Junaid

A spicy chicken and rice dish based on the classic west African ‘jollof’ rice. Food blogging

Chai Latte; a black tea drink with desi spices and steamed milk. Last week I had a

Irish soda bread: basic but wholesome! Following on from my wholemeal pancakes I tried this Irish soda bread that uses

Chin Chin; An ever so moreish fried pastry snack from Nigeria and popular throughout West Africa. Typically flavoured

  Carrot Cupcakes with salted caramel frosting topped with fudge sprinkles. Ok first your thinking

Easy & Light Lemon Coriander Chicken Couscous Being a sucker for all things lemon and my favourite herb

Homemade Baked Beans – 100% on the stove top and better than tinned! What makes baked beans so

Aubergine Curry ~ vegetarian / vegan friendly and packed full of spices! I like finding new ways

Lemon Ricotta Cake ~ a light yet moist cake, flavoured with tangy lemon zest and a covering layer

No-Churn Mango Ice Cream ~ sweet, creamy (doh!) and exotic Recently I’ve been trying a lot of This

Refined sugar-free Fig, Date & Honey Ice Cream. Naturally sweetened fig date honey ice cream, very

Almond Cupcakes ~ flavoured with deep, nutty, french bitter almond extract, brightened with the zest

Sweet Lemon & Cardamom Rolls ~ sweet, sticky, tangy, aromatic yeasted buns ideal for breakfast, brunch or dessert!

Part-Wholemeal Bread Rolls flavoured with bitter nigella seeds (habbatul barakah) and sesame seeds that become lovely

English Madeira Cake ~ A cake with a firm yet light texture, similar to pound cake and

Qatari Al Rangina ~ Sweet, sticky dates in a cinnamon spiced butter ‘sauce’ This month’s MENA Cooking Club host

As-Salam Alaikum / Greetings Dear Reader, Today I’m revisiting an old favourite of mine, the Victoria

Chocolate Cream Cake ~ Cocoa flavoured sponge cake filled with whipped cream and topped with a thin

Chtitha Lham ~ Algerian Lamb / Mutton & Chickpea Stew, another dish fit for your EID Al

Merguez Shakshuka ~ North African spiced lamb sausage in an onion, pepper and tomato sauce topped with

Fellow Blogger Recipe Feature or FBRF is a new short feature coming to the blog. Each time I

Fellow Blogger Recipe Feature: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe by This Muslim Girl Bakes. I’ve made

Bursting with butter, Brioche Brioche is a very rich, yet beautifully light and fluffy French bread / pastry. It’s

Date & Walnut Tea Loaf Cake has; a super tender crumb, sweet chewiness from dates and just

Tarte Au Citron – Lemon Tart A buttery sweet shortcrust pastry, encasing a rich baked

Large /Jumbo/ Bakery-style/ Muffin-top Chocolate Chip Muffins. This is the best chocolate chip muffin recipe I’ve

Chilled chicken sweetcorn pasta salad, I can think of nothing better to eat for Lunch

Braised Kabouya – Pumpkin / Butternut Squash. A quick & easy side dish, flavoured simply with

Green Beans with Lamb Tagine or Loubia Khadra bel Lham, is a simply flavoured yet tasty

Super easy Citrus Cardamom Honey Yogurt Cake. First of all being English I should know we

Asalamu Alaikum, This was my first time baking viennese whirls biscuits, as you can see

Mutton with Freekeh (green wheat) – a rich meaty dish full of fibre and protein. First there

Fresh and zingy lemon drizzle scones filled with mascarpone and strawberry jam.   After making buttermilk

Healthier Part Whole Wheat Pizza Dough   My family favour white bread over brown and pizza is

As-Salaamu Alaykum, Chicken Tikka Masala is arguably the most popular foreign dish in the UK.It

My favourite soups & stews to be serving in these colder months. Even in Algeria North Africa

  This humble stew is one of many I have on the blog but somehow

Moroccan Spiced Chicken Tagine with Artichoke, Fennel and Peas. Also known as Sunshine On A Plate! It feels

A plateful of this warming Jwaz Zitoun – Olive Stew is in order, now the temperatures are slowly

Djouez bel khorchef – Tagine with Cardoons. It turns out I’ve been spelling ‘Jwaz’ wrong. Djouez is another word

Sorry I’m late posting this week’s recipe for Golden Vegetable Rice. My recent recipes have been

Glazed Banana Bread ~ A sweet, gently warming cinnamon and ginger spiced banana quick-bread with colourful glaze.

Banana Beetroot Blast ~ A delicious and nutritious drink! I mentioned in my last post that I’d jumped on

Djibouti was the country assigned for this months MENA Cooking Club challenge. Djibouti is a small country

Imam Bayildi made even easier! and a Turkish delight of a dish. The name translates to ‘the Imam

Smooth, velvety Turkish Red Lentil Soup (Kirmizi Mercimek Çorbasi)… Recently I was bowled over by the flavours in Maryam’s Turkish