Israeli Cuisine Recipes

Sambusak Hilo and Sambusak B'Jaben at YM&Ae

Sambusak Hilo and Sambusak B'Jaben

    NGA KAUPAPA

    Dough

    • 2.2 lbs. white flour
    • 3 tablespoons dry yeast
    • Oil
    • Sugar
    • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
    • Tote
    • Wai
    • Sesame seeds (kōwhiri)

    Cheese filling

    • 1 lb. Iraqi cheese or farmers cheese
    • 1 cup grated mozzarella
    • 1 hua manu

    Nut filling

    • 2 cups crushed walnuts
    • Sugar
    • Ground cinnamon or grounded cardamom
    • Rose water (kōwhiri)
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    Gondi - Persian Chickpea Dumpling Stew with Chicken at YM&Ae

    Gondi - Persian Chickpea Dumpling Stew with Chicken

      NGA KAUPAPA

      • 1 cup of chickpeas – soaked over night OR canned chickpeas OR frozen chickpeas
      • Turmeric
      • Tote
      • 1 1/4 pounds of ground chicken
      • 1 1/2 cup chickpea flour
      • 1/2 cup bread crumbs
      • 1 onion
      • Black pepper
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      Moroccan Fish at YM&Ae

      Moroccan Fish

        NGA KAUPAPA

        • 4-7 fish fillets of your choice (any white fish without bones)
        • Olive oil
        • Paprika
        • Turmeric
        • Tote
        • Pepper
        • 5-10 garlic cloves
        • 5 lemons
        • Cilantro
        • 3 sweet red peppers
        • 1 red chili pepper (or more, if you like it spicy!)
        • 3 tomatoes
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        Sabich Sandwich at YM&YWHA

        Sabich Sandwich

          NGA KAUPAPA

          • 1/2 cup tahini
          • 5 hua manu
          • 1 – 2 eggplant (1 large or 2 medium)
          • 2 lemons
          • 2 garlic cloves
          • 3 potatoes
          • 2 cucumbers
          • 2 tomatoes
          • 1 riki whero
          • Parsley
          • 2 punetēpu hinu oriwa
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          laffa at YM&Ae

          Laffa

            NGA KAUPAPA

            • 4 kapu paraoa
            • 1 1/2 tablespoons dry yeast
            • 1/2 cup sparkling water
            • Sugar
            • Honey
            • Wai
            • Tote
            • Oil
            1
            coconut macaroons at YM&Ae

            Coconut Macaroons

              NGA KAUPAPA

              • 3 maa hua manu
              • 3/4 kapu huka
              • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
              • 200 grams unsweetened shredded coconut
              • 1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla sugar
              • 150 grams dark chocolate (kōwhiri)
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              (Makes about 30 cookies)

              Mo te roanga atu o nga korero, please contact Israeli Emissary Shani Aslan at saslan@ywashhts.org.