Recipes

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

You know the story; mother-in-law cooked it first, I copied – adding a bit of

These lemon scones may just be my best scones to date….. Scones are my go-to

Upma – Simple South Indian Semolina Breakfast I’m away from blogging any new recipes right now,

Algerian Cookies Boussou La Tmssou ‘Kiss it don’t touch it’ melt in your mouth mini ghee

Roasted Tomato Soup Sweet, slightly smoky, silky smooth roasted tomato soup flavoured with roasted garlic

Date Walnut Cookies – Crisp edges, soft-ish chewy centres, studded with sweet, sticky date and earthy walnut pieces. These cookies will

Rough on the outside, soft and chewy scone-like inside, tangy Apricot and Yogurt Oatmeal ‘Cookies’ are good for breakfast

The recipe I followed for this delicious dreamlike shortbread biscuits is taken from Lorraine Pascales

Orange Black Seed Cinnamon Rolls are a zesty Middle Eastern twist on classic Cinnamon Rolls. I’ve been

Orange Raisin Scones; sugar encrusted quick-breads, studded with raisins and flavoured with sweet citrus zest.

Lemon Meringue Roulade with home-made lemon curd. Deliciously light and lemony! My Pinterest board ‘Bakes &

Rose Tahini Cookies. The classic flavours of many a eastern dessert packed into a batch

Rfiss / Tamina with Dates; An easy Algerian sweet of toasted semolina mixed with butter,

After watching this years #GBBO bakers make Tiramisu cake… Then Mary Berry & ”the male

Coffee and Walnut cake is a favourite in my home and I hope it will

Eat your greens, yes ma’am. Lebanese style lentil spinach vermicelli soup.  Brighter days with bitterly cold

Mouskoutchou a light and spongy Algerian cake. Traditionally flavoured with citrus zest and/or vanilla. I’ve put

The Great British Classic that Nan would store away in her cake tin even she