Pocasi/ split green pea soup

Asalamu alikum


Well it sure has been a long time since i posted so i thought let me share this Pocasi recipe with you while i remember

This soup is made from split green peas

first i wash the peas and then add them to my pot (i used a pressure cooker)

i added onion ... garlic..... i diced up carrots ...courgettes...and potato into  really small bits and added to the pot i also added black pepper....salt ...cumin...and razel hanut....

fill with water and placed lid on  and allowed to cook about 30 to 40 mins in total ... then let the pressure out and open then  stir.... if you need more water add and allow to cook towards the end add some tomato puree and allow to thicken up a little .... when i make this i do not use oil and i should say that this type of soup will continue to thicken and even the next day you will need to add more water to thin out ... but masha`allah is a really nice soup

French Laof

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So as you know i`m not really one for baking ... but when a good recipe comes my way i must tell you about it


I have had this recipe for a while and never got around to trying it so as i was making my muffin bread i thought let me try this one ... Its a french loaf and so simple and easy

2 cups of water (warm)
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp of yeast instant
2 tbsp of salt ... i felt it was a bit too much so i reduced it to 1
2 tbsp of oil (veg)

5 cups of flour

mix well and knead dough then allow to rise

punch back the dough then place on a tray

allow to rise again and place in a hot oven

it takes about 20 mins or so and masha`allah what a lovely bread

we toasted it and had butter and jam for breakfeast

enjoy and let me know how it works out

REVIEW: Muffin Bread

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so every so often i will try out a recipe that has been posted so this time  i have tried this one  Being Kate  ( Muffin Bread ) and masha`allah what a hit .... easy to make and easy to bake

the only thing for me was the size of my tin and the bread didnt come up over the top when rising   so i would need to add maybe a little more flour and liquid

but over all masha allah this will become a favorite i think

so go try it and let her know how you got on

So whats for afternoon tea

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So whats for afternoon tea ...well let me tell you .... after 9 years of living here i still dont know the names of a few thing and this is one of them .... what i call it is Algeria`a version of french toast with sugar.... even to say french toast might be wrong but when i was growing up and was doing cooking in school that was one of the things we were taught but not with the sugar

so all you need is some stale bread i try not to buy to much bread these days as it doesnt get eaten to much ... my family seems to prefer when i make pitta bread

anyway what you needis

stale bread (we use french stick)
eggs
sugar
oil to fry it in

and thats it ...easy huh!!!

just cut the french stick into rounds as big as you like
dip it in the eggs that also has a little milk in it
then fry once finished ... dip straight into sugar

and presto chango!!!!

enjoy with what ever takes your fancy

An Amazing Project

 Salam all i have a friend who is doing an amazing project she is trying to get reverts and those muslim that maybe had problems and then came back to the fold of islam to tell their stories ...at the moment she is doing it on her blog which is called http://onechinesemuslimah.blogspot.com/2012/09/attention-looking-for-reverts-re-guided.html and when she has enough she will start another blog just for this purpose .. insha`allah what she`s doing will help those who are new muslim and /or help those who are lost and trying to find their way back .... please ladies help her to achieve her goal ..... jazak`allah khair

Croissant Brioche

Masha`allah today i had a really good afternoon ....and it brighten my day as dh is away and i was feeling a little low

Thanks to my friends Being Kate and kazzy and even better than that was the learning of something new to give my kids for their breaks  for school

so what did i learn well Croissant brioche  masha`allah they were wonderful so soft and light and before they were gone cos believe me they didn't last very long i remembered to take a photo it was the last 2 that were left but better than nothing

4 1/2 cups of flour
2 tbsp of yeast
2tbsp of sugar
2 tsp of salt

2 eggs mixed
1/4 a cup of butter (melted)
1 and 1/4 cups of milk (warm) mix both butter and milk together and then temper the eggs to it

1 bar of chocolate dark

then add wet ingredients to dry and mix and knead you may need to add xtra flour till the dough is soft and not sticky

allow to rise for about 45mins then punch out .. half the dough into 2 balls and then roll out into a circle then using a pizza cutter if you have one half the circle and each half circle half and then half again so you should have about 8 triangles form each circle

then each triangle roll it out abit and the to the side place some chopped up chocolate and roll from the wider egde to the shorter one and it looks like a croissant  brush egg wash on top and allw to rise just a little and place in oven

it sgould take about 20 mins to cook

and thats it masha`allah ... give it a try and drop by and let us know

Sweetcorn Fritters

So as you know kids are well and truly back in school and home life has gotten quieter .... in my house this is a change and the biggest change is having the kids come home for their lunch everyday ...as before their were in private school and got fed their

I must admit i like it ... it keeps me on my toes and gives me bak the routine i use to have so it`s all good

For lunch i do like to give them something lite as i do like the idea of them going back to school and feeling heavy and not giving their full attention to the teacher 

So i made these sweetcorn fritters ... these i had last year in my friends house and loved them ... and i had made them a few times and then stopped ...and really forgot about them till just now .... their easy and tasty

1 tin of sweetcorn

small onion diced really small

some parsely

black  pepper and salt

2 eggs

take small spoon fulls and drop in to hot oil and dont press them down

then once cooked eat as you please .... i place mine in some homemade pitta bread with salad and some mayo ... my kids devoured them  even my dh love them