As-Salaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah, I hope you’re all having a productive Ramadan. I was delighted when Lubna from yummy food invited me to take part in her Ramadan global event – joy from fasting to feasting. Head on over to yummy food to get my shorba frik recipe.
Algerians love their chorba freek and this Brit does too. We have it almost every night during Ramadan to break our fasting, so technically it’s breakfast. Any other month of the year we eat it for lunch or dinner. Freekeh is young wheat that is green and specially processed by sun drying and burning the husks, which … Read more
It may be near the end of summer here in Algeria, yet the heat and humidity are not letting up just yet. So why am I sharing a soup recipe?! After all, isn’t soup associated with cold winter or rather any.season.of.British.weather?? Here we enjoy soup all year round and especially in Ramadan to break our fasting … Read more
After breaking fast with dates and/or water, Chorba Freek to me is the epitome of the breaking fast meal. Especially here in Algeria, no table seems complete without it during Ramadan. Algeria has a wide variety of soups including Harira & Chorba Bayda ‘white soup’. The one I think is the best? Chorba Freek. I’ve made it many times and … Read more
Lham Lahlou often spelled Lahm Lahlou, means sweet meat. Ramadan Mubarak to my fellow Muslims. Yup its’ been a while since I’ve posted. I’d like to say it’s because I’ve been working on creating recipes to post during Ramadan. In reality I’ve simply been wallowing in my own self-pity for the fact my husband didn’t fly home (after 13 … Read more
As the month of Ramadan approaches and the weather gets warmer what do we make? we make soup, Moroccan Orzo Soup. Warm weather doesn’t exactly make you think of eating soup but you see my family and I eat soup during most Ramadan nights after breaking our fasts, the weather is cooler and soup is a great way to … Read more