Sabah Al Yasmine - Ramblings of a Chef

Massimo Bottura, the importance of solidarity, good food and beauty

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

Fadi chats with the legendary Massimo Bottura about Food for Soul, the importance of giving back in dignity, the strength of communities and Bethlehem. 

A breakfast needs Ful Medames

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

This morning Chef Fadi Kattan makes ful medemaes, a traditional fava bean dip you can find all over Palestine fromm the small roadside eateries to the best tables. 

Mohamed Hadid, a Palestinian icon

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

Fadi chats with Mohamed Hadid about his life, his passion for Palestinian identity and of course food. Mohamed gets us all hungry with his love for warak enab (vine leaves), balah (dates), safarjal (quince) and so much more. 

Rosto Maryam, my great grandmother's "roast"

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

In this episode, Chef Fadi Kattan takes you back to his great-grandmother's kitchen. Maryam cooked this recipe and her children loved it so much that it became known as "Rosto Maryam".

 

 

Anissa Helou, the queen of Levantine cuisine

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

Today Fadi chats with Anissa Helou about her career and Levantine cuisine. Anissa has published 9 books on Levantine cuisine ranging from her Lebanese recipes  to cuisines of the wider Levant. 

Sheikh El Mahshi Beitinjan

Mahshis are all the stuffed vegetables. In Palestine they are stuffed either vegetarian or with meat or rice and meat of the rice is replaced by freekeh, cooked as is or with tomatoes or with laban.

In this episode, Chef Fadi Kattan shares with you the Sheikh el Mahshi recipe, eggplants stuffed with meat and pine nuts cooked in the oven in a tomato sauce. 

La cuisine responsable avec le Chef Damien Despres

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

Chef Damien Despres runs two Parisian restaurants, Aubergine & cie and Des Tapas and is an active member of the College Culinaire de France. He came last year to Palestine and cooked with Chef Fadi Kattan. 

Kifta bil siniyah, a homely comfort dish from Palestine

Sabah Al-Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

A comfort recipe from the kitchens of the Levant. A kifta with parsley and onion cooked slowly in an unctuous tomato sauce. 

Local Lebanese cuisine, with visionary Kamal Mouzawak

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

A passionate discussion between two lovers of Levantine food, Kamal Mouzawak, founder of Souk El Tayeb in Lebanon and Fadi Kattan, Chef and founder of Fawda in Palestine. 

Mistaka, Orange Blossom, a fluffy Palestinian brioche

Sabah Al Yasmine, the radio show with Chef Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem.

 

A memory from childhood, that nice fluffy sweet fragrant brioche that tastes so much like Palestine.