It’d been so much fun to spend the last four weeks in Israel with family and friends. We were busy preparing and celebrating our daughter’s Bat Mitzvah party, but still had enough time to enjoy the hot weather on the beach, the company of family and friends and the great food.
Family time is always an excuse for food. Every time you get together with family it’s all about food, lunch, dinner, Shabbat Dinner, and in between. I couldn't resist tasting all my favorite dishes that I miss throughout the year. Especially the fish dishes; those are my favorite, since they are light and make you feel good.
I’d like to share with you a Moroccan fish recipe. It’s colorful and full of flavor. Personally, I like to use more vegetable than the original recipe. It adds color and makes the dish richer in taste.
The ingredients:
Salt
Juice from 1 lemon
6 fillet/steak cuts fish -Sea Bream (DENIS דניס) - or any white fish.
1 bunch cilantro (fine chopped)
1 tomato (sliced)
3 carrots (thinly sliced)
4-5 hot green/red peppers (whole pepper – if you wish to have spicier dish slice one or two of them)
1 garlic peel and thinly sliced
¾ cup vegetable oil
½ cup water
¾ tablespoon paprika
½ tablespoon turmeric
First, sprinkle salt on the fish cuts and pour juice from one lemon (let it sit until you finish preparing the vegetables)
In a deep pan put the fine chopped the cilantro, tomato, carrots, garlic, and the hot peppers.
Pour the oil into a bowl and add the paprika and the turmeric. Deep the fish in the mix and put it over the vegetables. After you done, pour the rest of the oil that left in the bowl into the pan add salt and ½ cup of water. On high flame cover the pan and cook for half an hour. Take the lid off and cook for another 30-40 minutes on medium flame.
Until next time,
Hava & Dorit
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The Passion for Authentic Israeli Food
There are some life experiences that you take with you wherever you may go. For Dorit Paz and Hava Nachum, that was the aroma of freshly baked goods from the markets back home in Israel. The coffee shops and Shabbat cooking that wafted through the streets of Haifa and Herzliya, Israel, where they grew up. The blend of food, culture, taste, and ambience, they look forward to sharing here in Northern Virginia.
Upon moving to the United States more than a decade ago, they brought with them the taste of home through cooking for both family and friends. The atmosphere which they brought to their homes preserved culture and the ambience from Israel. The struggle to provide the same level of healthiness, not just taste, to their recipes led them to discover new recipes (and in our opinion, perfected) through the use of the finest, natural ingredients.
What began as a hobby, turned into a catering service, and evolved into a concept for an Israeli restaurant for the community. Hava and Dorit created an ultra-modern falafel and hummus menu, which they refer to as “art”. The know-how of making falafel and the toppings and then perfectly stuffing them into the right pita make the experience out of this world. The menu, which is based on fresh, all natural and organic ingredients, offers a unique, high-end Israeli falafel experience.
Upon moving to the United States more than a decade ago, they brought with them the taste of home through cooking for both family and friends. The atmosphere which they brought to their homes preserved culture and the ambience from Israel. The struggle to provide the same level of healthiness, not just taste, to their recipes led them to discover new recipes (and in our opinion, perfected) through the use of the finest, natural ingredients.
What began as a hobby, turned into a catering service, and evolved into a concept for an Israeli restaurant for the community. Hava and Dorit created an ultra-modern falafel and hummus menu, which they refer to as “art”. The know-how of making falafel and the toppings and then perfectly stuffing them into the right pita make the experience out of this world. The menu, which is based on fresh, all natural and organic ingredients, offers a unique, high-end Israeli falafel experience.