#spiced chickpeas

[plomegranate]

i love palestinian and arab culture so much.

my grandma wearing thobes around the house and making us tamriyeh. my cousins wedding when we all wore thobes and keffiyehs and took photos downtown and we danced with someone playing the guitar on the street and this lady stopping us to tell us we all looked so beautiful. walking the graduation stage in a thobe. the girl who liked to guess arab peoples ethnicities telling me "you're wearing tatreez... do you want me to write 'palestinian' on your forehead?" the keffiyeh my brother keeps on the drivers seat of his car.

my dad sending me off to my last semester of college with 2 pomegranates and a jar of palestinian olive oil. my cousins wife coming up with new ways to make zaatar and cheese pastries. me and my grandma sitting on the floor and making waraq 3neb- my job was to separate the leaves so she could roll them easier. my mom sending me and my brother to school with eid cookies for my teachers and tasking us with delivering some to the neighbors. my aunt glaring at me and piling more food on my plate and then asking if i was still hungry (i wasnt). my mom always telling me to invite my friends and cousins over for dinner and asking me what they like to eat. my family getting my dad knafeh instead of cake for his birthday. the man who told me i made the "best fetteh in the western hemisphere".

the man in the shawarma shop who gave me my fries for free and baklava i didnt order because we spoke about being palestinian while he took my order. the person on tumblr who i bonded with because we are from the same palestinian city. the girl i met on campus who exclaimed "youre palestinian? me too!" because i was wearing my keffiyeh. the girl in my class that showed me the artwork about palestine her dad made and donated for fundraising. the couple in the grocery store who noticed my palestinian shirt and talked with me for 20 minutes and ended up being a family friend. the silly palestinian kids i tutored sighing in disappointment when i told them i was born in america because they were hoping that id have been born "somewhere cooler". my friends family who bought me dinner despite me being there by chance and having met me for the first time the day before.

the boys starting uncoordinated dabke lines in my high school's hallways. the songs about the longing and love for our land. the festivals and parties and gatherings where everything smells like shisha and oud. memories of waiting in the car for an hour as my parents talked at the doorway of their friends homes. my cousins and i showing up at each others homes with cake or fruit or games as if it was the first time we ever visited even though we always say "you dont have to".

kids stubbornly helping to clean and make tea after a meal while being told to go sit down because they are guests. the necklaces in the shape of our home countries. people hugging and laughing and acting as if theyve known each other for years because they come from the same city or know people with the same last name. the day i finally got to bully my friends into letting me pay the bill because i had a job and they were still students. my moms friend who calls us every time she's at the grocery store to see if we need something

palestinian people are so resilient and hardworking and charitable. they love their culture and their community and are so quick to share and welcome anyone in. everyday i am so thankful and proud to be part of such a warm and lovely culture

[morethansalad]

Creamy Tomato Soup with Chakalaka Spiced Chickpeas (Vegan)

[fullcravings]

V/GF Choco-Gingerbread Baked Donuts

[visualbite]

Healthy Chicken Shawarma Bowls

[pxrxmoore]

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[rollercoasterwords]

what is your favorite recipe to cook? Mine is vodka sauce and pasta or chickpea coconut curry !

omg those both sound SO good….honestly idk my diet changed a lot when i moved 2 a different country + now i’ve moved back 2 the u.s. so i’m figuring out what 2 cook again!! for the past 2 years kimchi&tuna fried rice has def been a go-to i made it allllll the time but now i no longer have access 2 my fave tuna brand so i haven’t made it yet since moving back…another recent fave has been breakfast potatoes chop up a yummy golden potato & fry it in a pan w some onions + whatever other veggies i have + add salt + pepper + paprika + red pepper & then crack some eggs & scramble them in…SAUR good

[recapitulation]

what are your favorite couscous meals 🎤

[ricoydelicioso]

Moroccan spiced chickpea salad

Ingredients  

3 cans chickpeas, rinsed and dried

1/2 cup red onion, diced

1/3 cup red pepper, diced

1/2 cup apple, diced

1/2 cup mint, chopped

1/2 cup cilantro, chopped

1 cup dried cranberries raisins work too

1 Lemon, zested and juiced

3 tbs red wine vinegar

1 tbs honey

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp curry powder

2 tsp salt

1 tsp olive oil

Instructions 

Grab yourself a large bowl and add all ingredients together. Mix thoroughly. Store in fridge for up to 5 days. Source: Andy’s East Coast Kitchen

[opisasodomite]

Been making some bangers for dinner this week, which is good, because cooking is the only free time I have purely to myself during the work week lmao

[morethansalad]

Ginger-Miso-Yuzu Kale Salad (Vegan)

[slippery-minghus]

i know i havent been eating enough vegetables when the dinky little salad with homemade avocado lime dressing that i throw together in 5 min is like. the best thing i've ever eaten

[freshmangojuice]

literally eating a curry cup noodle as we speak. lister if you’re out there

noodle time will always be vexing dave lister time now

And, y'know, he wouldn’t throw you and your curry cup noodle out of an airlock, he’s a good guy and your life has great value to him even if you do like curry cup noodle, but he’d think about it for a good 3 seconds or so before deciding it would be better to just leave the room and eat a proper curry.

[foodformylover]

Me: Curry night babe?

Babe: DO IT BABE.

Me: *dials local takeaway*... they're shut. Give me a sec.

Babe: 🧐

Me: Okay so we've got chicken drumsticks slow cooked in a blend of paprika, turmeric, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Those are chickpeas "curried" in tandoori masala and ghee. The nasty bit in the corner is a shop bought crunchy salad... sorry it looked nice in the store.

Babe: did you remember lemonade?

Me: 😬

£0.60 🍗🥗🍛🍋🚫🙊

[rollercoasterwords]

crying laughing at you nervously warning everyone about the chickpea recipe

i was like oh hehe let me make a silly joke but then i was immediately like oh god i am submitting myself to the mortifying ordeal of being known.....my kitchen is a lawless place i am incredibly lazy and never follow recipes and never measure anything i just make shit how i like it but that is. not conducive to cooking for other people when i cook for other people i break out the recipes....making my chickpeas is more personal than kissing w tongue thats like us being alone in the kitchen together....it doesn't even have a name ren i just call it yummydelicious chickpea in my head whenever i make it.....if i don't have coconut milk i use lemon juice which is just. an entirely different meal but it is all yummydelicious chickpea to me.....