for Example
- Chicken with Sumac and Onion in the Oven
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Chicken Stuffed with Cheese and Herbs
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Chicken Schnitzel
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Chicken Stew with Rice
- Ingredients
- Method
- Chicken Stew with Okra
- Ingredients
- Method
- Now to Prepare the Plain Rice
- Chicken Stew with Mloukhieh
- Ingredients
- Method
- Now to Prepare the Plain Rice
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Preparing the Chicken for Stuffing, Stuffing and Placing in a Tray
- Stuffed Turkey (Either Done with Rice and Minced Meat - or with Herbs)
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Preparing the Turkey for Stuffing, Stuffing and Placing in a Tray
- Beef/Lamb
- Corn-Fed Beef Roast (You Can Also Use the Same Recipe for Lamb Shoulder)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Preparing the Corn-Fed Beef Piece for Stuffing and Placing in a Tray
- This Meal Would Be Served Differently Depending on the Weather
- Beef Schnitzel
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Kwaysat - Meat Rolled Stuffed with Garlic and Pepper Corn
- Ingredients
- Method
- [Prepare Stu ng]
- Preparing the Corn-Fed Beef Piece for Stuffing and Placing in a Tray
- Beef (or any Type of Meat) with Beans, Peas, Okra as a Stew
- Ingredients
- Method
- Now to Prepare the Plain Rice
- Side Dishes
- Tabouleh
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Marine's Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Cabbage and Carrot Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Cos Lettuce and Carrot Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Mango and Fennel with Celery Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Apple and Spinach with Orange Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Fatoush (Another Type of Salad with Crunchy Bread Pieces)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Tomato and Cucumber Salad
- Ingredients
- Method
- Vegan Food - Food for the Great Lent and the Fasting Days
- Baked and Stuffed Whole Fish
- Ingredients
- Stu ng
- Method
- Broad Beans (Either Green Broad Beans Which Mum Used to Collect from the Garden - or Brown Beans)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Falafel
- Ingredients
- Method
- Tahini Sauce (with Parsley Referred to as Baqdounsieh) or You Can Add to the Tahini and Parsley Some Tomatoes and This Would Become Tarator
- Ingredients
- Method
- Hummus (Dip)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Eggplants with Tahini (Baba Ghanoush)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Fish and Chips
- Ingredients
- Method
- Fish Maqloubeh
- Ingredients
- Method
- Chapter 10
- Traditional and Contemporary Sweets by Our Mum
- Pineapple Cake (Referred to as 'Mum's Signature Cake)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Decoration Prior To Serving
- Rice Pudding
- Ingredients
- Method
- Maamoul
- Ingredients
- [Crust]
- [Pistachio Filing]
- [Date Filing]
- Method
- [Crust]
- Making the Maamoul
- [Date]
- Baking
- Knafeh
- Ingredients
- For serving
- Steps
- Syrup (Which Can Be Used Also for Other Sweets Such as Baklava or Rice Pudding OR KNAFEH, for Those Who Love It Sweet)
- Ingredients
- For Serving
- Lazy Cake
- Ingredients
- Method
- Banana Cake with Fresh Cream
- Ingredients
- Method
- Decoration Prior to Serving
- Chocolate Cake (Recipe One)
- Ingredients
- [Cake]
- Method
- Serving
- Marmalade and Dough Cake with Grinded Walnut
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Biscuits with Mahlab
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Chocolate Pieces (Bites)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Biscuits with Dates
- Ingredients
- Method for Preparing the Dates
- Method for the Biscuits
- Serving
- Lebanese Night Sweet
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Banana Cake (Another Recipe)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Cake with Custard and Jelly
- Ingredients
- Plain Cake Recipe
- Method for the Cake
- Method
- Serving
- Cream and Cocoa
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Shredded Coco Nut plate
- Ingredients for the Coco Nut Plate
- Syrup
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Rock Biscuit
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Russian Biscuits
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Sweet Dumpling (Which Is Referred to as Ma'karoneh Or Zalabyeh)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Syrup
- Ingredients
- Serving
- Spices Cake
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Home-Made White Cream
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Home-Made Yellow Cream
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Short Bread (Which Is Referred to as Ghraibeh)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Punchy
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Chocolate Cake (Recipe Two)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Hard Biscuits (Which Is Referred to as Al-Kurshaleh Biscuits)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Petit Four Sweets
- Ingredients
- Methods
- Serving
- Cake with Apple and Walnuts
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Apple Cake
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Lemon Cake
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Vegan Cake (or What Is Referred to as Soufouf) - (Another Signature Cake of our Mum)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Zucchini Cake
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Coco Nut Biscuits
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Halqoum (Mesopotamian Delight)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Salty Biscuits
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Orange Biscuits
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Chocolate Balls
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Chocolate Cake (Recipe Three)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Chocolate Cream
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Baklava (Filo Pastry with Nuts)
- Ingredients
- To Garnish
- Method
- Serving
- Further Sweets for the Great Lent and Other Fasting Days
- Cake for Fasting (Recipe 1)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Cake for Fasting (Recipe 2)
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Herb Biscuits
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Hareeseh
- Ingredients
- Golden Syrup (to be Prepared before the Commencement of the Baking)
- Method
- Serving
- Barbara
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Mughli
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Sesame Seed Sweets
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Coco Nut Pie
- Ingredients
- Method
- Serving
- Chapter 11
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: Botanical Names
- Appendix 2: Bible Verses
- References
- About the Authors
- Index
- Blank Page
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