What are some great dinner ideas? My mother in law is coming to visit!! ;o)?
I love Arab food and particularly love 'meze' - just having hummous and babaghanoush on pita bread, with yogurt/cucumber salad and stuffed vegetablesYum! But tonight I'm going to try Zarama's receipe - just checked and I have all the ingredients!
Lebanes each little thing Spanish Paella, Tortillas Gaspacho yummm Mexican Nachos burritos (on occasion) Egyptian Kosharyyyyyyy French what ? the French have a delicacies ?!! Italian each little thing notably Calzone !! chinese language Orange hen , Cherry hen Indian not a huge fan of the curry , mister no like !!
I like certain arabic dishes.The north african couscous is delicious, as is the taboulleh (cold couscous salad), the kebabs (what the spanish call pinchitos morunos that are either lamb or chicken pieces soaked in a mixture of spices then put on a skewer and grilled (in Spain they are also made of pork, which evidently the muslims in islamic countries do not use)the Tajines I especially like chicken tajineand in sweets, the morrocan Cornes de Gazelle pastries are exquisite) Further to the east, the lebanese Kibe are delicious (the only way I'll eat (and enjoy) lamb, which is a meat I do not really like, they are made of minced lamb filled with pine nutsThen there is all the variety of middle eastern pastries such as baklava made of filo pastry, honey and nutsAlso there are all the dishes equally greek and middle eastern, such as Shawarma in Turkey (Gyros in Greece).(which is the famous lamb roast (not my favourite at all, but my husband loves it) You can go to recipe websites for either Greece or Turkey and find excellent dishes, native to bothThe flat pita bread is also common to all the mediterranean countriesIn southern Spain there is a similar bread called a mollete the difference being it does have a small amount of leavening, and is not quite so flat(great for breakfast with a drizzling of olive oil) To tell the truth, my extra favourite food is mexican, I lived in Mexico several years and learned to love the cookingFollowed by french, spanish and italianBut one must admit there are wonderful dishes in countries all over the world!
I love Arabic food especially the desserts but my favorite is Italian food and then second is Asian
