Kounafa rolls by @shamma_hm

It is a delight we got a contributor from our dear friends here. A very tempting recipe of Kounafa rolls. I must say I will be trying it very soon, just waiting to know that the whole family is gathered around to make it. Thanks @shamma_hm for the recipe 

Ingredients:

For the filling : 

1 almarai cream 

2 cups milk 

2 tablespoons sugar 

1/2 cup corn starch 

Method:

You mix all of the filling ingredients on the stove until it thickens  then you add 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 2 teaspoons rose water 

Let the mix cool then place a tablespoon of the filling on a strip of konafa that was already brushed with gee then start rolling! 

Place it in preheated oven (180c) until the color changes to gold. As soon as you get them out of the oven pour in some sugar syrup (1 cup water+ 1 cup sugar + squeeze of lemon + rose water ) .  Sprinkle with ground pistachio. 

Cream Caramel from scratch

Ramadan Kareem to all of you. May this holy month bear happy moments, peace and comfort. One of the comforts, is definitely iftar and sadaqa to the needy and poor. I have committed myself to upload recipes and I hope they would be of benefit to you and  your loved ones.

I start this Ramadan with something that everybody loves in the family especially my mother. It has become a tradition in our house to bake cream caramel from scratch. We actually buy the packed ones not to eat them but to create other desserts from it. The pictures shall guide you to the simplest recipe to make and present as a light and delightful dessert.

Ingredients:
- Because I'm using home eggs (our own chicken's eggs home produce) they are tiny, so I put 4 to 5 eggs.
- 1 can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 can of water.
- 1/4 tsp cardamom
- Zafron
- Around 1/2 cup of sugar

Method:

1. Mix the eggs and the condensed milk and water together thoroughly

2. Add the cardamom and the zafron to the mixture and blend some more

3. On the oven in a pan, add the sugar and let it melt until it becomes golden brown.

 

4. drizzle some melted sugar and spread it on to the baking pan/s of your choice (i did a mistake here I didnt do it fast enough)

5. on top of the caramel, fill the pan the caramel mixture and put them in a bath of another baking pan and into the oven for 30-5mins on temperature 350F (180C)

6. Bake, make sure you check on the cream caramel, if mixture if firm, then its baked well enough. Take them out of the oven let it cool a bit and put it in the fridge until it is time to serve

7. Serve and indulge the goodness

The recycling of food

What I mean by the recycling of food comes after the saying mom keeps repeating:

كل بايت ولا تاكل مقيل which actually means: eat yesterday's leftovers but not something you ate some of and kept some since early in the day for a later meal.

Recycling of food is to actually use those leftovers to prepare a totally different meal. Let me give you examples.

How many times have you grilled chicken and nobody ate it or let us say a large portion was left behind?

Ever thought of recycling that chunk of meat into something much more edible?

How about preparing, shawerma sandwiches with it? or a pasta mix, even something easier chicken soup with mushrooms or any other type of soup? Here we go? This is called recycling?

I remember my sister and myself once transformed grilled fish into mini fish koftas with parsley and lemon. It was yummy.

A fruit salad can end up as a smoothie.

So basically everything can be recycled in life, not only materials but also and especially food!