Today was a day for rejoicing. I made my first bamya (ocra) ever. The result was unexpectedly great. And the husband is willing to confirm this. I have been wanting to cook bamya for over a year but since I’m the queen of procrastination I kept puting it off. But two days before we left Jordan last week, I went to my cousin Manal’s place, where she taught me all the tricks of making superb bamya. I tried it today for dinner and it worked wonderfully. Here is poof. Go ahead. You can click it; it gets bigger. |
Oh Natasha,
You just made my day with singing that song. Only Jordanians would come up with a song like that for their national dish 🙂
Magloubeh? Ahh, dont get me started on that or I will start craving it. Ever tried it with potatoes as well with the zahra? Its a bute?
Dalia 7abeebti,
I have been craving Magloubeh with Zahra for a while now. It is my favorite among all the magloubeh types out there. I’m willing to take the challenge;-) Yalla bring on the recipe;-)
Teesh – Mansaf is super easy (much easier than bamia!) but the trick is to find good jameed (i’m sure zizo can help) and a good la77am.. I’ll send maglooba and mansaf recipes via email.. What kind of maglooba by the way?
Meat of course. I used veal in this dish. Also, I used tomatoe paste instead of tomatoes.
Ok, ochra, tomatoes, rice, what else?
Just for you Linda, I’m gonna sing the infamous song;-)
“Mansaf bil jaj ma binfa3 urdonyeh
Bidha mansaf billah7meh il baladiyeh
Hey hey hey!”
Natasha, if you are gonna make the Mansaf, make it with lehma, not jage. Whats that song that says Mansaf ma jage isnt good…?
To get poison from eating a well done Bamy you’ll need at least 2 weeks of time .So we’ll wait to see .Manal is very proud of you .
this is a tough one Zaidoun, but I will try;-) I will master this national dish some day;-)
What about a Mansaf with Jameed Karakeeee…
You can do it Natasha:)