This isn’t an authentic Moroccan dish, but uses couscous, chick peas and Ras El Hanout which is an amazing Moroccan spice blend. There are so many flavors packed into this easy little dish! The raisins give it sweetness, the feta rich saltiness, … Continue reading
We had a bottle of fire roasted red peppers in the cupboard so I decided to make roasted red pepper hummus! This recipe on Inspired Tastes looked perfect, but I didn’t do the steps separately, just threw everything in at … Continue reading
Update 4/7/14: Try this great tip from Smitten Kitchen and peel the garbanzo beans! It makes the hummus sooo smooth! I’m not a huge hummus person, but my husband Tejas likes to have it around for “healthy” snacking. It is … Continue reading
This yellow rice is a perfect accompaniment to Cape Malay vegetable curry. Most recipes I have seen online don’t include sauteed onions, but I think they are essential! The yellow comes from the use of turmeric. This will serve 8 … Continue reading
For our honeymoon, Tejas and I went to South Africa and the highlight of food on the trip for me was this Cape Malay curry they served at a restaurant on the Cape Town Waterfront. It was tomato based, sweet, … Continue reading
Here is a great Cape Malay spice mix to use in Cape Malay curries and other dishes. It is adapted from this recipe on food.com. I only made 1/3 of batch of the original recipe and reduced the amount of … Continue reading
A few months ago I ran across a Moroccan spice mix called rasel hanout and decided to order it based on fantastic reviews on Amazon. The spice mix apparently has over 35 ingredients! I finally opened it up to make Moroccan … Continue reading
It is so hot suddenly! Perfect time for a light salad. This started out as a falafel salad, but the falafel we had in the freezer tasted like the freezer and suddenly toasted sunflower seeds and raisins sounded so good, … Continue reading
A few years ago, I had this pomegranate walnut stew at a Persian restaurant and I thought WOW. Of course, the next step was to try and make it. So I fussed around online and put together a recipe a … Continue reading