Reviews for Malay Made Easy

The average rating for Malay Made Easy based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-02 00:00:00 Ealrie Harper To see this review and how to make one of my favorite recipes from the book, please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com This is my go to Syrian Cookbook that belonged to my grandmother. I'm Syrian from my grandfather's side and I grew up eating some of the more popular recipes including Kibby, Stuffed Grape Leaves, Syrian Bread, and Baklava. It's organized well and easy to reference. Even though this is a vintage edition, it contains many recipes with photos and will always remain part of my cookbook collection. I've purchased other Syrian cookbooks and they just don't compare to this one. These recipes are the closest and most authentic to the foods that I grew up eating and taste the same. I haven't made all of the recipes, especially the recipes containing brains. I'm not into eating organ meats at all, but for the basics, this is the one I think is best. 5*****

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-06 00:00:00 Tim Gallaugher This 1962 book is subtitled “A Culinary Trip to the Land of Bible History—Syria and Lebanon”. This is a cookbook by a member of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Church in the United States. The recipes are from the author’s mother, who came from Syria and ended up in Ohio. As such, they are relatively easy to find ingredients for. One ingredient I have not yet found is crushed black cherry pit, or mahleb. I’m looking forward to making some anise bread when I do find it. There are a lot of good recipes for eggplant in here, some quite easy. I just made some eggplant stew with just eggplant, onion, tomato, and chicken. The recipe calls for lamb, but it was still very good. (I also used the crockpot to start it before going to Mass.) there are a lot of lamb recipes here, and a lot of yogurt recipes. There are also a lot of sweets that sound interesting, such as sesame pastry, syruped eggplant, candied figs, and watermelon preserves.