Lahoh Recipe

Yemenite Lahoh (Lachoch)

  • One package flour

  • Pot of Water

  • ½ tbsp fenugreek

  • 1 tbsp yeast

Instructions:

1. Mix ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.  Add water (one cup at a time) in stages and mix until entirely smooth and there are no longer any lumps. Cover mixture with a towel and let rise for approximately one hour (check to see if the mixture has risen, if not, let rise for longer)

2. Heat pan with a tablespoon of oil until very hot. Drain oil and wipe inside of pan with a paper towel.

3. Pour water over the back of the pan (steams the pan and keeps the lahoh from sticking.)

4. Pour ladle full of lahoh mixture into pan. When small bubbles form throughout (like a pancake), remove the lahoh from heat and let cool for 15 minutes.

5. Before ladling next round of the lahoh dough, pour water over the back of the pan again to create steam.

6. Serve with tehini, grated tomato and schug.

Schug (Spicy cilantro spread)

Ingredients:

  • 10 whole jalepeno peppers (depending on your desired level of heat)

  • One bunch of Cilantro

  • 6 Garlic cloves

Instructions:

1. Place ingredients in a blender and blend until mostly smooth, but small chunks are still visible.

2. Enjoy with lahoh recipe. 

 

Easy peazy - the little ones can help make the lahoh!

Easy peazy - the little ones can help make the lahoh!

Sharing lahoh

Shakshuka Recipe

Multi-Colored Tomato and Herb Shakshuka

Ingredients:

· 6-8 medium size tomatoes cut up into pieces

· ½ white onion finely chopped

· ½ jalapeno pepper deseeded and chopped (can be adjusted based on preference of spice level)

· 1 garlic clove finely chopped

· 1 tsp. salt

· 1 tsp. pepper

· Pinch of sugar

· 5-6 eggs

· ½ cup of bulgarit cheese (or other cheese of your choice)

· 2 tblp. Olive oil

· 1 handful of chopped parsley

1. Heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onions and cook for a several minutes until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes. Add the

tomatoes,  pepper, salt, pepper and sugar  and stir for several minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10-15 minutes until the sauce has thickened.

2. Crack the eggs evenly over the sauce and make sure to spread the egg whites either by tilting the pan or distributing with a spoon, making sure now to disturb the yolks. Cook for another 5-10 minutes until the eggs reach your desired consistency.

3. Top with herbs and cheese of your choice!

 

Shakshuka!!

Shakshuka!!

Italian Summer Eating in Eilat

On a recent spontaneous trip down to Eilat, I used my Facebook for some crowd-sourcing on where to eat in Eilat.  It was a quite unimpressive selection and left me wondering, is there anywhere good to eat down on our Red Sea vacation coast or is it a culinary black hole (like the Dead Sea).  

Although I did find one place that sounded like the quality level of restaurant I was hoping to find, I learned from the lovely owners Inbar and Lior, that Hamasger 5 would be closed by the time we arrived to Eilat and is not open on Friday nights or Saturday.  I hope to make it there on a future trip (if I end up going to Eilat again, which is debatable).  

Left with some of the more basic recommendations, we decided to try out La Cuccina - an Eilat institution - for some Italian cooking.  The head chef, Tomer, was busy in a heated kitchen as the tourist season in Eilat was well under way and the Italian dining room was fully packed.

As I love to eat many things, in small form, I am always a proponent of Antipasti, which in this case was a great choice.  A plate of flavorful vegetables and cheeses, including grilled artichoke, goat cheese ball, mushrooms, and cauliflower, is a simple way to open up the appetite.  Wanting to taste the range of what La Cuccina's kitchen offers, we tasted some seafood and pasta dishes, the best of which was the pan seared fillet of sea bream, served with fettuccine, artichoke and mushrooms. 

After filling up on some seriously hearty carbs, we had no room left for dessert, though our neighbors tiramisu looked quite good - will save that one for next time! 

 

 

​La Cuccina Kitchen
La Cuccina Antipasti
Gnocchi Alla Romano

Shavu-what?

Why do we eat cheese on the Jewish Holiday Shavuot?

By: Rebecca Kazhdan

Confession: I don’t know much about Shavuot. I do, however, know that I can get behind anything that celebrates cheese. Cheese is one of those guilty pleasures that I could eat all day long. Therefore, when a golden opportunity arises to have a non-stop dairy celebration, we all need to partake and honor the delicious goodness of cheese.

So what is Shavuot really about? To maintain some Delicious Israel blogging integrity, I sat down with my know-it-all friend (Google) to figure it out. Turns out it is a very important occasion and worthy of celebration. Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments were given to the Jewish people and they became a nation committed to serving God. The reasons for eating dairy include:

  • Dairy is associated with the nurturing and love of a mother nursing her baby, representing the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai
  • When the Jewish people received the Torah on Shavuot, they were commanded to only eat meat that was ritually slaughtered. The Torah was given on Shabbat when it was forbidden to slaughter animals, forcing them to eat dairy for the rest of the holiday.
  • The Gematria (numerical value) of the Hebrew word for milk (chalav) is 40, which corresponds to the 40 days and 40 nights that Moses spent on Mt. Sinai before bringing down the Torah.

There is no better time than Shavuot to introduce a recent obsession of the Delicious Israel staff, burrata! Burrata is a fresh Italian cheese made up of mozzarella and cream. It has been around for some time, but only recently has been gaining popularity here in Israel. An article dedicated to the cheese was recently featured in Time Out Tel Aviv and is one of the most popular pizzas at De Peppe Pizzeria, a Delicious Israel favorite. Burrata can be found at specialty cheese shops - including in the Carmel and Machane Yehuda Markets - and is easily identifiable by a blue string tied around it. We recommend incorporating it in your Shavuot dishes this year!

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