...family lunch!!! It's been a while since I've shown off the foods that are keeping me happy (and flourishing), so I thought I'd share a bit of today's Sunday family lunch. This is going to make you hungry, so only scroll down if you've already eaten.
Hriese, a soup mixture of shredded mutton, wheat and spices (mainly cinnamon), sprinkled with cinnamon. Ata made it especially for me because she knows it's one of my favourite local dishes. Guess who has a Tupperware of the leftovers to take down home to Beirut tomorrow...
Fattouche, a Lebanese salad with toasted Lebanese bread. Bride cousin made today's salad, but here's Dad's recipe (his speciality back home):
Ingredients for salad
Lettuce
4 tomatoes
2 cucumbers
2 onions
2 green peppers
1 cup chopped mint
1 cup chopped parsley
4 slices toast (this is the South African version)
Ingredients for dressing
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, crushed
salt & pepper to taste
Slice and mix all the vegetables together (the mint and parsley are a bit of a schlep because of all the leaf-picking). Fifteen minutes before serving, add the toast and pour over the dressing and mix it all together. Sahtein!
The true Lebanese version includes sumac and purslane (not always the easiest things to find back in South Africa).
Mahshe malfouf: mince and rice wrapped in cabbage leaves. Ata always puts the perfect amount of garlic and lemon juice in her pot, creating a divine taste in these cabbage rolls that are served with laban (Greek-style yoghurt).
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