lebanese dinner

well my blog is turning out to be a food blog more than anything...but then, this is about my interests and i love cooking....so there sure is gonna be lots of recipes on it..and these days as i have time on my hand, trying new cuizines is something i am doing at the moment...and well, i am finding out that its turning really good...thats the process i am enjoying right now....making exotic sounding dishes at home....and i hope to incorporate it on a day to day basis....there is nothing exotic about the ingredients!!! trust me, most of the stuff will be in your home daily...and the taste is out of this world...having satisfaction of being able to cook some awesome dishes in the same time is something you have to do to feel......

and imagine the variety u get sitting in ur home!! all u people out there....have to try making these dishes at home and enjoy the feeling it gives :) :)

so today for dinner i had: hummus, baba ghanoush, pita bread and salad

hummus:
ingredients:

1. 2 cups boiled kabuli chana (garbanzo beans)
2. 3 cloves garlic
3. 2 tbsp olive oil
4. 2 tbsp tahini sauce
5. 4 tbsp lemon juice
6. salt and black pepper to taste

Method:

blend everything in a mixture/ blender to form a smooth creamy paste...

enjoy!!!! 

baba ghanoush:

ingredients:

1. 1 pound eggplant (bharte vala baigan)
2. 3 tbsp tahini sauce
3. 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
4. 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
5. 3 tbsp lemon juice (or to taste)
6. salt and pepper to taste

Method:

• Roast the egg plant on flame till the skin is charred.
• let it cool....then peel the skin...chop into big pieces
• add all the ingredients to the eggplant and blend it in a blender (if u like it in paste) or else finely chop the eggplant like in bharta and then add everything and mix well.

Pita bread

I made the bread exactly following this recipe...PITA BREAD RECIPE....so please check that out...i just added 1 tbsp vegetable oil to it...and the other difference was in cooking...i didnt bake it in oven but cooked it on iron pan (tava) which we use for chapatis...also, please roll the pita bread as we would roll the chapati...dont keep it too thick...if its too thick it tends to become rubbery...

Steps in pita bread making

stage 1

Stage 2: after fermentating (1 and half hour)

Step 3: Cut into small pieces with a knife and then rolled into balls- allow to sit for ten minutes before rolling out the dough
Step 4: roll into a chapati, sorry dont have a pic for it

Step 5: nicely puffed up pita bread....cook it till brown spots seen

Salad

I just chopped some cabbage, one tomato, half onion, some coriander (cilantro)....added some salt, pepper a dash of lime, some cheese, one tbsp olive oil and mixed them all well together....and trust me it was yummy!!

with this your meal is ready!!!! and trust me, this wrap is so tasty...just spread hummus on ur pita bread, put on some baba ghanoush, top it off with salad....and bite into this delicious wrap.....its simply awesome :)

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