Mandi, a traditional dish prepared in the middle-east is flavorful and subtly spiced with a slight hint of smokiness from the charcoal. Traditionally Mandi is prepared in an oven, but this time I thought why not try it on a stove-top. It yielded the exact same results as that of the traditional oven baked mandi….
Category: Middle-East
Arabian Spiced Baked Fish
Cooking an entire fish is pretty easy and can be done in an oven or on your barbecue grill. It hardly takes time as most of the work is done by the fishmonger. I discovered this spiced fish in a seafood restaurant in Qatar. And ever since I feasted on it I always wanted to…
Chicken Mandi
Mandi is a traditional yemeni dish and is now cooked widely in arab countries. The word “Mandi” comes from the arabic word “nada” which means dew. Mandi is usually prepared in an underground pit lined with clay and the meat is suspended in the air above the rice. The steam from the coals cooks the…
Israeli Salad
I never knew what the actual name of this salad was when I first ate it. It was so refreshing and light. I quite liked it. It is not called Israeli Salad in Israel but the dish definitely originated from there. In Israel, its called by another name “Salat Katzutz”. This salad is healthy and…
Yellow Rice/ Turmeric rice
This Yellow rice is simple, easy to make and delicious. It is one of my favorites. I first tried this dish in Qatar, in one of the restaurants, and I fell in love with it. This is one dish that you can serve it with anything you like. I usually serve this with a salad…
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