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• 1 1/2 lb Cuscus
• 1 large spoon of oil
• 1 tea spoon of salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 large onions
• 2 spoons (medium) of butter
• 5 slices of lamb meat
• 1 cup garbanzi beans
• 2 potatoes
• 2 jalapenos
• 1/2 spoon chili pepper
• 2 spoons tomato paste |
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Pour oil in a frying pan; add the meat and slices of onions. Cook it until its turn yellow. Add some spices, tomato, beans and 1/2 cups of water. Cook for 2 hrs under low heat. Add some water if necessary. Keep turning the mixture from time to time. Cut the 4 large onions in thin round sizes and put them in a saucepan under the low heat. Cook it until it turns yellow. Add butter and a little salt, chili or pepper. Leave it until it cooked. Add the round slices of onions into the sauce and while the sauce is cook, add the cucus and a spoon of oil and salt. Steam it for the period. Serve it with some sauce pour on it. |
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Sharba Libiya (Libyan Soup) |
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• 1/2 to 1/3 lb. lamb meat cut into small pieces
• 1/4 cup oil or "samn" (vegetable ghee)
• One large onion
• 1 table spoon tomato paste
• 2 -3 tomatoes
• 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup orzo, salt, red pepper, Libyan spices (Hararat) or cinnamon |
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Sauté the onion with meat in oil
Add parsley and sauté until meet is brown.
Add chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, spices, and stir while sizzling.
Add enough water to cover meat, simmer on medium heat until meat is cooked.
Add more water if needed, and bring to a boil.
Add orzo, simmer until cooked.
Before serving, sprinkle crushed dried mint leaves, and squeeze fresh lemon juice to taste. |
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more parsley can be added at the end when the orzo is almost cooked to give fresher parsley flavor.
Spices may be added to the meat while sautéing so it will absorb the salt and the spices. Then add the tomato and simmer longer for the tomato to be cooked in the oil.
Substitute chicken or beef for lamb
Add uncooked soaked chickpeas with the meat
Add cilantro with parsley. |
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Sweets |
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Magrood (Date-Filled Cookies) |
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Mix all ingredients together.
Take a handful of the mixture, and begin shaping into a ball.
Roll out the date ball into a long, finger-wide "snake." |
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Ghreyba |
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• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 3-4 cups of flour |
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- Mix "samn" and sugar well.
- Add flour gradually and mix.
- Shape into little balls and press down gently to flatten into shape.
- Garnish with an almond.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 400 ƒF (200 ƒC) for 10 to 15 minutes. |
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Basboosa |
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• 1 lb. semolina
• 3 Tbl. sp. melted "samn" (veg. shortening)
• 1-1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup peeled almonds
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder |
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Mix the sugar and yogurt in a bowl.
Add the other ingredients and mix well.
Set mixture in a greased baking pan, slice into portions, and let it sit for 6 hours.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350 ƒF (177 ƒC) and remove when it is yellowish in color.
Place an almond on each piece, slice again along original cuts, and return into oven until golden brown.
Remove cake from oven, cool it, then pour syrup over its surface. |
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• 1-1/2 cup water
• 1-1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. lemon juice |
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Dissolve sugar in heated water and bring to a boil.
Cook on low heat until thick, about 3 minutes.
Mix in lemon juice and remove from heat. |
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Mhalbiya ( Rice Pudding ) |
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• 5 cups of whole milk
• 5 heaping spoons of rice flour
• 1 cup of sugar
• 3 to 5 tbl. sp. of 'atr (extract of scented geranium) If 'atr is not available , orange blossom water can be used. |
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In a sauce pan add the sugar to 4 cups of milk and let it warm up gently on low-medium heat to speed up the dissolution process.
Add rice flour to the remaining cup of milk and stir it well, until there are no lumps.
Gradually pour flour-milk mixture into the saucepan, stirring constantly and very gently on low heat, until the mixture starts to bubble.
Mix in the 'atr or the orange blossom water.
Pour into small custard dishes and cool to room temperature.
Garnish with a sprinkle of ground cinnamon or crushed nuts. |
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