Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother's Kitchen Paperback – 22 Sept. 2022

Great recipes, lovely to be able to cook delicious Palestinian food.

Anyone who knows me knows I love my cook books. I followed Joudie Kalla career for a while and always loved her cooking. She made recipes easy for everyone, complicated dishes were made easy. So I was waiting for her book. As I am living abroad it wasnt easy to get a copy of the book but I did what I never thought I would do, I downloaded it on my ipad. I just couldn't wait for someone to come visit to bring me a copy.This must be one of the best cook books I own, from the pictures to the recipe choices.. However with any cookbook the real test is trying a recipe and seeing if it actually turns out the way its ment to. First I tried the tahini brownie, and it was amazing, the only negative comment about this recipe is the waiting, it just doesnt seem fair to wait an hour before cutting into this amazing smelling brownie. Oh but its soo worth the wait.Every recipe I tried was a success. This book is a definite keeper.Thank you Joudie for an amazing book and for reminding us of our heritage and the amazing history behind our country.

I bought this alongside a couple of books by Sabrina Ghayour and I cannot recommend it enough. I spent the first week pouring over the pages - each recipe looked so inviting, tasty & easy to follow. I made a huge Christmas buffet using the recipes of these books (I'd say far more in keeping with tradition to the celebration of Christ, all things considered). Each and every recipe was as I thought: easy to follow and delicious. Ingredients are easy to find and inexpensive. Oh, and it's all healthy, as you'd expect it to be (Mediterranean / Middle Eastern).I usually go to cook books for inspiration and tend to change recipes according to what I have in the house, and often adding more spice etc. These recipes are perfect as they are.

Exciting and beautiful bookJust recently getting into Middle Eastern flavours and cooking - this book is full of helpful info and explanationsEach recipe has a short chat at the beginning - giving its history, family origin or other useful info which makes you just want to get on and try themLots of “do-able”, inspiring recipesList of UK and Australian stockists of Palestinian produce at end of book

very few basic recipes but really good and easy to follow

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!

Bought as a Christmas present for my partner, we have made a number of the tasty recipes. The background to the writer’s cooking experience and the influence of her mother, aunt and grandmother fill this book with charm and interest. Beautifully photographed and full of useful tips and stories it’s a lovely thing to have.

This is a beautiful recipie book.I know nothing of Palestinian cooking, but my wife and I enjoy Turkish and Moroccan cooking, so this looked interesting.It is well illustrated - mouthwateringly so - and the recipies are generally pretty straightforward. They are encouraingly British in their measurements - no annoying "cups" which disappointingly appear in many otherwise promising international cookbooks. What is more we are given both metric and imperial measures (there are some of us who still use the latter in the kitchen).But what really impressed me was the opening chapter. No recipies here, but lots of informtion about all of the ingredients that would otherwise be unfamilar. This is really useful, and well and engagingly written - and a great starting point for experimentation beyond the contents of the book.I really cannot fault this in any way.