Egyptian ful medames

In my cooking frenzy I came across this recipe, and it has become one of my favorites. You can cook a fair amount and freeze it in portions. It is excellent with pitta bread, or Iraqui bread if you can find it, with boiled eggs, fried eggs, tomato salad or fresh herbs. It is cheap and extremely tasty. I found the recipe on The Guardian. 1kg whole dried fava beans 1 garlic clove 1 red onion 45g fresh coriander 20g fresh parsley Juice of 2 or 3 large lemons 1 small hot chilli ¼ tsp cayenne ¼ tsp cinnamon 3 heaped tsp cumin 500-700ml jar passata 2 heaped tsp tomato puree 3 heaped tsp sugar (or more to taste) 100ml sunflower oil (plus oil for frying) Salt and black pepper 1 Soak the beans overnight. Drain, place in a pan, cover with plenty of water and cook for around one hour until tender. 2 Chop the onion and garlic until very fine (or puree in a food processor), then fry gently in a little oil. Meanwhile, chop and mix the herbs, oil, lemon juice, chilli and spices. 3 Add this mixture to the onions and garlic, then cook for a few minutes. Add the passata and tomato puree plus 100ml of water, which you can first use to wash the remains of the passata out of the jar or packet it came in. 4 Cook for a few more minutes and then add the beans. Continue to simmer and taste – adjust seasoning with sugar, salt and pepper. The beans will be ready as soon as the seasoning is balanced, although you can leave them to reduce if you would prefer a thicker sauce. 5 Eat straight away or allow it to cool, divide into portions and freeze. It's delicious eaten with pitta bread, tomato salad and a fried egg.

Börek - Boerek with Feta Cheese

1 pack philo pastry
100 - 125 gr Fetta cheese
1 cup milk
1 tbsp of olive oil
2 eggs (the yolk of one egg is for spreading over the wraps)

Make a mixture of milk, one egg and olive oil. Set aside. Grade/grate the feta cheese. Mix it with egg white, set aside the yolk. Wrap the cheese in small amounts in philo pastry (you can follow the instructions on the package for wrapping). Put on a pan which you oiled before. Batter with some egg yolk. When all the cheese is wrapped in the pastry, pour the milk mixture over the wraps and let it wait - 25-30 minutes. Then bake in pre-heated oven. Serve hot.

I am guessing it is on the heat of 200 C and for about 30 minutes.

Zeytinyagli Havuç - Carrot Dish

3-4 carrots, cut into cubes
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 medium size onion
2 small spoons of rice
2 cups of hot water

Sauté the onion in 1 spoon of olive oil. Add carrots and stir without burning them, 2-3 min. Add the rice and salt (to taste). Add the remaining olive oil and hot water. Cook until carrots are tender. Serve cold.

Courtesy of DuDu

Cabbage Dish (Kapuska)

one cabbage
one onion
2 small spoons of bulghur
2 tablespoons of olive oil
kusüzümü - no idea what that is (yrsa) and nuts to taste
salt, pepper and chili pepper
2 cups of hot water

Slice the cabbage. Sauté with one chopped onion lightly. Add the nuts (if desired), kusüzümü, salt and chilli pepper (to taste). Stir 1-2 minutes and add the hot water. Cook for 30-35 minutes over medium heat. Ideally the cabbage should absorb most of the water and be very tender.

Recipe by DuDu