Sunday, May 2, 2010

Scenes from our weekend::

I heart tulips! (at the Chicago Botanic Gardens)

a labor intensive Syrian dish for a dinner guest-chicken fattah (each layer is first cooked separately then layered in a baking dish, then baked. Deconstruction: baked pita bread, rice, chicken pieces, garlic-vinegar sauce plus yogurt-tahini sauce, & finally a generous sprinkle of nuts, served hot in winter days or cooled in summer days, we had it in between)

 new board game, a word which here means: two sleeping babies, a husband and his wife skimming through a game manual and "a series of unfortunate events!" a new favorite activity.

 not one but three raspberry-almond brioche braid photos, can you tell I'm proud? (from the five minute book) it was, oh sooo goood!


How are things at your end? do share.

Peace.

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

Mmm, your chicken fatteh looks yummy. I think your recipe is quite a bit more labor intensive than mine though. This is the one I use http://www.webgaza.net/palestine/recipes/Chicken_Fatteh.htm Try it sometime when you don't have a lot of time and let me know how it compares.

Muslim Hippie said...

Stephanie, I checked your link. it's almost the same way, except i fry the garlic before adding it and the yoghurt sauce is mixed with tihini,there's also a garlic vinegar sauce that i didn't see. here's where I got my recipe from ( I tweaked it a little):
http://www.wasfasahla.com/cooking_recipes.aspx?section=ck1521&recipeId=206