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Meal Plan Idea # 1

Kabab Maqley (Fried), Eggplant, Cauliflower, Veg Salad, and Iraqi Flat Bread

Kabab Maqley (Fried) with Zucchinis, Eggplant, Cauliflower, Veg Salad, and Iraqi Flat Bread.

Kabab Maqley  

Ingredients:

  • 1 1b of ground beef

  • 1 cup parsley finely chopped

  • 1 cup green onion finely chopped

  • 2 medium-size tomatoes finely chopped

  • 1 small size red onion finely chopped

  • 1 cup cilantro finely chopped

  • 2 zucchinis shredded 

  • 2 cups of floor

  • 1 teaspoon cumin

  • 1-3/4 teaspoons salt or preferred taste

  • 1 teaspoon Coriander powder

  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

  • 1 teaspoon allspice

  • 1 teaspoon of nutmeg

  • 1 cup of water or as needed

  • 2 cup of corn oil

Instruction:

In a medium bowl combine ground beef, cumin, salt, coriander, black pepper, allspice, nutmeg, parsley, green onion, tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, zucchinis, flour, and water.

Combine all the ingredients together and mix with your hand. It will become like a dough.

In a medium-size pan add the corn oil.

Let the oil heat for about 1 minute then start to add the Kabab.

Wet your hand with water then take small about of the kabab dough, roll it then flatten it into a circler shape and place it in the pan of hot oil.

 

There is the need to wet your hand with water every time you take from the Kabab dough.

It will take about 2 minutes on each side to cook.

Eggplant, Cauliflower:

Ingredient:

  • 1 Eggplant cut into circler shape

  • 1 head of cauliflower cut into small pieces.

  • Salt as preferred

  • ½ tablespoon Black pepper

  • ½ tablespoon cumin

  • ½ tablespoon Coriander powder

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Instruction:

 

Add olive oil on the cookie tray

Add the eggplant and cauliflower

Add salt, black pepper, cumin, and coriander powder

Place in a heated oven of 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

 

Iraqi Flat Bread:

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups white flour

  • 1 cup wheat flour

  • 2 cups warm water

  • 1 tablespoon salt

  • 1 tablespoon yeast

  • 6 tablespoon olive oil

Instruction:

In a bowl add the warm water, sugar, and yeast and mix. Leave it for 3 minutes to let the yeast rise.

In a medium-size bowl mix the white flour, wheat flour, salt, 5 tablespoon olive oil, and the yeast mix then knead the dough.

At the bottom of the bowl add the 1 tablespoon olive oil then add the dough back.

 Cover and let it sit for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into small balls and let it sit for 15 minutes.

With dusted flour surface roll dough flat, and place into a cookie sheet or pizza trays.

heat the oven to 500 degrees and put your flatbread for 5 to 6 minutes or until it is cooked. 

Veg Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 hearts romaine lettuce

  • 2 small plum tomatoes, diced

  • 1 cucumber, diced

  • 1/2 red onion, chopped

  • 1 cup carrot, shredded

  • 1 cup cabbage, shredded

  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

  • 4 tablespoon vinegar

  • Salt as preferred

Instruction 

In a large bowl add the lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, carrot, cabbage, then add the olive oil vinegar and salt.

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