Palestine on a Plate: Memories from my mother's kitchen

Adds new taste in life

OMG! I have so much to write but firstly, let me start on the important fact about the recipes!THEY’RE HEALTHY AS WELL AS INDULGENT!!!The amazing author Ukhti Joudie Kalla has present the true flavours of Palestine. What I like is there is no change to suit the pallets of diners or cooks who have never tried the flavours. It’s pure and rustic and she has also put in elements to the dishes that make you through taste feel the sense of what Palestinians love on. Being a British Bangladeshi, our foods have a lot of Vegeterian, fish and meat dishes however they are the main appeal to the dish with the vegetables being the compliment to it. In a Palestinian dish, vegetables are the main showstoppers with meats and poultry being the accessory in flavour.When we look at Palestine now, majority think, oh no how do they live, blah blah. But.. they have hearts as bigger than any Nawaab or Queens as they share their food and through the food, you feel the love. Joudie Kalla has amazed me. To be honest I was looking for Palestinian and Syrian cookbooks and have bought some from the US although I really wished someone from the UK would make one, God heard my wish and in 3 months time this book came out (have it on iBook too). Dishes like Makloubeh, musakkan, malfouf are amazingly full of flavour, who would have thought stuffed cabbages can be eaten like somosas? Makloubeh is an upside down rice dish with layered vegetable and meat ( the mother to a Persian Tahdig and Desi Biryani). People review only buy how they judge a cookbook but if you cook, remember, estimation and flavours are always different in the taste of every pallet so alter to taste. Long live the Palestinians!

This is a really lovely book with some fantastic recipes. I'm a vegetarian who prefers the Mediterranean style of food and my husband is a meat-eater who prefers Asian (Pakistani) cooking - Palestinian food suits us both and this book offers a great range of both meat and veggie dishes for us to share. I highly recommend it.

I first visited Palestine in 2016, and I fell in love with its aromatic foods. I bought this as a gift for the Mrs who like me loves Palestinian food and loves to cook!The recipes look amazing and easy to follow. To date we’ve made around 5 dishes so far and they’ve been sensationalising our tastebuds and reminding us of the beloved lands of Palestine.My only heartache was that there’s no recipe for Knaffe!!! Come on, that’s like the best Palestinian desert ever!!! Hopefully she includes this in her new book coming out in October.

Absolutely LOVE this book! I have cooked several things from it and everyone has been very pleased at the dining table. I have big meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans to cook for and can honestly say that you can find something for everyone and their dietery requirements in this book!

This book is like being in the Middle East. Joudie Kalla has definitely thought about how to make her family recipes easy to follow because I've always struggled following Arab recipes, but her recipes are great! I've recreated most of her recipes in this book and entertained guests with the dishes and they have gone down a treat. Thanks Joudie Kalla for giving us an insight into Palestinian food!