الموضوع: Cooking Tunisian/ Morrocan Food with MiMi

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Ingredients
a cup of margarine butter
a half cup icing sugar
one tsp. vanilla
three of cups of flower... less or more... dough must be soft
Jam
Directions
Mix butter + sugar then add flour gradually till you form soft dough, do not knead use your fingers to form the dough

Divide into 3 balls then roll the dough into a rectangular shape 1/2 cm width. Cut with cookie cutter
Preheat oven at 350 F and bake for 12 to15 min

How to cook basmati rice

For 4 to 5 people:

Ingredients

two cups of basmati rice

a ¼ tsp. of cumin

three cloves

one tsp. of all spices

two cardamoms or 1 tsp. of cardamom powder

Pepper and salt to taste

four tbsp. oil

three cups of hot water

Directions:

Soak basmati rice for 30 min prior to cooking


After 30 min rinse the rice a least 3 times, In a pan fry all the spices on medium heat for 2 min than add rice, fry fro 2min, add water and stir well cover the pan tightly and cook it on medium heat for 5 min until the rice level is equal to the water level


Lower the heat to low- and cook the rice for additional 15-20 min


Serve with some grilled meat, poultry or fish

Omani rice


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two cups of basmati rice

half a bag of biryani rice spices, optional


two finely diced onions

one tbsp. tomato past

one tsp. of cumin

two cloves

one tsp. of all spices

two cardamoms or 1 tsp. of cardamom powder

Pepper and salt to taste

one tsp. flakes of chilli pepper , optional

four tbsp. of ghee


five cups of water

half a chicken or a whole chicken

half a cup parsley

two tbsp. of batter mixed with 1 tbsp. minced ginger and 3 cloves of minced garlic


Directions:

Soak basmati rice for 30 min prior to cooking

In a pan add the water + chicken+ Indian spices and cook on a low heat

After 30 min rinse the rice a least 3 times and check if the chicken is cooked


In another pan, fry onions on medium heat till the onion are dark brown than add the tomato paste and all spices and fry for 2 min, after that add 3 cups of the chicken water and stir well, add rice and parsley to the water, mix and let the water boil until it reach the level of rice, cover the pan, then simmer on a low heat for 15-20 min
Tips

in a pan fry the cooked chicken in a small amount of ghee as to get that golden brown look
decorate with fried nuts
you can also fry some shrimp and scallops, cut the cooked chiken into cubes and mix with rice