Recipe

We eat this together with one or more other vegetable dishes. The tomato itself is deliciously soft, but the rice is really the winner here. It has a great taste itself, but is also great together with another vegetable dish. The rice is so delicious that it deserves this special ‘packaging’. And… in the pan, most of the time there is some rice left that does not fit in the tomatoes… always a pleasant surprise the next day…

It can be so cold and windy outside sometimes, and then soup is your best consolation once you’re back at home. All cold and wet. Soft, warm. You can eat it without thinking. Your mind takes you back to half an hour ago when you were still outside. You’re coming back to life. The energy is coming back. And in the meantime, you’re just enjoying the delicious flavors you’re tasting.

Syrian, Moroccan, Algerian, Spinach pilav…. the Egyptian variant was still missing on the website. And that needed to be mended. Because this variant will keep you eating until the bowl is empty. The well-fried garlic, the ground coriander, it’s just a completely different taste sensation. And one to really put on the table. And chickpeas, yes that’s obviously a classic ingredient of the Middle East and almost always exactly right, making a difference. And certainly here, too.

Spinach, if you are familiar with my recipes, you know how much I love this vegetable. Always looking for new variations with this great vegetable. Here the tomatoes make it a little sweet, the almonds nice and crunchy. The Arabic cuisine is perhaps the reason I love spinach so much. Because they know how to prepare it in so many ways.