Anissa helou
Best budget recipes with store cupboard ingredientsEight of our favourite cooks, including Rosie Sykes, Jane Baxter and Anissa Helou, show you how to make great-value meals - without taking a trip to the shopsLemon and roast garlic pearl barleyMary-Ellen McTague, chef-patron, ...
- Persian Jewelled Rice Recipe
Anissa Helou, the food writer and cook, makes a regal rice dish fit for a special occasion.Serves 4-6basmati rice 500g sea saltvegetable oil 125ml carrots 750g, peeled and cut into julienne sticks granulated sugar 90gsaffron ...
- Egypt's street food: the Middle East's culinary secret
On a trip to Cairo, Anissa Helou shops in the abundant street market and learns how to make perfect koshari.Unlike Lebanon, Syria and Turkey, Egypt doesn't really have a restaurant culture although it does have ...
- Anissa Helou's last supper | Last Bites
Lebanese food writer Anissa Helou would seek out her homeland's flavours for a tranquil exitMy last bite would be something that I had eaten at the beginning of my life, too. I like the idea ...
- How to Make the Perfect Tabbouleh
Does this popular Middle Eastern salad really need so much parsley? And is it essential to stick to a traditional recipe?Anissa Helou describes tabbouleh as a "global salad" - one of those dishes that can ...
- Egyptian street food recipes
Perfect koshari, tabbule salad and 'handkerchief bread' pudding.KoshariThis is my home version, a cross between Lebanese mujaddarah and Egyptian koshariServes 6-8For the tomato sauceextra virgin olive oil 4 tbspsmall onion 1 , very finely choppedgarlic...
