WEEK 10

COMERCIAL

WEEK 10

APPETIZER

(Falafel Served With Humus)

FALAFEL recipe

• 1 cup dried chickpeas
• 1/2 large onion, roughly chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2-1 teaspoon dried hot red pepper
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4-6 tablespoons flour
• Soybean or vegetable oil for frying
• Chopped tomato for garnish
• Diced onion for garnish
• Diced green bell pepper for garnish
• Tahina sauce
• Pita bread

HUMUS recipe

• 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas or 1 1/2 cups (250 grams) cooked chickpeas
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) fresh lemon juice (1 large lemon)
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) well-stirred tahini, see our homemade tahini recipe
• 1 small garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• Salt to taste
• 2 to 3 tablespoons (30 to 45 ml) water
• Dash ground paprika, for serving

SOUP (Middle Eastern Lentil soup serve with garlic bread)

RECIPE

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups of red/yellow lentils
• 8 cups of chicken/vegetable stock
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• Handful of chopped flat-leaf parsley
• Juice of half a lemon

MAIN COURSE (Mandy rice with roasted chicken, salad salata hara, mint chimicuri)

RECIPE

Ingredients A – Mandy Spice Mix

2 tablespoons cardamom pods
2 tablespoons cloves
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 whole nutmeg
1 tablespoon ginger
4 bay leaves

Ingredients B – Chicken

1 chicken cut into 4 pieces
4 teaspoons Mandy spice mix
1 teaspoon salt – to taste
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon turmeric/saffron
2 cubes or 2 tablespoon chicken stock

Ingredients C – Rice

1 1/2 cups basmati rice
1 tablespoon butter/margarine
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
1 small tomato, finely chopped and removes all the seed
4 whole cardamom pods
4 whole cloves
6 black peppercorns
3 cups chicken stock (or just enough that about an inch is above the rice)
½ cups yogurt – optional

ingredient (salad salata hara)

• 2 large tomatoes
• 1/2 cup
• chopped fresh coriander
• 1 garlic clove
• 1-2 green chillis (more if you prefer it spicier or none if you don't want the spice)
• pinch of cumin powder
• juice of 1 lemon
• salt to taste

ingredient ( chimicuri ) 

• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more
• 3-4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced or minced
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 1 Fresno chile or red jalapeño, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh oregano
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

DESSERT (Muhallabi)

• 1.200 g fresh milk
• 70 g corn starch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 100 g granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons rose water
• To serve
• 150 g pistachio nuts, chopped