Recipes
It's been a while since I last blogged, so first I'm just letting everyone know that I and the rest of the group are alive and well. At the moment we're sitting in a bus station in Sevilla, so I'm taking this opportunity to type up some of the recipes I got during my cooking ISP with Hajja Fatima.
Lentils (3diss)
Soak 1.5 kilos dried lentils for an hour
Put them in a pressure cooker with a liter of water over medium heat, and boil for 20 minutes
Peel and chop three small tomatoes and one small onion
Add tomatoes, onion, ½ tsp imitation saffron, about a cup of chopped parsley, 1 ¼ tbsp olive oil, 2 tbsp canola oil, and 1 ½ teaspoon each of pepper, paprika, and tumeric
Boil everything together, then turn down heat
Cook on low for 30 minutes
Uncover, add a cup of hot water, bring to a boil again
Add a tbsp salt, and serve with bread
Harira
Soak 1 c. chickpeas
Skin them and put into a pressure cooker with a small onion (chopped)
Dampen 1 c. dry lentils and add to the pressure cooker
Add 3-4 c. water, cook on high for 30 minutes
Grate 4 tomatoes
Mash a large handful of parsley tops with 2 tbsp salt until it has a paste-like texture
Put the parsley paste in a pot with a heaping tbsp pepper and 1 tbsp olive oil, add 8 c. water and cook on medium heat
Add ¼ tsp imitation saffron, 1 c. dry rice, grated tomatoes, and 1 tbsp butter to the parsley pot
Mix a small can of tomato paste with water, add to the parsley pot
Mix 1 ½ c. bread flour with 2 c. water
Add the lentil pot to the parsley pot
Add pepper to taste
Slowly pour the flour mixture into the pot, stirring constantly
Mix well, cover, and cook for ½ hour