Ramadan Series: Episode One: Lahem Bi Ajeen (The Express way)
Ramadan Kareem everyone!!!
It is again this wonderful time of the year where family and friends gather on one table to enjoy Iftar after fasting for long hours. In Jordan we are currently fasting for 16 hours!!! That is really long!! So we actually have 8 hours to eat, drink and almost sleep. Though to someone like me, a working mom with a 4 years old, sleeping is a high commodity. I try to at least get a decent 5 hours of sleep every night as my precious Haroon wakes up at 6 am sharp. So it really doesn't matter that my work starts at 9 am, I still have to be up and running at 6 like a champion.
This month, I promised easy delicious, mostly Arabic recipes that you can fix in a snap. We actually do have a good amount of time for cooking this Ramadan considering that most of us, working women, are at home by 3 pm. Iftar is at almost 8 pm, so that is a nice 5 hours frame to prepare a very nice meal. The only issue is, if you are fasting...do you really have that energy to slave in the kitchen?!!
Iftar meal usually contain main elements that everyone has on their table (unlike regular days) and they are: Soup, Fatoush, Sambosak or Kubbeh, a main dish, and dessert.
In this Ramadan series, I want to enjoy making many of these lovely dishes in a snap. My first recipe to kick this started is Lahem Bi Ajeen; the Arabic term for Meat and dough. So as you can imagine, this dish contains a form of a dough and meat on it. This is a very popular dish in Lebanon where very finely minced lamb (you can use beef) is spread over a dough and baked in a very hot oven. So now you might wonder, how in the world is this a recipe in a snap if I will end up making a dough?!! Well, the answer is easy...you are not!!!
Here is my recipe and I hope...actually I am sure you will enjoy it and your family will devour it and think you are a hero :)
Lahem Bi Ajeen (The Express way)
Ingredients:
3/4 cup finely diced tomatoes, well drained
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/3 cup minced parsley
1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground all spice
1 tsp dried mint
1 clove of garlic
Salt, Pepper to taste
1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 kg minced lean lamb or beef
12 flour tortillas
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together.
Place tortillas on a greased baking sheet and spread 1/4 cup of the mixture on the tortillas. You can add more filling depending on the size of the tortillas. Tortillas, may not be completely covered. Bake at 200 degrees in the oven for 9-12 min until the meat is no longer pink and the edges of the tortillas start to brown. Serve with a green salad, yogurt or Shaninah (Yogurt drink)
It is again this wonderful time of the year where family and friends gather on one table to enjoy Iftar after fasting for long hours. In Jordan we are currently fasting for 16 hours!!! That is really long!! So we actually have 8 hours to eat, drink and almost sleep. Though to someone like me, a working mom with a 4 years old, sleeping is a high commodity. I try to at least get a decent 5 hours of sleep every night as my precious Haroon wakes up at 6 am sharp. So it really doesn't matter that my work starts at 9 am, I still have to be up and running at 6 like a champion.
This month, I promised easy delicious, mostly Arabic recipes that you can fix in a snap. We actually do have a good amount of time for cooking this Ramadan considering that most of us, working women, are at home by 3 pm. Iftar is at almost 8 pm, so that is a nice 5 hours frame to prepare a very nice meal. The only issue is, if you are fasting...do you really have that energy to slave in the kitchen?!!
Iftar meal usually contain main elements that everyone has on their table (unlike regular days) and they are: Soup, Fatoush, Sambosak or Kubbeh, a main dish, and dessert.
In this Ramadan series, I want to enjoy making many of these lovely dishes in a snap. My first recipe to kick this started is Lahem Bi Ajeen; the Arabic term for Meat and dough. So as you can imagine, this dish contains a form of a dough and meat on it. This is a very popular dish in Lebanon where very finely minced lamb (you can use beef) is spread over a dough and baked in a very hot oven. So now you might wonder, how in the world is this a recipe in a snap if I will end up making a dough?!! Well, the answer is easy...you are not!!!
Here is my recipe and I hope...actually I am sure you will enjoy it and your family will devour it and think you are a hero :)
Lahem Bi Ajeen (The Express way)
Ingredients:
3/4 cup finely diced tomatoes, well drained
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/3 cup minced parsley
1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground all spice
1 tsp dried mint
1 clove of garlic
Salt, Pepper to taste
1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 kg minced lean lamb or beef
12 flour tortillas
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together.
Place tortillas on a greased baking sheet and spread 1/4 cup of the mixture on the tortillas. You can add more filling depending on the size of the tortillas. Tortillas, may not be completely covered. Bake at 200 degrees in the oven for 9-12 min until the meat is no longer pink and the edges of the tortillas start to brown. Serve with a green salad, yogurt or Shaninah (Yogurt drink)
رمضان كريم على الجميع وكل عام وانتو بالف خير...
رمضان وقت رائع...لمة العيلة والاحباب على سفرة واحدة بعد افطار يوم طويل...طويل ...طويل....ههههههه الحمد لله 16 ساعة صيام مش اشي سهل....الله يقدرنا عليه وييسر امورنا ونقدر نكمله...الحقيقة رمضان السنة مش سهل علي ابدا خاصة بعد ما رجعت على الشغل ومع انه ساعات الشغل اقل وبداوم على ال 9 بس اللي عندها صغار شو ما كان الدوام متأخر فهي مضطرة تصحى بدري معهم زي الاستاذ هارون اللي عبارة عن منبه بشري دقيق بيصحى على ال 6 زي الساعة!! شو بدي اقوله هاد!!!! مشان الله يا ماما بدي انام!!! انا صاحية على ال 2 اكتب بوست واتسحر ونايمة 4 الفجر!!!! لا اكيد رح يستوعب!!! الله بيعين!
وبالرغم من انه برمضان هاد في وقت كبير للطبخ بس هاتي عاد شوية نشاط بعد الصحيان على ال 6!!! يعني جد بحاول ادور على النشاط مش زابطة!!! مشان هيك لازم ولا بد من وصفات لزيزة وسهلة وسريعة برمضان...
وصفة اليوم للحم بعجين!!! اه لحم بعجين سهل وسريع وبيشهي...شو رأيكم...يلا على المطبخ
لحم بعجين اكسبرس
المقادير:
3/4 كوب بندورة مفرومة ناعم جدا ومصفاة تماما من العصير
1/2 كوب بصل مفروم ناعم جدا
1/3 كوب بقدونس مفروم ناعم
1/4 كوب فلفل اخضر حلو او حار مفروم ناعم جدا
2 ملعقة طعام رب بندورة
ملعقة صغيرة نعنع ناشف
1/4 ملعقة صغيرة قرفة
1/4 ملعقة صغيرة بهار
حبة ثوم مهروس
ملح، فلفل اسود
1/4 ماعقة صغيرة بابريكا
1/2 كيلو لحم خروف بدون دهم او بيف
12 رغيف تورتيلا
الطريقة:
تخلط كل المكونات
توضع ارغفة التورتيلاعلى صينية مدهونة بالزيت
يفرد مقدار 1/4 كوب من الخليط على التورتيلا (ممكن اكثر حسب حجمها ) وليس من الضروري ان تغطي الحشوة كل التورتيلا.
تخبز على 200 لينضج اللحم وتبدأ جوانب التورتيلا بالاحمرار
تقدم مع السلطة واللبن او الشنينة.
المقادير:
3/4 كوب بندورة مفرومة ناعم جدا ومصفاة تماما من العصير
1/2 كوب بصل مفروم ناعم جدا
1/3 كوب بقدونس مفروم ناعم
1/4 كوب فلفل اخضر حلو او حار مفروم ناعم جدا
2 ملعقة طعام رب بندورة
ملعقة صغيرة نعنع ناشف
1/4 ملعقة صغيرة قرفة
1/4 ملعقة صغيرة بهار
حبة ثوم مهروس
ملح، فلفل اسود
1/4 ماعقة صغيرة بابريكا
1/2 كيلو لحم خروف بدون دهم او بيف
12 رغيف تورتيلا
الطريقة:
تخلط كل المكونات
توضع ارغفة التورتيلاعلى صينية مدهونة بالزيت
يفرد مقدار 1/4 كوب من الخليط على التورتيلا (ممكن اكثر حسب حجمها ) وليس من الضروري ان تغطي الحشوة كل التورتيلا.
تخبز على 200 لينضج اللحم وتبدأ جوانب التورتيلا بالاحمرار
تقدم مع السلطة واللبن او الشنينة.
كل سنه و انتي سالمه و يعطيكي الف عافيه
ReplyDeleteالحمدلله احنا عطلوا المدارس من تاني يوم رمضان..فعلى الاقل بنام لل 8!! الى ان تبدا الامتحانات يوم الاربعاء...بنرجع لل 6!!
وصفه روعه واهم شي سهله و سريعه...تسلم ايديكي
وايديكي يا قمر والله يعافيكي....ويقويكم للامتحانان...جد برمضان مو سهل ابدا
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