by Rana Maz | Dec 8, 2024 | NAM Cooking
How a simple ingredient of a silky soup brought down a governor. Let us travel to Morocco today to prepare harira soup, a staple and must have dish during the month of Ramadan. Traditionally, the Moroccans break their fast with a cup of harira soup and a side of dates...
by Rana Maz | May 26, 2024 | NAM Cooking
A quick recipe for busy parents and hungry families. Musakhan rolls is a staple recipe of Palestinian cuisine. The word musakhan means heated in Arabic, and here is how the recipe took its name. Once upon a time there was a man who came back home hungry after a long...
by Rana Maz | Apr 7, 2024 | NAM Cooking
The Turkish recipe that invaded the Middle East and is now a staple of the region’s cuisine. Today we will make Dawood Pasha kofta. An interesting name for a dish and I will tell you the story behind it. Historically, the origin of Dawood Pasha’s kofta is...
by Rana Maz | Mar 8, 2024 | NAM Cooking
A must try recipe that delivers great flavors in a short time. I am taking you to Egypt today as we will make Al Hawawshi loaf. Al Hawawshi loaf is stuffed pita bread that can be prepared in minutes and yet deliver plenty of flavor. I am not spoiling the story behind...
by Rana Maz | Feb 23, 2024 | NAM Cooking
The miraculous meeting of hunger and taste that gave the world the Haraa Osbao or Burned Fingers recipe. All Syrians around the world are proud of their cuisine because it’s every rich and full of delicious flavors. Some of the dishes even have funny names making you...
by Rana Maz | Feb 11, 2024 | NAM Cooking
Syrian food and the magic of spices in this first representation of Middle Eastern cuisine on Once Upon a Recipe. Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen who had a daughter after many years of marriage. They named her Roho. But the princess was a picky eater...