Sunday, November 2, 2008

Tips & Tricks - 1

فى حاجات صغيرة كدة بتعمل فرق و تجديد ، كل لما أفتكر حاجة إن شاء الله هاكتبها
ممكن تغيرى طعم البانيه بإضافة حبة البركة على البقسماط و ممكن إضافة أى توابل تانية على حسب المزاج
محشى الباذنجان و الكوسة ممكن نسويه بطماطم بيطلع طعمه أحلى كثير
عبارة عن بصل مفروم نقلبه فى سمنة لحد ما يبقى شفاف و نحط عليه عصير الطماطم لحد ما يتسبك . طبعًأ نضيف التوابل اللى نحبها و بعدين نسوى فى الصلصة دى المحشى
أنا بحط خليط الطماطم ده فى خلطة المحشى كمان بس بزود على الخلطة نعناع بيدى طعم حلو فوق الوصف
محشى ورق العنب ممكن نسويه بالصوص اللى كان فى وصفة العرق الرستو ، الصوص ده عبارة عن خلاصة اللحمة مع الطماطم و الثوم و اليمون و البهارات فتخيلوا بقى قد إيه المحشى هايبقى طعمه حلو

41 comments:

L.G. said...

كل ده كتبتيه
انا بحب حبة البركة في كل حاجة بس المحشي بطماطم حيبقى طعمه شبه الطبيخ احنا بنحط ايوة نعناع بس لكن تسبيكة لأ ممكن طمطماية مهروسة مع الشوربة بتاعة التسوية
تحياتي

Shimaa Gamal said...

لأ طعمه غير الطبيخ خالص . جربيه بس مالوش علاقة بالطبيخ ، طعمه جديد و عجب أخويا جدًا مع إنه مش بيحب المحشى أصلاً

Gypo said...

so2al ghareeb:
te3rafy tegebeely wasfet el basterma????
7akem ana ma7room menha fe3lan hena

Shimaa Gamal said...

Hello Gypo
Actually, I kind of know wasfet el basterma bas I never tried to make it at home. khalty kanet bet3melha. It is really tricky.

bos ya sidi, aham 7aga fi el basterma el la7ma, 3er2 without any fats, then mal7 kheshen. you cover the meat in salt, and u put if fi 3elba 3ala ma2as el la7ma and the most important thing enak te7ot fo2ha to2l, something heavy, really heavy.
el matloob mn keda en el la7ma tetala3 all the fluids in it, fa wheneever u feel en el donia malayna fluids ermeeha and put new salt to catch more fluids.
after that, tekoon megahez khalta, salt, garlic, shata, 7elba and u cover your meat bel khalta di, and te3ala2ha fi makan fih tayar hawa.
and most importantly, mesh rotooba
and tesbha keda for at least three weeks 3ala 7asab the size of 7etet el la7ma, then u have basterma

bas seriously, if at any step of preparation you got suspecious en fi 7aga 3'alat, or something look wrong or smell wrong, don't keep on throw it away 3alatool. things should never at any step smell funny, it will smell like basterma mesh ay 7aga tanya.
once u cut it, keep it on the fridge, or preferably in ur freezer, and nasee7a our parents lama kano beyza32olna for eating basterma raw, kan 3andhom 7a2, fa don't ever over consumate it raw, always expose it to some heat :)

It is serious food posioning we are talking about here.

Good Luck :))Remember I never tried it before :)

Thanks for visiting

Gypo said...

1- red meat, no fat...successful
2- mal7 kheshen wekbess..betshorr mayya, as per plan successful
3- took me a while until I figured out what was 7elba in English but successful
4- shatta!!! I doubt but I got some and kammelt el ba2y felfel arna2oty (ana faker mama aletly en el felfel el arna2oty gives the same taste but not hot).
5- el khalta,..I added equal quantities of all of these (including garlic), awwalan it smells more of a garlic paste than basterma, saneyan mefarwela khales we mesh 3aref hatemsek 3alla7ma ezzay!!!...failure

Shimaa Gamal said...

Hey Gypo

el felfel el arana2ot will be as good, if it smells like garlic not like basterma add more 7elba, el ree7a kolaha mn el 7elba :)

el mafrood enak betet7an kol el 7agat di ma3 ba3d fa it will form a paste we isa hatmsek 3ala el la7ma
just ekbesha kowayes 3aliha, try enak telafaha be shash le7ad ma temsek 3ala el la7ma kowayes. it is not supposed enaha to2a3 mn 3ala el la7ma.
add salt to that paste, good amount of salt fa hatkhaly el maya elly fi el toom tetla3 wel paste temsek fi ba3d.

keep me updated

Shimaa Gamal said...

Gypo, if i ever forgot to mention.
aham 7aga fi el mawdoo3 koloh el salt, because it is the thing that will preserve the meat.

mesh mohem tetla3 7ad2a ad eh awl mara bas it is the salt the preserve it, fa always add plenty of it

Gypo said...

aywa aywa mal7 keteer fahmeen. bass fekret el shash dy 3ala fekra ba2a gatly lamma la2eit el khalta nashfa khales, olt talama heyya el la7ma betgeeb mayya yemken laww laffet-ha belshash temsek 3al la7ma, I got a whole roll of industrial shash teleff feel.
but you never told me, aseeb el la7ma add eh fel mal7??

Shimaa Gamal said...

3 days el mafrood, to make sure all fluids are out.
ba3d el 3 days, lefha bel khalta
isa you won't need el shash, bas just in case

after u cover it bel khalta, aham 7aga to hang it fi makan fih tayar hawa we mesh rotooba, le2n el rotooba betbawazha. el hawa haynashef el khalta and in 3 weeks el mafrood tekoon gahza lel akl

aham 7aga keep ur nose open for any change in smell

walahy nefsy ab3tlak basterma wa afar 3aliek el tagroba :)

Gypo said...

rabbena yekhalliky, el beta3a dy laww nef3et hafta7 mashroo3 basterma fe Brisbane, we noss el arba7 leeky.
tesadda2y? as-hal enny anzel masr akol el basterma badal waga3 el alb dah.

Shimaa Gamal said...

ah, at least hatb2a madmoona :))

Isa tenga7, bas amana 3aliek when it is done taste it first mat3melsh zay samir 3'anem we teshrab 3ala tool :))

Keep me updated, walahy bad3eelak ya ebny :)

Gypo said...

ya mosahhel.
ana laffeit el la7ma bel khalta ennaharda, we laffet-ha bel shahs (just in case), we nazzeltaha ta7t fel garage, a3taked en e7na keda 3amalna elly 3aleina wel ba2y 3ala rabbena:))

Shimaa Gamal said...

bad3eelak ya gypo el basterma tenga7 :) naga7 el basterma naga7 leena kolena, we fashalha khosra leena kolena :)

bas re7et el garage ma2olaksh ba2a, hatb2a kolha basterma :)) ya3ny tegeeb 3iesh we te3od takol le7ad ma yebanlha as7ab :))

ya rab tenga7

Gypo said...

ana ghaleban 3ala ma el basterma tekhlas habtedy agarrab wasfatek fel tabeekh. batny neshfet men akl McDonalds we sandwitchat el beid el masloo2.

Shimaa Gamal said...

lw nefsak fi 7aga 2oly wana a2olak el taree2a.

Gypo said...

I tried one of your recipes, I tried to make a Negresco. awwalan el béchamel tele3 ghaleban 3aginet 3eish, wel akla nafsaha tel3et 7aga tanya gheir el negresco.
I'll call it 'nehresco' and I'll post the recipe sometime.....
Ya khosaret el ferakh...:)

Shimaa Gamal said...

Gypo, enta hatala3 3alya esha3at :)

el bachamel lw tele3 zay 3agenet el 3iesh this means en el de2ee2 zeyada, you needed more liquid.
you can always control how thick it will be.
Start with two spoons of flour, a cup of milk, and tell me.

:(((

za3lteny

Gypo said...

abadan sadda2eeny mesh batalla3 3aleiky esha3at wala 7aga!!!
Ana mota2akked en wasfetek mazbouta, ana elly ma3reftesh a3melha, 3ashan keda ana olt ennaha mesh negresco.
Ana olt dy akla gedeeda esmaha el nehresco.
we ba3dein ana men ba3d el beid el masloo2, ba2eit ba3mel basterma we negresco kaman. akid ya3ny mobtade2 bass dakhalt fel ghaweet 3ala tool.

Shimaa Gamal said...

:)))
la el wasfa momken matkonsh mazboota awy awy bardo, maho asl ana mafish 7ad 3alemny el tabeekh :) et3alemt trial and error bezzabt the same way you are doing now.

You can try the pizza, it is easy and mahma bazet will still be eatable mesh nehresko :)

walahy ya ebny ana bad3y en el basterma tenga7, shelt el shash mn 3aliha wala lessa? and how is the smell of ur garage?

Gypo said...

el garage smells like ma7al be2ala, although it's very well airated. but at least el basterma smells like basterma.

Shimaa Gamal said...

It is a good sign :)
I can't wait to know the final result.

Gypo said...

Shimo,
I have noticed a very strange phenomenon on the Basterma!!!
2 of the three pieces I hanged are getting harder, while the third is getting much softer than before, it actually feels a little harder than a sponge now. I tried to smell it but no funny smell is coming out of it.
I'm cutting this one to see what's going on.

Gypo said...

This could be a scene in a scary movie.
As soon as I got the knife through the meat, hundreds of maggots crawled everywhere even before I finished cutting.
The meat actually looks like a sponge, with a deep blue colour (like a fresh bruise, even darker).
The maggots are everywhere now and sprays don't seem to have much effect on them.
I wont throw that thing in the bin, I think I'll burn it in the backyard.
Sorry for the disgusting story.
I failed.

Shimaa Gamal said...

Oh my GOD :(
It actually decayed like a dead thing :( I can't believe this happened ...
But you still have the other two pieces that went firm.

If all failed, I promise you I will freeze you a stock of basterma so lama teegy isa takhdoh wenta mesafer. And a cup of coffee to erase the memory of that scary scene :)

Gypo said...

I did it. I did it.
Shima you're a legend.
I couldn't wait so I cut one a week earlier than you advised, it's still a bit plump and raw on the inside, but what the heck I have basterma, a bit too salty also but it's still basterma to me.
Shaimaa, rabbena khalas hayefta7ha 3aleina we hana3mel el mashroo3.

Shimaa Gamal said...

I can't believe myself, this is the best thing I heard that week.
You can't imagine that I started to have nightmares about this basterma after the scary scene of living creature coming to life out of a piece of sponge that was originally a piece of meat.
Thanks God it worked :) salty salty bas ne3eesh :) el mara el gya tezbot :)
Fakart fi esm el mashroo3 ? ;)

Gypo said...

I'll call it basterma 'bastermetcom', and I'll create a website for it.
www.bastermet.com, men entag sherket el a3mar beyad ellah.

Mony said...

ايه ده انا اول مرة اخد بالي انك عاملة مدونة للاكل


ظريفة خالص و الله


و ابالنسبة لل
Tips & Tricks
الخاصة بالمحشي فأنا بشيل شوية من التسبيكة بتاعة خلطة المحشي علي جنب و ازود بيها الشربة اللي هسوي فيها المحشي
علشان بكون حاطة فيها كل بهارات المحشي و اللي اهمها الكسبرة الناشفة


حلو اوي البلوج ده يا شيماء

استمري يا جميل

Shimaa Gamal said...

مونى
ميرسى يا جميلة ، دى مجرد محاولة إن الإختراعات اللى بعملها تشوف النور :)
فكرة التسبيكة لتسوية المحشى بتدى طعم حلو قوى . أنا كنت متعودة أسوى محشى الكوسة كده و فى يوم قلت طيب ما نجرب مع الباذنجان و طلعت لطيفة و ما كنش بحط نعناع على خلطة محشى الباذنجان و لما حطيت لقيته جميل و تجديد .
بس مش بحط كسبرة ناشفة ، هاجرب المرة الجاية الكسبرة الناشفة مع الخلطة إن شاء الله

على فكرة عملت الزلابية و طلعت جميلة
تسلم إيدك

Gypo said...

ey shimaa,
I have more than 6 kgs of the basterma now, and I have already started my business!!!!
I have two work mates who are interested in this type of food. I trade the basterma with a white south african for biltong and I trade with a greek for mullet roe (batarekh).
Both of them said it was addictive (the greek knows it by the way, and it's called Pastourma in greek).

Shimaa Gamal said...

Now you will be known as the man who introduced basterma to Australia :) mesh be3eed to name an island after you one day ;) bas remember koloh bel nos :) don't take the island lewa7dak. Call it S-T :) or T-S :) mesh hankhtalef bas el mohem tekoon el S ma3 T :))

I am so happy it worked.

Are you keeping it in the freezer?

Gypo said...

Freezer?? la2 tab3an. I'm consuming it fe koll 7aga. beid bel basterma, rozz bel basterma, snacks (biscuits and chips bel basterma), I got an electric bread baker we 3amalt bread bel gebna el cheddar wel basterma, plus the trades, and the rest is still cooking fel garage.
Since it is a business now, I had to secure the garage, I got a huge camping fly screen (3ashan el maggots) and rat baits everywhere around the area, dy floos nas mesh la2yenha fel share3!! bass really ana mesh 3aref ha3mel eh fel 6 3oroo2 elly 3andy dol lamma yestewo!
Amma 3an el gezira fal gozor hena keteer, shoofy enty bass 3ayza el na7ya el ba7areyya walla el ebleyya.

Gypo said...

hehe,
did I ever tell you this story?
I found el 7elba in a chinese shop, akid I can find it somewhere else bass ana khalas et3awwedt aroo7 henak. Awwalan because it's close to a huge butcher where you can buy lumpsum quantities of meat. ya3ny momken takhdy kharoof, noss, keda. we kaman noss ba2ara noss aww rob3 tor, elly enty 3ayzah.
El mohem ana koll esboo3 aroo7 ashtery kilo 7elba we kilo felfel arna2oty we kilo tom mafroom nashef.
El bent ezzaher shakket feyya fa sa2aletny enta saken hena?
(I live around 20 km from this place) fa oltelha la2 and then she asked where do you live and I told her Sunnybank, fa aletly enta beteegy leh hena fa oltelha 3ashan ana bashtery el la7ma men big gun we agy ageeb el spices men 3andoko.
fa sa2aletny howwa enta fate7 mat3am? oltelha la2 aletly 3andak business leeh 3elaka bel akl?
oltelha la2 bardo, fa sa2aletny ommal beta3mel eh be koll el tawabel dy fe esboo3???!!!

el 7a22 ma3reftesh ashra7 aktar men keda we oltelha enny ba7addar beeha arwa7....

Shimaa Gamal said...

hahahaaa, it seems enaha shaket feek. la tekoon taba3 tanzeem el qa3da we te3melhom bomb bel helba wel shata :)))
My aunt kanet bet2ta3aha we teshlha fi el freezer. I don't know hena bey3melo eh. bas beytala3ooha mn el talaga. mesh 3arfa abl ekhtra3 el talgat kano bey3melo eh fi el basterma. bas I think do like my aunt. 2ata3ha we 2asmha kemyat so3'ayra 3ala ad ma u r expecting enak testakhdem and freeze it.
Next time khod ma3ak 7eta ya bakheel dawa2 el bent elly fakrak erhaby di :))

Shimaa Gamal said...

ah and that butcher sounds like meat heaven :)
mesh 3ayez te3zm qabeela 3ala fakhda we roz bel khalta :)))))

Gypo said...

you think you're kidding?
I've done it already 3azamt koll as7aby 3ala BBQ we ro7t gebt fakhda men 3ando we shawet-ha spit roast (elly heyya seekh we teleffeeh be2eedek 3al nar) aktar wa7ed akal el 7a2ee2a kan el kalb, 3ashan ba3d ma khallasna ma3reftesh asheel ba2eet el fakhda ezzay ro7t meddeeha lel kalb, kan feeha lessa beta3 3 kilo la7ma, bass ba2a lel kelab 7ozooz

Shimaa Gamal said...

ya bakht el kalb :)
ya ebny fi 2orroba wel dewal el motakadema fi ekhtra3 esmoh el freezer.
kont 2ata3t ba2y el la7ma mn el fakhda we sheltaha fi el freezer. and there are plenty of ways to use leftovers.

ana shakly hagy azorak ba2a :)
fakhda we basterma we mashroo3 gezeera 3aliha esmy & summer keda ba2a 3andak lots of temptations
ana gyyyyyyyyyyy faraaafeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrooooooo :)))

kochia said...

حلوة الحاجات دي
هجرب

Shimaa Gamal said...

جربى و قوليلى إختراعاتى حلوة و لا لأ :)

kochia said...

علي فكرة انا جربت المحشي بعصير الطماطم وطلع حلو ويذوب في الفم

مش بتحطي جديد ليه هنا من زمان

Shimaa Gamal said...

العزيزة كوشيا
أبدًا مرحلة من السكوت زى اللى كانت عندك دى
أنا سعيدة إن المحشى اللى بالصلصة عجبك
إن شاء الله هاضيف حاجات جديدة

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