Rey's Kitchen Delights

Welcome to Desert Moon's Food and Recipes page!

The biggest similarity that exists between a Saudi Arabian home and a South African Indian home is of course hospitality. In general Indians are a food loving nation and I can not deny the fact that I do originate from a family that are all foodies. My family loves entertaining and having people over either for a cup of tea, lunch or dinner. In fact any time is tea time. Having a mom, aunts and a grandmother that are all expert cooks, staying in shape is certainly a difficult task. My mom was also in  the catering business for quite some time now and only in recent times we have asked her to simmer down and relax. Hence mom has decided to now share her tried and tested recipes with the rest of the world. Our home is generally very busy week in and week out with family or guests from abroad. Hence, through meeting and interacting with different cultures mom has been fortunate enough to be able to share her recipes and knowledge in cooking with our guests and at the same time learn about traditional foods and staple diets that exist in other parts of the world. Through this page I aim to provide a step by step method on how to make a variety of dishes particularly dishes that we all enjoy as a family. If you do try these recipes and enjoy the end result I request you to please make a special prayer for my mom. May Allah grant her a long life of good health, wealth, peace and prosperity and may she continue to excel in what she loves doing the most, feeding tummies :)))))))). To the blog readers out there, if there is a dish that is your speciality and you wish to share the recipe with the rest of the world, please feel free to email me at desertmoonsdiary@gmail.com. Bon Appetit!!!!
( Take note that I will try posting one recipe on a weekly basis on the main blog page. All recipes can then be found under this page for future reference)

1. Umm Ali Dessert - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013/04/reys-kitchen-delights.html

2. Homemade Oven Fresh Bread Rolls - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013/04/homemade-oven-fresh-bread-rolls.html

3. A sweet fit for a king - Baklava http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-sweet-fit-for-king-baklava.html

4. Puri - A fried Indian bread - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013/05/puri-fried-indian-bread.html

5. A delicious trifle recipe - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013_05_29_archive.html   

6. Naan Khatai - An Indian Shortbread http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013/06/naan-khatai-recipe.html               

7. Fresh Home made Naan - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2013/07/fresh-home-made-naan.html

8. Kitchro- A delicious Indian soup - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2014/12/kitchro-delicious-indian-soup.html

9. Rey's delicious chicken kalya recipe - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2015/02/reys-delicious-chicken-kalya-recipe.html

10. Rey's mouth watering chicken corn soup -http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.com/2015/06/reys-mouth-watering-chicken-corn-soup.html

11. Rey's yummy bread pudding recipe for a cold winters night - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.co.za/2016/08/reys-yummy-bread-puffing-recipe-for.html

12. Rey's yummylicious Phirni recipe - http://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.co.za/2017/05/reys-yummylicious-phirni-recipe-just-in.html

13. Rey's Indian Style Basmati rice - https://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.co.za/2017/09/reys-indian-style-basmati-rice.html

14. Rey's spicy mince curry - https://desertmoonsdiary.blogspot.co.za/2017/06/reys-spicy-mince-curry.html