Carrot Cake (Monda)

Ingredients:
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 5 eggs
• vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3/4 cup oil
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger(optional)
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 pack 18 grams baking powder(3.5 tsp)

Method:
Sift flour with baking powder, and a pinch of salt, preheat oven and grease pans. Next beat eggs with vanilla, then mix in the sugar with oil and eggs, stir well until combined. Add flour gradually and carrots and milk as well. Stir with wooden spoon. Add cinnamon and ginger, pour into prepared pan and then add the walnuts to the surface and mix gently. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes

Meat Rolls (Chef Youssry)

Ingredients:
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbls butter
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt and sugar
• 300 grams mince meat (cooked)
• 1 cup shredded cheese
• 2 tsp chopped basil
Method:
Mix flour sugar, salt, and baking powder, rub in the butter until it resembles bread crumbs. Whisk together the milk and eggs, mix with the dry ingredients. Knead dough until it isn’t sticky. Spread to about ½ inch thickness, mix together the meat, cheese and basil, spread over the dough, then roll it like a swiss roll. Cut into slices, brush with egg wash and place in an oiled pan. Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until it is browned.

Crispy and creamy doughnuts (allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:
• 2 (.25 ounce)(7g (2.25 tsp)) envelopes active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 quart vegetable oil for frying
White glaze:
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 tablespoons hot water or as needed
Chocolate glaze:
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1 1/2tsp vanilla
• 4-6 tbls hot water
• 4 oz milk chocolate chips
Method:
Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water, and let stand for 5 minutes, or until foamy. In a large bowl, mix together the yeast mixture, milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, and 2 cups of the flour. Mix for a few minutes at low speed, or stirring with a wooden spoon. Beat in remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough no longer sticks to the bowl, you will probably need more than the remaining three cups of flour. Knead for about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. Place the dough into a greased bowl, and cover. Set in a warm place to rise until double. Dough is ready if you touch it, and the indention remains. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a floured doughnut cutter. Let doughnuts sit out on a floured surface to rise again until double. Cover loosely with a cloth. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large heavy skillet to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Slide doughnuts into the hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn doughnuts over as they rise to the surface. Fry doughnuts on each side until golden brown. Remove from hot oil, to drain on a wire rack. Dip doughnuts into the glaze while still hot, and set onto wire racks to drain off excess. Keep a cookie sheet or tray under racks for easier clean up.

White glaze:
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Remove from heat, and stir in hot water one tablespoon at a time until the icing is somewhat thin, but not watery. Set aside.

Chocolate glaze:
Heat butter, and chocolate over low heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat, stir in the sugar & vanilla until smooth. Stir in the water 1 tbls at a time until you reach the desired consistency.

Chicken Crispers (like chilis)

Ingredients:
• 1 egg beaten
• ¼ cup milk
• ¾ cup broth
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 1 cup self raising flour ( or 1 cup all-purpose flour +1 ½ tsp baking powder+ ¼ tsp salt)
• 10 chicken tenderloins
• ½ cup flour
Method:
Heat frying oil. Combine egg, milk, broth, salt, and pepper in bowl. Whisk for 30 seconds to dissolve salt. Whisk in self raising flour until it is well incorporated, let it rest for 5 minutes. Coat chicken with flour, then dunk in the batter, let a little batter drip off the chicken & lower into the hot oil. Fry for 7-9 minutes.

Caramel Glazed Flan

Ingredients:
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a heavy skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir sugar until melted and light brown. Carefully pour into a 9-inch round baking dish, tilting the dish to coat the bottom completely. In a medium bowl, beat egg s, stir in water, condensed milk, vanilla and salt until smooth. Pour into prepared dish. Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place baking dish on towel, inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake in preheated oven 1 hour, until center is just set (still a bit jiggly). Remove dish to a wire rack to cool for one hour. Then refrigerate several hours or overnight. To unmold, run a knife around the edge of the pan and invert onto a rimmed serving platter.

Kushari (black)

Ingredients:
• ½ cup balck lentils soaked in water for ½ an hour
• ½ cup rice
• 1 ½ cups water
• 200 grams broiled macaroni and mixed with some oil
• ½ cup broiled chickpeas
• 2 cups tomato juice
• 1 onion thinly sliced
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 tbls vinegar
• Salt & pepper
• 1 tsp cumin
Method:
Heat a generous amount of oil in a pot, and fry the onions in it. Remove half of them and add 1 ½ cups of water to the rest in the pot, when the water boils add the lentils, and lower heat. When the lentils start to soften add salt, cumin and rice, mix thoroughly. Make sure the water is covering the rice, when it boils lower heat, and cover the pan, leave it to simmer until the rice is done.
For the sauce fry the garlic in some oil, then add the vinegar, when it boils add the tomato juice, and season with salt & pepper. Let it simmer until the sauce thickens.
To assemble the kushari add some lentils at the bottom of the place followed by some macaroni, some of the fried onion reserved earlier, chickpeas then pour some sauce over it.

Pudding with Jelly (my mom)

Pudding with jelly:
Ingredients:
• 1 liter milk
• ¾ cup sugar
• 4 tbls starch
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 pack strawberry jelly
• A few marie biscuits
Method:
Prepare the jelly as instructed on the box. Dissolve the starch in ¼ cup water or milk, heat the milk over medium heat until it boils then add the sugar and mix until it dissolves, then the starch mixture and whisk well until the milk thickens, let it simmer for a few minutes to get the desired thickness, add the vanilla then turn off the heat. Pour in prepared bowls, when it cools down add the jelly (has to be cooled down too), place a biscuit in the jelly after pouring it in the bowls.
Note: could substitute the pudding with custard; just add custard powder instead of the starch. Can also substitute the jelly with chocolate pudding, it can prepared the same way as the normal pudding but mix 3 tbls cocoa in the milk with a hand or electric beater before placing it on the stove.

Italian meatballs

This is a very easy and tasty meatball recipe. I usually do a large quantity and store them in the freezer without the sauce. Whenever I want to eat them I just take them out of the freezer about an hour prior to my eating and boil them in tomato sauce.

Ingredients:
• ½ kg minced meat
• 1 shredded onion
• ½ cup bread center
• ¼ (100g) cup parmesan cheese (could use old romy instead)
• Salt and pepper
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ cup skimmed milk
• 1 clove garlic chopped
Method:
Mix all ingredients together in food processor or by hand. Mix the water with the bread center and add to the mixture. Shape into balls, stir fry in a pan with some oil. Add to spaghetti or tomato sauce for about ½ an hour.

Chocolate pudding with biscuits (Zabeba)

As per request by a dear friend here is the famous chocolate pudding with bisuits recipe my maid used to make for me and my friends when i was in school. enjoy :)

Ingredients:
Custard
• 3 cups milk
• 1 ½ tbls sugar
• 2 ¼ tbls custard powder
Chocolate
• 5 cups milk
• ¾ cup sugar
• 3 tbls cocoa
• Vanilla
• 4 tbls corn flour
• About 2 packs marie biscuits

Method:
To make the custard mix the milk, and sugar over medium heat. In another bowl dissolve custard powder in some water, then add to the milk and mix over heat until it thickens.
For the chocolate mix the milk with the sugar cocoa vanilla and corn flour well until it is dissolved. Place over low heat until it thickens, could add a small piece of butter to make the chocolate shiny.
While still hot place a layer of chocolate then biscuits, custard, biscuits, then chocolate, repeat as the pan takes. Garnish in the end with shredded coconut, or white chocolate.