Petra, Jordan

Jordan is one of the beautiful countries in the Middle East, Full of wonderful places and tasty food. It’s hard to describe Jordan in one post because there are many things you need to know and visit so I decide to tell you about my trip to Petra.

As all of us know Petra is one of the world wonders, is an Arabian historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an; that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system.

I won’t forget the day when I visited Petra with my family and friends, it was awesome. I was living in Amman which is four hours from Petra by car. To go to Petra, you can go with Tour Company or even you can drive yourself to that area, but in Jordan there’s nothing called GPS!! so you will need either to have the area map or its better to go with tourism company . In your way you will see a great places and nice views.

When you reach Al-Petra, you need to walk 30 minutes until you reach the rock-cut fossil or you might ride a camel or horse to reach there. You will amaze by the wonderful view and how it’s still until our days sculpted on the rock with the pick-orange color fossil, in the same area you can find old Roman amphitheater.

 

 

When you visit Petra with Tour Company, usually they take you to the heart of desert in a place call Wadi Rum, which is near Petra. You will enjoy the nice view of sundown. Next, they usually arrange a traditional Jordanian dinner for all the tourism, with sound of Jordanian music.

Its was one of best trips for me that I will never forget.There are more historical and nice places in Jordan. Trust me, you will not regret it.

 

 

Polish Pierogi

Hello Everyone, Today I am going to provide you with Polish Pierogi recipe; one of the traditional polish recipes.

 

For potato and cheese filling you need 1 tablespoon grated onion, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 cups cold mashed potatoes, 1 cup cottage cheese, salt and pepper.

For Pierogi you will need: 2 and 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt,1 egg, 2 teaspoons oil, 3/4 cup warm water.

First prepare the filling, start by cooking the onion in butter until it tender, and then add potatoes and cheese to it. To taste better put salt and pepper as you like. Remember when you start filling, the filling should be thick enough to hold its shape.

When you done with filling, start to prepare the Pierogi, to do so; mix the flour with the salt in a deep bowl. Add the egg, oil and water to make medium soft dough. Knead on a floured board until the dough is smooth. Divide the dough into 2 parts and then cover them and let stand for at least 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, roll the dough quite thin on a floured board and next cut rounds with a large biscuit cutter, or the open end of a glass, put the round in the palm of your hand.  Put some of filling in it, fold over to form a half circle and press the edges together with your fingers -the edges should be free of filling-,be sure the edges are sealed well to prevent the filling from coming out. Place the Pierogi on a floured board or towel and then cover with another towel to prevent them from drying out.

To cook it, drop a few Pierogi into a large quantity of rapidly boiling salted water-do not attempt to cook too many at a time- Stir softly with a wooden spoon to separate them and to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pan. It’s need about 3-4 minutes for boiling. Pierogies will be ready when they are puffed. Remove them with a perforated spoon. Place in a deep dish, sprinkle generously with melted butter to prevent them from sticking, cover to keep them hot until all are cooked.

Enjoy the Polish Pierogi.

Poland

Back to you with new post about enjoying travel, I am going to talk about Poland; it’s really nice country to visit; everything there is wonderful and the citizens are nice and friendly, the reason that I am writing about Poland today is because it really deserves to be mentioned as it's a country that full of great places everywhere you go and because I have a very nice friend from Poland that gave me impression that they are really wonderful people.

Let’s start with the location, Poland is located in Central Europe, bordered by Germany (from the west), the Czech Republic and Slovakia (from the south), Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania (from the east), and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast-a Russian exclave (from the north).

The Polish capital Warsaw is filled with outstanding landmarks and monuments, many which have survived an interesting past of battles, wars and the uprising in 1944. Today, many of Warsaw's best landmarks remain very much as they appeared centuries ago, such as the Ratusz (City Hall), and the Grand Theatre, both of them back to the 1830s. The tallest building in Warsaw and throughout Poland is the Palace of Culture and Science, its used to go by the name of the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science and was completed in 1955 after  three years of major construction work. Standing at just over 230 meters / 755 in height and boasting 42 floors, with more than 3,000 different rooms. Never forget to visit Grand Theater opera house which is a theatre complex and opera company located on historic Theatre Square in Warsaw, Poland.

Reaching the most important part for all of us which is thier traditional food, one of Polish traditional foods is Pierogi - traditionally stuffed with potato filling, sauerkraut, ground meat, cheese, or fruit- it’s kind of appetizer, main or dessert; I’m sure that you would try it so I will provide the recipe for traditional Potato and Cheese Pierogi.

Hope you enjoy it and check my blog soon with more posts.

With love to all polish people.

Jajeek Salad

Hello everyone,

Are you tired of making the regular salad over and over again? Would you like to try something new?  Your solution is with me. Today, I am going to provide you with famous Arabic salad called Jajeek salad.

To make this salad you need one lettuce, yogurt, garlic and some salt. It’s not just a tasty salad, it’s easy to make!

To prepare this salad, put the yogurt in bowel. Next, you can start with lettuce; you need to chop it into thin and short stripes. Afterwards, you need to peel garlic then with a knife mash the garlic. Finally mix the yogurt, lettuce and garlic, add the salt as you like and then mix them together.

It is suggested that you put it in the refrigerator for a while before serving.

Enjoy the healthy salad.

Check out my blog often for more new recipes and new information about one of my favorite country.  Don’t miss it!