Vegetables
Molokheya Egyptian Jute Soup

Egyptian Molokheya – The Soup of Jute

I bet most of you never heard of jute before. It was news to me too! For the longest time, I thought Molokheya, as we call it in Egyptian, didn’t exist outside Egypt. Wrong! It’s served in other middle eastern countries such as Lebanon where, instead of a soup, it’s a stir fry of  the […]

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Bamya – Egyptian Okra Stew

A hearty Okra stew, typically served with lamb or beef, or skip the meat for a vegeterian variation.   My grandma, a busy working woman, didn’t spend much time in the kitchen.  Still, she was known to make two dishes really well and Bamya was one of them.  She was very meticulous in all what […]

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