Bites Fil Beit: – Shorbet shoufan bel ferakh we Salatet bokla – Oat soup with chicken and Watercress salad

Iman Adel Abdel-Fattah
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Bites Fil BeitDrink:                    Blueberry and pineapple cocktail

Soup:                    Oat soup with chicken

Salad:                    Watercress salad

Main course:      Shrimp Indian style

Sayadea rice

Dessert:               Apple pie

 

Shorbet shoufan bel ferakh – Oat soup with chicken

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kg chicken breasts, cut into cubes – so-door fe-rakh
  • 1 1/2 cups oats – shoo-fan
  • 1 onion, chopped – ba-sal
  • 2 medium tomatoes, chopped – ta-ma-tem
  • 1 chicken broth cube – ma-gi fe-rakh
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce – sal-set ta-ma-tem
  • 2 tablespoons butter or ghee – zeb-da or sam-na
  • lemon wedges for serving – la-moon
  • 2 cups of water – may-ya
  • salt and pepper – malh and fel-fel

Directions

  • Fry the onion in butter in a saucepan until golden. Add the chicken breast cubes and stir for few minutes until half done.
  • Add the tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes, chicken stock cube and 2 cups of water. Cook the chicken breasts on medium heat for almost 30 minutes until they are done.
  • Add the oats, pepper, salt and extra water if needed. Reheat on low heat while continuing to stir until the oats are cooked, for about 20 minutes.
  • Serve the soup hot with a squeeze of lemon.

 

Salatet bokla – watercress salad:

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch water cress – bok-la
  • 2 medium tomatoes, cut into small cubes – ta-ma-tem
  • 1 tbsp tomato sauce – sal-set ta-ma-tem
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice – a-seer la-moon
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil – zeit za-toon
  • salt and pepper – malh and fel-fel

Directions

  • Cut watercress into bite-sized strips.
  • Mix the tomato sauce with the lemon juice, olive oil and salt to make the dressing
  • Mix the tomatoes cubes and the watercress strips in a serving bowl and add the dressing.
  • Serve immediately.
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