Egyptian Food Made Easy: Second Edition

by Shama Farag, Ahmed Helmy (Photographer)

I’m Egyptian and I love to cook. To be honest, I find cooking and baking are excellent getaways to relieve my anxiety. I believe that any homemade or handmade makings are natural relievers for human anxiety and a simple getaway from do nothingness. So, I do encourage you not just to read this cookbook, but also to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty doing something challenging. Egyptian foods, in general, are time-consuming and there is a tremendous variety of recipes. In this book, I focused on the most popular and most important ones. I have tried my best job to work out the kinks and cross the bridges to make it easy for those of you who are interested in the Egyptian foods, but find it hard to make. I strongly believe in cultural exchange and with the help of my professional photographer brother- Ahmed Helmy Omran, I listed all the difficult recipes and I included how to make them from scratch. The book included recipes for Main dishes like Koshari, Mahshi, Fetta, Roqaq, Pasta with Bechamel, Dolma, Baladi bread, Hawawshi, Mombar,Hamam. Also, Desserts like Baklava and rice budding, Basbosa, Kataifi, Konafa, Kahk. There are aslo interesting recipes for dibbing like Baba Ghanouj, side items like Samosa, Fetir pies and more. I made sure to mention all kinds of spices I personally use, so you won’t be missing out on anything. If you are into Middle Eastern foods especially Egyptian food, you get to check this book out. This book has easy and detailed recipes to make it easy for international cooking pros to conquer a new territory of Egyptian culture and even amateurs to explore Egyptian cultural foods. I believe this book will usher you how to make delicious dishes as yummy as Falafel and Dolma and traditional treats like Katyef and Konafa from scratch. Also, it included Byriani, Egyptian Famous Molokheyya, and popular lentil soup. I wasn't fully accurate about measurements as packs vary and there is a plethora of resources and brands. I would say stick with the given amounts and test them and I assure you that you will eventually figure it out on your own. Since you are reading this book and made it that far, you probably are adventurous and professional enough to comprehend how to make it successfully with the hidden tips I already provided in this book. Believe me, I have been cooking for years, and no complaints- all praise to God, so I guarantee you, those recipes are safe and correct and will lead you into a new era. Have fun cooking!

122 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 31, 2019

About the author

Shama Farag is a bilingual author who studied creative writing at Wesleyan University, Studied digital storytelling techniques at the University of Houston System, also Writing for young readers at Commonwealth Trust. Shama is a web content manager at Many Cultures One Community (MAPS-MCOC). Also, she is the chief editor of Little Farah Magazine form kids, and she also blogs for Arabic-post dot com.

Shama has many self-published books in both Arabic and English languages. She is the author of Egyptian Food Made Easy, I'm Different...I'm Special!, Hi, I'm Syrian, Kermalak Novel, Arabic Practice Guide for Non-Arabic Native Speakers Level one and Level two.

Check out her English blog here,
https://shamafarag55.blogspot.com/201...

Her Arabic blog here,
https://shamafarag.blogspot.com/2020/...

Little Farah Magazine,

https://issuu.com/thefarahsaeedtrust6...

Podcasts and TV interviews,

https://www.mosibyl.com/podcast/shama...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corona...

https://www.king5.com/article/news/lo...

Articles here,

https://arabicpost.net/opinions/2019/...
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Reviews

[Allen Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally found a cookbook with all tips. Authentic food requires so much work and credible talents. Thanks for making this easy for those navigating the Middle Eastern Kitchen and hard recipes.
I wish there were more recipes for pickeled preserved foods as well as cheese and jam making.
However, I loved how it was detailed, oriented and reader focused. Great work!

[Ahmed Morsy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Authentic Egyptian recipes, easy to follow.

[Dalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read. Steps are easy to follow. Great addition to our library.