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Old Bahrain house
This is one of the oldest houses in Bahrain’s Manama area. Made in the traditional style, mainly out of mud and bamboo, this nearly 100-year old building had, until a few years ago, people living...
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Sentinel
This picture of Bahrain’s Arad Fort shows how much development has taken place in the last couple of decades. Now surrounded by large areas of heavy population, even until a decade ago, the fort ‘stood...
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The ‘Caffee Shop’
Filed under: Picture of the Day Tagged: bahrain, Coffee Shop, community, gathering, roadside, traditional
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Slow – and tasty!
Tried my hand at making the traditional Punjabi Chicken Curry – in a slow cooker, and with a tangy twist! The deal is simple. For a full (1000 gms) chicken, take two large onions, two large tomatoes,...
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Friday traditional breakfast
This is perhaps Bahrain’s most famous ‘Friday-breakfast’place. Emmawash Traditional Restaurant in Budaiya is so busy, at times one has to wait an hour before getting a place to sit. The fare is rather...
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Appam Ahoy! — cookwithsingh
Appam stew – the name’s an appetiser in itself! This is a dish I love but have not made at home for a while. The reason : we did not have the right kind of ‘deep’ pan to make the appam (a type of...
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Dhaba times are back
We’ve finally found in Bahrain what we’d been missing for so many years – a Punjabi Dhaba – or a traditional roadside eating place – so popular all over India, particularly in Punjab and along the...
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The layered paratha
Originally posted on cookwithsingh: The typical Punjabi weekend breakfast, though we do not do this very often. The ‘lachcha’ (layered) paratha, the pachranga (mixed) pickle, maah ki daal and fresh...
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Morning feast
Nothing like a traditional Bahraini breakfast at the start of a working day. And that’s what happened today. It always happens. I start work very early in the day and that means no (or a very hurried)...
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A very special moment
What started off as a “work” assignment last weekend turned out to be an unforgettable experience. Though my Arab colleagues were unable to explain to me fully what the assignment was all about, I...
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