Our secret recipe to bake a yummy Arabic bread

Arabic Bread
Ingredients
4 cups flour
1 tablespoon milk powder
1 tablespoon dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons soft butter
1¾ cup water

Preparation

- Preheat the oven to 450 °C.
- Mix flour, sugar, salt, yeast and milk powder.
- Add butter and stir well and then knead with water.
- Cut the dough into rounded pieces and spread.
- Bake in the preheated oven on a hot stone for 8 minutes until it rises.

The dough can be filled in many ways:
1
- Spread the dough and shape like a circle.
- Garnish the dough with yellow cheese, tomato, olive oil and thyme on a shape of a rose.
- Place in a preheated oven to 450 °C until it is baked then serve hot.
2
- Cut the bread straight across into two pieces, top and bottom.
- Put Mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, or layers of Mozzarella and chicken pieces and fold with the crust.
- Place on a hot greased pan and turn when browned.
- Wrap in aluminum foil and place in a medium oven until warm.
3
- Garnish the bread with tomato rings, cheese, thyme and olive oil.
- Bake in a medium oven until done.

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Semolina Cake in Chocolate Cups with whipped cream

Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter, for greasing pan
¾ cup milk
¼ cup plain yogurt
1 ⅓ cups sugar
2 ½ cups semolina flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ cup melted, clarified butter
1 ½ cups candied fruits (optional)
⅓ cup shredded coconut
Hot Sugar Syrup
1¼ cup melted dark chocolate, for the cups
Whipped cream or golden Meringue for garnish

Method
● Preheat oven to 180˚C (350˚F). Grease a rectangular cake pan (20 x 30cm /
8x12in) with butter. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
● In a large bowl, combine milk, yogurt and sugar; stir to completely dissolve sugar. In another bowl, mix semolina flour, baking powder, and vanilla; add to the milk mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until well combined. Stir in clarified butter until smooth. Add candied fruits and coconut and mix well. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and smooth surface.
● Bake for 35 minutes, or until golden.
● Remove cake pan from oven. Turn off oven, pour warm syrup over cake and return to oven. Close oven door halfway, and let cake and oven cool.
● Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate cups: Fill a cupcake liner with about 1 tablespoon melted chocolate. Use a small spoon to cover bottom and sides of liner with chocolate, pouring off any excess. Repeat with remaining liners, returning all to pans. Refrigerate pans and liners until firm.
● Gently peel off liners and arrange cups on a serving plate. Scoop basbousa into chocolate cups and garnish with whipped cream or golden meringue.

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Lokaymat (Saffron Bites)

Ingredients
1 teaspoon active yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
2 ½ cups warm water
½ teaspoon saffron
1 egg
2 tablespoons oil
3½ cups all-purpose flour
Oil for deep frying
Cane or date molasses, to serve
Sesame , to garnish

Method
● In a small bowl dissolve yeast and sugar in ½ cup water, and leave for 5 minutes until foamy.
● Infuse saffron in ½ cup water and put aside.
● Beat egg and oil with the remaining water, in an electric mixer, on medium speed.
● Add yeast mixture and saffron, continue beating until well combined.
● Add flour gradually, and knead after each addition, to have well combined batter.
● Cover and let rise in a warm place for an hour.
● Heat oil over medium heat. Alongside the bowl of batter, have a small bowl of oil.
● Take some batter (the size of pistachio) with the tip of a small spoon. Using another oiled small spoon, carefully slip batter from spoon into hot oil. (It will puff into a larger ball).
● Deep fry until golden brown, turning to brown evenly.
● Drain on a paper towel, serve with cane or date molasses or sprinkle some sesame to garnish

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Helen Flanagan joins celebrities paying tribute to Nelson Mandela after he dies aged 95

Helen Flanagan has paid tribute to Nelson Mandela after 

he passed away aged 95 yesterday.

The ex-Coronation Street actress, 23, uploaded a picture of

 the former South African President to 

her Instagram page last night, overlaid with a moving quote.

The inspirational message read: 'There is no passion to be 

found playing small - in settling for a life that is less 

than the one you are capable of living.'

'RIP Nelson Mandela ❤,' Helen captioned the photo.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson spent 27 years in prison 

before being elected South Africa's first black 

president in 1994.

 

His administration replaced the racist apartheid regime, 

which had enforced segregation of black and white 

people.

Many other celebrities have paid their respects online 

since Nelson's death was announced.

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Jamelia: My violent ex could have killed me but I've forgiven him for beating me to the ground

Jamelia has revealed that she's forgiven the boyfriend who used to beat her.
The singer, 32, was regularly hit and emotionally abused during her 3-year relationship with a violent ex but refuses to let the painful memories affect her anymore.
'I'll never regret leaving my ex, but the strange thing is he and I are now friends. I've 100% forgiven him,' says Jamelia.
'I think he was stupid and cowardly for making me suffer, but if I was to hold a grudge against him for the rest of my life then I wouldn't be able to move on with my life and I'm so happy right now.'
Jamelia admits that she cut herself off from her family while with her abusive partner and would often have to act upbeat during interviews despite being 'beaten to the ground only hours earlier'.
The mum-of-two went on to marry footballer Darren Byfield but they split in 2007 and she's now happily focusing on her new position as a Loose Women panellist.
'I was only 18 when the abuse started. It was also a very successful time for me. If I had a split lip or a bruise I could conceal it with make-up or an excuse,' Jamelia tells the Daily Mirror.
'He could've killed me, of course. The scariest thing was leaving. The psychological fear is much worse than being hit.
'When I left I thought: "Oh no, he's definitely going to get me back for this," and that didn't happen. He realised that impact he'd had.'

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Malban (Turkish Delight )

Ingredients
2 cups water
½ cup cornstarch
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons rose water
Red food coloring
Large amount of powdered sugar and cornstarch

Method
● Bring ¾ cup of the water to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and set aside.
● In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, dissolve cornstarch in remaining 1¼ cups water. Place pan over medium heat and gradually add the boiled water, whisking constantly, until well combined. Add 2 cups of the powdered sugar all at once, whisking constantly until sugar is dissolved. Gradually add remaining 2 cups sugar, stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Add rose water and few drops of red food coloring. Stir until combined.
● Mix powdered sugar and cornstarch and place half the mixture in a baking dish. Spread cooked sugar mixture in an even layer over the top. Let cool for a while, then cover with another large amount of sugar-cornstarch mixture. Let cool completely.
● Using an oiled knife, cut Malban into squares. Arrange on a plate, shaking off excess sugar and cornstarch.

Variations
● Substitute rose water with mint essence or orange blossom water, and red food coloring with green or orange
● Fold in ½ cup chopped, toasted nuts (hazelnuts or almonds) and substitute rose water with 2 teaspoons vanilla or ground mystique. Do not add food coloring.

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Pasta with Chermoula Sauce

Ingredients:
For Chermoula sauce
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
Oil for brushing
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
8 tomatoes, diced
Salt and pepper
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon chili powder

For the pasta
2 cups pasta, cooked and drained
Chopped parsley leaves and roasted almond slices for garnish

Method:

- Brush colored bell peppers with oil and grill on direct flame or oven till skin color turns brown.
- Place pepper in plastic bag and seal for few minutes till soften, peel, remove seeds and chop.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat, stir in onion and garlic till translucent.
- , Add tomatoes, season with salt and pepper cumin & chili powder.
- Leave mixture for about 20 minutes or until sauce thickened.
- Add chopped grilled pepper and stir for about 5 minutes.
- Mix pasta with sauce and place in a serving plate.
- Garnish pasta with chopped parsley and almond slices.

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Mena Jalal: "almourafaa" a shift in my singing career

Confirmed the young actress Jalal Mena that their participation in the series of "almourafaa" will be a new shift in the her career.

She added Mena in a statement to Masrawy: "embody for the first time the role of the mother, a personal vehicle by many of the details, which is what attracted me to make work", describing the action as a "combination" characteristic of the events that will attract the viewer, as well as a combination of the stars.

"pleadings" by Tamer Abdel Moneim, starring Farooq Fishawi, on behalf of Yakhour, Samiha Ayoub, Mohsen Mohiuddin, Shirin Reda, Dolly Chahine, Jalal Mena, directed by Omar Sheikh.

It is worth mentioning that Mena is preparing to run for more

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Mackie with Ahly And Jaipur with Zamalek

Said Mr. Marei, business agent players, that William Jaipur player Ahli Tripoli, approached the termination of his contract with the club Zamalek.

Mari added, in broadcast remarks, that Zamalek offered to pay 250 thousand dollars for the player, while demand Jaipur 350 thousand, is expected to reach the center of the amount to terminate the contract.

Explained agent players, that there is a combined session player Ahmed Hassan Makki, Sheikh Tahir and a board member of Ahli and responsible trades, in which he confirmed that the Sheikh of the player he was in the civil matter of time.

He Marei:'' player after an agreement with the Department of Ayman Hafni Ahli the transition to its ranks, offering a large display Zamalek to put pressure on the player in order to sign him, at which time it wants to join Al Ahli player lowest price''

However:'' disrupted Hafni deal because of the large display Zamalek, and became the position of the player and the two clubs are still equal negotiations are continuing''.

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Sumac Roasted Turkey

Ingredients:
1 turkey (4 kilo)
½ cup rock salt
7 large onion, peeled
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Salt and pepper
2 bay leaves
½ cup olive oil
1/3 cup sumac
2 cups chicken stock or water
Lavash or saj bread
Parsley, chopped
Pine nuts, toasted
Method:
- Rinse turkey inside out with water, pat dry and trim excess fat.
- Dissolve salt in enough cold water to cover the turkey, keep aside for 2 hours.
- Rinse and pat dry.
- Slice 5 onions and quarter the other two.
- Mix quartered onion with cinnamon, nutmeg, bay leaves and season with salt and pepper.
- Stuff the cavity with the onion mixture.
- Heat half the oil in a sautéing pan, add sliced onion and cook for about 5 minutes or until translucent.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Stir in sumac, season with salt and pepper, set aside.
- Loosen the skin around the bird carefully with your fingers.
- Place sumac mixture under the skin, season.
- Rub the bird with remaining oil.
- Place over roasting pan rack, with water or chicken stock.
- Cover loosely with foil and place in the oven for about one and half hour.
- Remove the foil and baste the bird with the pan juice every 30 minutes for anther one and half hour.
- Arrange bread in a large serving plate, sprinkle with liquid from the pan.
- Place turkey over the bread, garnish with parsley and pine nuts.

 

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The death of the British media Beaches Geldof at the age of 25 years

She died writer and television presenter British Beaches Geldof 25 years, leaving behind a family of a husband and two kids.

Said musician Bob Geldof's father Beaches confirming her death we feel great pain, was the most spontaneous and playful and intelligent and open-minded and the most craziest in all of us.

He said what a beautiful girl, how we can not see it secondly? How it will be possible? I loved it and cherish it forever?

The Beaches has lost her mother, the late television presenter Paula Yates at the age of eleven.

Police said they received a phone call from a house in the Beaches you Monday, adding that at this stage are dealing with the incident as a case of sudden death without explanation, and the officers working at the moment to know the circumstances surrounding the death.

Beaches and published in her last tweet on Twitter a picture of her and her mother and I wrote a comment and my mom, and they may Yates died of a drug overdose, and has suffered due to the death of her mother Bichiz for many years.

Beaches and is married to musician Thomas Cohen, and has two children.

Cohen said that we loved Beaches I and my children, will love it forever.

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Roasted chicken with potato

Ingredients:
1 Whole chicken (1 ½ kg)
½ Cup fresh parsley, chopped
½ Cup green coriander, chopped
2 Tablespoon dill, chopped
Salt & white pepper
2 Tablespoon soft butter
For stuffing
1 Cup parsley & coriander sprigs
2 Small onion (quarters)
For Potato
1 Kg boiled potato (unpeeled)
1 Teaspoon finely minced garlic
1 Teaspoon nutmeg powder
Salt & pepper
2 Cups cooking cream
1 Cup milk

Method:
- Wash the chicken with water, drain and set aside.
- Mix the parsley with coriander and dill in a pot, then season with salt and pepper and add butter.
- Stuff the chicken with parsley, dill and onions.
- Season the chicken under skin with herbs and butter using your fingers carefully then fold the wings behind.
- Heat the oven to 180 °c.
- Mash the boiled potatoes in a deep pot with garlic, the season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- Add the cream and milk and mix the ingredients until we have a thick liquid mixture.
- Pour the mixture over a rectangular oven tray then place the chicken in the middle and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.
- Place the tray in the oven for one and a half hours or until the chicken is well cooked (the cooking duration depends on the chicken's weight).
- Serve it warm with the mashed potato.

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Ministry of Youth nominate Menna Arafa ambassador for Vanguards

Nominated by the Ministry of Youth and Sports actress Menna Arafa to be ambassador to Vanguard and Vanguard leads the team to deliver a number of songs.

The artist said it Arafa - Technical Bulletin - she met Chancellor Adli Mansour at the book fair and commended the role in the Vanguard team.

She has completed the filming of'' neighbors happiness", which is due to be presented on April 14 next year.

The film revolves within the framework of comic social spry young man lives in an apartment and neighbors apartment the other group of children, and participate in the tournament group of artists whom Sameh Hussein, Saad Saghir, Myrna Mohandes, Child Mazen and a group of children, and the film is written by Ahmad Issa.

In the context of the drama, continue; Menna Arafa film the series' Saraya Abdeen'', and participates in the serial artists: Yosra, Nelly Karim, Lebanese Noor, Dalia Mustafa, Qusai Kholi, Salah Abdullah, Mai Kassab, Inge submitted, Joseph Fawzi, Khaled Sarhan, artist Syrian Abdulhakim Ktefan, and directed by: Amr Arafa, and the formation of: Heba Mishari.

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Upside-down grape leaves and lamb chops

Upside-down grape leaves and lamb chops 

Ingredients / for lamb chops

3 Tablespoons olive oil 

1/2 kilo lamb chops 

For grape leaves

1 jar grape leaves 

2 cup medium grain rice (Egyptian rice)

1 large onion, chopped

1/2 cup parsley leaves, chopped

1/4 cup chopped dill, chopped

2 large tomatoes, chopped

4 tablespoons tomato paste

1/2 teaspoon chili pepper(optional)

1 teaspoon ground spices (cumin,mint,nutmeg)

4 Tablespoons olive oil 

2 cups hot chicken stock 

1/4 cup lemon juice 

sliced tomato and lemon wedges for garnish 

Method

- Heat oil in a saucepan over a medium heat, brown lamb chops for few minutes, season with salt and pepper and set aside. 

- Rinse grape leaves and drain. 

- Wash rice, rinse and drain, add onion, herbs, tomato, 2 spoon of tomato paste.

- Season mixture with salt, pepper and other spices, add 2 spoons of oil and mix.

- Lay grape leaf flat on a plate (shiny side down).

- Place about one to two teaspoon of the rice mixture near bottom of the leaf (stem end), the amount of stuffing will depend on the size of the leaves.

- Press stuffing into a small sausage-like shape.

- Fold the sides of the leaf over the filling toward the center, and then roll up firmly but not too tight into a cylinder shape. 

- Line bottom with lamb chops.

- Layer rolled leaves in the pot in circular way.

- Mix 2 cups of stock with lemon juice, oil and remaining tomato paste, season with salt and pepper.

- Add the liquid mixture to the pot; place a heatproof plate on top.

- Cook over medium high heat until boiling, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 35 to 45 minutes or until leaves are tender.

- Let cool before serving and garnish with sliced tomato and lemon wedges.

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Said Saleh 's daughter : My father's wife is being exploited and prevent me from visiting him in spite of his Alzheimer's disease

Hend said the daughter of renowned artist Saeed Saleh said that her stepmother prevent them from entering the home in which my father , who lives since he married her in 2008 , suffers from hypertension and heart condition and then evolved to infection with Alzheimer's disease .
 
She said India during a telephone call to the " last day " , " Wednesday, saying : My mother separated from Saeed Saleh since 1999, and the wife of my father , unfortunately, exploited and expel me when I go there I am , and most of the artists almost as well as members of his family so that his mobile phone was closed ."
 
It continued: " My father's wife exploit the health status of the parents , which does not need a new home he has the apartment belongs to him in Alexandria , which does not have money in the bank , but he needs to help the spirits that are treated first in the hospital because the last known information about his health condition was since 2011, with the continuation of his poor but his wife was not cooperating in it, and I demand to be examined health and treatment . "

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Grilled fish with beetroot taboula

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons dry smoothly grounded coriander
4 tablespoons bruised cumin
4 tablespoons bruised caraway
4 tablespoons bruised cardamoms
2 fish slices ( 150 gm. For each slice) without bones and not skinned
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Directions:
• Mix all ingredients well except for the fish.
• In a cooking tray coated with some oil, add the mixture of ingredients on the fish and leave in the fridge for 2 hours until the ingredients flavor totally penetrates the fish tissues.
• Grill the fish slices for 15 min. Any kind of fish can be used as long as its tissues are healthy and is free of bones (fillet)
• The fish is presented on beetroot taboula salad.

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Sentenced to 3 years and a half for Bayern Munich president

German court issued a sentence of three and a half years against the president of Bayern Munich football team, former international player, Uli Hoeness.

The prosecution had demanded Hoeness jailed for five years on charges of fraud and tax evasion.
The prosecution's argument that the confession of guilt Hoeness was not enough to benefit from the amnesty provided for by German law and that set up to encourage evaders to rectify their tax.

The Hoeness has admitted in court that evade taxes payable amounting to 18 million euros (25 million dollars).
Prosecutors had accused Hoeness tax evasion worth less worth 3.5 million euros, and called for his imprisonment.

Hoeness and keep old 62-year-old, and the winner of the World Cup with his country, a secret bank account in Switzerland.
Hoeness said in court that he felt deep remorse for committing this error.

He added: "I will do whatever is necessary to ensure the closure of that page painful for me."

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Meat loaf with cheese & herbs

Ingredients
2 tablespoon oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 carrot, grated
2 garlic gloves, chopped
½ kilo minced meat
2 eggs
1 cup tomato juice sieved
½ cup rice, powdered or crushed
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoon oregano, or dill, or parsley chopped
salt and pepper

Method
- Preheat oven at 190° degree.
- Heat oil over medium flame in a pan; add onion, bell pepper, carrot, garlic. Stir for about 7-10 minutes until soft, put aside to cool.
- Add the rest of ingredients, season with salt and pepper, mix well.
- Put the mixture in rectangular mould, press to even the surface.
- Bake for an hour, or until fully cooked.
- Cut in slices, serve.
• Meat loaf can be served with rice noodles, cooked rice, pasta sauce, or mashed potato.

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Pear & apple cake

Ingredients:

For cake:
½ cup yogurt
¼ cup apple sauce
¼ cup milk
¾ cup vegetable oil
½ cup prepared coffee
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
½ tablespoon ginger, powder
1 teaspoon vinegar
2 ⅓ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup brown sugar

For garnish:
Sliced pear into 8 pieces
¼ cup butter cubes, at room temperature
1 pear boiled in simple syrup
1 cinnamon stick

Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Beat yogurt with apple sauce, milk, coffee in a bowl using a hand whisk.
- Add ginger (fresh and powder) then vinegar, continue beating.
- Mix dry ingredients with half cup of brown sugar in a bowl.
- Add previous mixture gradually to yogurt mixture.
- Fold in using a spatula or a wooden spoon till well combined.
- Grease rounded cake pan with butter, dust with some flour, and shake off excess.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Arrange pear slices in a circular shape alternatively with butter cubes (as shown in the picture).
- Sprinkle remaining sugar over batter and pear slices.
- Bake for about 35 – 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake and comes out clean.
- Cool cake before serving, garnish with boiled pear (place cinnamon stick in the middle) and drizzle with syrup as desire

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Improve the health status of Mona Zaki

Improved health status of the artist Mona Zaki after undergoing gastric lavage poisoning caused by exposure to a sudden , did not specify the doctors caused so far .

Sources close to the Mona Zaki The health scare suffered by starting this afternoon when I felt a sharp pain in the stomach , before you take her artist husband Ahmad Hilmi to the hospital , the doctors and the person case as a " microbe poisoning led to severe bleeding in the gut ."

The sources added that the artist underwent a quick wash in the stomach , before the situation improves significantly , but the doctors preferred to survival in the hospital that night to check on the stabilization of the situation , before you leave the hospital on Tuesday.

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