Hold The Mayo Summer Fruit Salad

A refreshing and colorful summer fruit salad with no mayonnaise-imagine that! I clipped this recipe out of our local grocery store’s weekly advertisement flyer. This recipe will only work with the freshest, juiciest fruit you can find.

Hibiscus Rose Water Beverage No Alcohol

From a local source. The original recipe is much more elaborate involving fresh lemongrass and steaming fresh rose petals. I made it easier for myself by substituting rose water and tubed lemongrass puree. Please feel free to adjust the proportions…

Gulab Jamuns

Delicious dark indian sweet desert balls in syrup and nuts

Gulab Jamun

This is such a delicious recipe that does not translate well into english. I’ve seen translations of “cake-like fried milk balls in scented syrup” and seen people scratch their heads and go..what? Well, bear with the translations here, there’s not…

Ground Rice Pudding Mehallabia

Posted for the zaar world tour 2006-egypt. From the “best of international cooking” cookbook. I haven’t had the opportunity to try this recipe yet. The surface crust on this pudding is stirred into the pudding giving it a delicate caramel…

Ground Rice Sweet Custard

Posted by request, this dessert is an adaptation from

Green Tea With Rose Water

Middle eastern fusion tea (iced green tea).

Golden Saffron And Cardamom Spiced Chicken Rice Pilau

Richly fragrant golden saffron rice pilaf (pilau) that’s delicately scented with rose water & studded with pistachios, almonds, and sultanas, combined with moist, tender chunks of chicken infused with lemon, yogurt and musky spices: this is a fabulous one-dish meal!…

Godiva Pistachio Torte

Divine.

Goan Coconut Cake Baath

Refrigerating overnight gives the semolina time to soak up the sweet coconut liquid, resulting in a softer, more tender crumb.