Huda Abu Hamdia

Salam my dear ..Thsnk you soooo much for your sweet kind words, I hope you love what you try .. All ingredients (or at least most) you'll find them available in Saudi .. If you wanna do something you're used in prepare in the US, search in some supermarkets that bring their own stuff, some ingredients which are unknown for the area here, you might find them in some special shops. For me I check and try recipes from allover the world, so I keep searching for the ingredients or check something similar, so you will manage for sure ;-) And If you need any any help, please do contact me at huda1016@hotmail.com Would love to meet you If you ever come to Bahrain, you know, it's just 20 minutes away ;-) Ramadan Mubarak my dear :-)

ooo.. Thank you dear soooo much for your sweet words .. it's been lonfg time since I've checked the site, been little bit busy! I hope you enjoy and like everything you try, and if there's any question or comment, please do send me at huda1016@hotmail.com.. Thank you so much again..

Is cakeobake an arabic website or can i view it in english also

heyy....thanks alot ....i have tried some of your deserts and there are really good....my email id-ifrah.tahmid@gmail.com

Hi Ifrah .. thank you so much for passing by.. Hope u try and like any recipes you would try from here :-) As for books, I usually try to check around, but many have nice recipes and trust them.. I guess you can check out Horiyyet el matbakh:http://www.cakeobake.com/2011/08/blog-post_04.html check out also this blog, it;s not for a know auther, but it's really a nice blog shows steps for things she is doing,desserts: http://www.cakeobake.com/ Some recipes I might take from Chef Osama Al Sayyed, also there's a nother Chef called Chef Antwaan, a Libanies chef.. If other came across my mind I'll write them for you .. you have any e-mail you would like me to send you at???

you're most most welcome my dear :-) .. I'm so glad you liked it :-)

Salam alaykum, Thanks for the reply. I will just substitute allspice for the nutmeg and vanilla powder for the extract. I just recently moved to Dammam, KSA so we are practically neighbors, mashaAllah! Jazaki Allahu khair for all the great recipes. I moved here from the States, and all the ingredients here are so different than what I am used to, so I think that your recipes will help me a lot, inshaAllah, because they use the same ingredients we have in KSA. Ramadan Kareem to you and your family! - Khadijah

thank you dear for your comment. There are two says from Islam point of view regarding using it in food or medicine.. So, it's upto you which say you want you follow..So If you want to follow the say of using it is haram, you can just remove it, and If your the other say follower, you use it.

Huda, mashaAllah these are delicious looking recipes. I just wanted to let you know I recently found out using nutmeg is haram; it would be the same as putting some alcohol in the recipe. I don't think many sisters are aware of this. I hope that is helpful. Thanks for all the great recipes!

Hi dear... yes.. I do .. It's used in very little quantities, It will never have the effect you are talking about!! no worries :-) Thank you for your comment, hope it's clear now :-)

Hi dear .. u need to just make the oil little warm, not hot.. then pour it over the kunafa.. cz u need to arrange it first in the tray, that's way my dear.. it'll sizzle a little when u pour the warm oil over the kunafa in the frying tray. Then u put the tray back over the heat and continue frying .. let me know if u need to know anything else :-) Thank you so much for liking ;-)

Thank you so much Sohail ..

Hi Mashzah .. so sorrry for the late reply!! i've been so busy lately and couldn't check my page.. those ones i made them in muffin baking tray, but it was difficult to fry them in the muffin tray.. after that i made round molds to keep in the pan when frying, that would much much better .. I made them out of empty small cans.. try and let me know how it goes.. u can send me on huda1016@gmail.com

Inshalla if i come to hurghada, i'll send you and will be glad to meet you in person .. take care..

Thanks Hassan .. that's my great honor to get a compliment from a the Marriot Chef :-) .. I'm originally Palestinian from Amman/Jordan, but i live now in Bahrain .. I'm so glad that u liked the recipes i've posted.. hope to meet u one day if i come to Hurghada inshalla..

that's so sweet of you to say my dear .. you made me blush :-) .. It's my pleasure and honor of course to be friends.. just send me at my mail: huda1016@hotmail.com.

it'll be my pleasure ..send me ur e-mail

Thank you so much my dear. I'm so glad to hear so :-) .. and hope you will like everything you'll try, and if there's any inquiries, or anything not clear, please do send me on: huda1016@hotmail.com thank you so much again for your sweet comment :-)

Hello my dear :-) ... hope u like what u'll try , and happy new year ;-)

thank you dear for your comment :-) I'm not downloading any recipes for the time being, but I'll be so glad to sen you or your sister any recipe requested and help out in any way possible :-) .. just e-mail me on huda1016@gmail.com awaiting to hear from you sister ..

Thank u soooo much my dear :-) .. i'm so glad to hear that u liked my recipes :-) ramadan kareem 3aliko jami3un ya rub ya 7abibty :-)

ooo.. that's great to hear my dear .. i'll check them out immediately .. thanks dear ;-)

hi dear .. misse u really :-) glad ur fine, just wanted to check on u :-) take care, and don't stay away too long ;-)

hey noora.. how r u ?? the site doesn't read arabic, if u can write in english (arabic-english or english english).. hope u read this and reply!

You are most welcome Kim :-) It's really my pleasure when I hear such comments, and that my recipes made someone satisfied and happy :-) I think this will encourage you to try some more recipes from my page :-D Hope u enjoy it all .. take care!

hI LINDA.. GLAD U LIKE THE RECIPES I'M SUBMINTTING .. THEY ARE MIX FROM HERE AND THERE.. BUT I TRY TO SUBMITT THE TRADITIONAL ONES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.. lots of arabic recipes are here on my page .. which one u saw?? for Ma'moul, i have a very tasty recipe, taken from my mom, which she took from hers and so on.. Inshalla i'll type it ASAP and will submitt.. Do u have an e-mail or any place where i can directly contact u on ??? will be waiting my dear ;-)\take care..

welcome back ya gamila; we really miss your sweet voice here in Dubai but hope to see u soon again ensha2 Allah.

thanks allot my dear .. al hamdolellah it was a very nice visit, the meeting which i was attending was nice, and then stayed with my sister for the week end.. enjoyed it so much ..

wonderful to have you back Huda! Also happy that your visit with your sister was all you hoped it would be and they loved your food - how could they not?

oooooooooooooo.. thanks allot Lisa, I'm so happy to hear so, cz i love photography and decoration as well, and i try my best with what i have in hand :-) As for the pictures, I takes so many from different angles, and then i crop and adjust the light and so. Since it's not my profession, its takes long time for me to submitt a recipe in it's final from. Thank you so much Lisa, and let me know if u need anything else :-)

emmm emmmm.. this sounds yummy yummy.. i can smell the nice aroma reaching my place ;-) u have post the recipe now to ur page ;-) .. middle eastern food has a fanstastic distinguished and delicious taste and smell.. Glad that you're loving it ;-) see u around with more recipes and trials ;-)

Hi Enzo.. middle easter cuisine is really an interesting tasty cuisine .. one will be amazed by the ingredients, the spices and herhs, the combinations and way of preparing the recipe.. glad u like the recipes i\ve submitted so far..hope u try some and let me know how it goes :-) thanks allot Enzo :-) by the way, where r u from ?? Spain ???

ooo that's great .. so if anyones asks me where they can find any of the ingredients there in Sydney, I'll come back to you then my dear ;-) If there's anything not clear in any recipe, just write to me here so i can see it.. cz comments on recipes don't show in News or Nibbles always xoxoxo..

yes, well, I showed my mum many of your recipes, she was amazed about how many of them she knew! the other week we went to sydney and went to an arab bakery and bought all of the ones you have posted that they have. THEY WERE ALL DELISH! I will hopefully be making some of these soon!

by the way, lots of the arabic recipes which i'm posting are not known to all arab people, I wanted to share the ones which are sooo special and only few know and cook them ..and cause some people know the food but don't know how to prepare it and they can't find the recipe over the net, so wanted to help in this issue ... so donno ig ur mom recognized any of the arabic recipes i've posted.. but i hope she liked them :-D

I think your gonna love lots of the Arabic food.. I know I do :-D (I love all cuisines I think :-D ) Looooooooooooolll.. even i can't decide whether i like desserts more or food more :-D If you or your mom wanted to ask about any Arabic recipe, just send me here, or to my mail huda1016@hotmail.com My elder sister is an expert in Arbic food (as well as any kind of food, she's amazing), so if i needed help I'll check with her, so don't worry :-) Will be waiting for your first request :-D take care my dear.. xoxoxoxox

Well dear .. tell u the truth, it's very diffeicult, and I don't sleep at night as u said :-) i go to work at 8am, back at 6pm .. so as u see no much time left, add to that many social activities to be done .. I ended up not sleeping to finish what i plan to do :-) I'm so glad u liked the recipes which i've submitted till now, hoping u'll like the coming ones asw ell :-) but i didn't get ur name ??? and where are u from ?? cz u were wordering if u might get all the ingredients where ever u go .. awaiting to hear from u soon dear.. and thanks again :-)

Hi there .. so glad to hear so :-) Ill be waiting for ur comments about what you try .. thatnks for your sweet comment :-)

thank u thank u dear :-) .. I was so thrilled when i read the comment and the mai and got to know .. I'm so glad that being on the site gave me the chance to meet lovely friends like ur self and the others my dear .. million thanks again :-)l

thanks allot Bsh :-) hope u try some of the recipes and hope u like them :-) thanks again :-)

thanks my dear Philippa :-) ... much appreciated .. and i'm glad to share my humble expeience with everyone.. and learn from experienced chefs like your self my dear :-) xoxoxoxoxox..

So glad to have you here Huda - as the newsletter said, bringing your wonderful food and recipes to our members is what this site is all about. Lovely to see recognition for a true foodie!! xox

Thnaks a million my dear Philippa .. was so excited to see ur comment here, from which I got to know the great news :-) I'm so happy to be member here, and more happy that I got to meet great sweet kind people as you :-) Thanks a million again xoxoxoxoxoxoxox..

Dear, the message is not in english it seems so i cant's read it .. If you could please re-write in english again so i can reply.. Thanks Sawsan :-)

Israa, my dear :-) inshalla i will post the salad, with the my famous salas dressing very soon .. so don't go away :-) and thanks dear for the warm wishes :-)

Hi khuloud.. miss u dear allot .. the cream cheese in the cream cheese frosting is like Kiri .. the cheese in Tiramisu is either mascarpone, or u can use Pock or el mara3i or so, the white one in glass. As for the oat meal, yes dear, it is SHOFAN I'll go back to the recipes and add these notes inshalla there too .. take care sweety :-)

ooo it is really Jacki :-D .. I was so happy to get this msg, cz I've just started posting recipes, this matter didn't cross my mind .. I didn't even know that there's "member of the month" thing .. but that's so sweet of the LIFE STYLE FOOD CHANNEL to do so.. I would really like to thank them for all their efforts and for giving us the chance to share our cooking experience with others through their lovely site ..

How exciting Huda!

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Lena .. keefek ?? of course I remember you.. when i just read the name, i thought: cod it be that Leena?? then i read the comment, and yes, it is you.. How can i forget u my dear.. we used to walk to school together ,, so sooo glad to meet u here dear.. where r u now ??? and tell me, u tried the lazy cake recipe here ?? I'm trying to submitt recipes which are not easy to find, whether over the net or in books ,, just hope all will try them, cz thye are really tatsy :-)

really ?? very nice idea this "Spice it up" night that you'll be doing .. wish i'm with u there to share :-) .. but as you said, i'll share with my recipes :-) .. hope u like what u'll try, and let me know if u have any questions regarding any .. Gook luck, and wish u yummy saturdays :-)

thanks allot dear .. so sweet of you :-) .. most of the recipes i submitted are really easy to make , like: Aama's pasta, chicken with thyme&olive oil, musakhkhun, chicken picatta, Okra with olive oil, shawerma, beef meatloaf.. in addition to spring salad.. these are really so easy to make and take no time .. For sweets, easy ones are like: basboosa, Tiramisu, Layali Lebnan, Lazy cake(and this ones speaks for its self :-D ) I'll keep on submitting easy recipes cause I know most people prefer that.. and if you or your friends ahave any question, pls don't hesitate.. Thanks again Ghada

That's seems intresting .. If I make it some day, I'll post it here ..

Thanks dear .. hope u try some.. my favorites are musakhkhun, sfeeha,spinash,potatoes pastries (potatoes pastries which i'll submitt soon) pastries in general :-D ) & also I loved Aamal's pasta.. i think the list is endless :-D .. will be waiting for ur comments .. thanks again dear :-)

really ?? u tried it ??? my friend pepared banoffee pie just few days before i saw the recipe here, but she made the caramel layer only caramel, no cream or cheese added .. the whipping cream was added as a layer on top of the banana..it was really niice ... tell me, what was wrong with "dine with me "recipe ??

Thanks Jackicam.. I'm trying to put, as you said, recipes that are not usually found in Eastern cookbooks, and some recipes are the way we make them back home, or ones i think only my mom's family makes.. Maybe I'll post some egyptian recipes, with my own touch or twist.. my egyptian friends say that the egyptian recipes i made are better than the ones they already do, that their husbands told them that: Huda is not egytian and she made them so delicious :-) .. so when you try them tell me what your family will comment :-) I'm glad you loved the ones posted already.tell me when you try any, and let me know if there's anything not clear or so .. Thnaks again dear :-) Thanks again dear

miss u too dear so much .. just check out what ever u want, and i'll be here for any consultation or questions.. or requests :-) .. take care dear ..and i'll b waititng to hear from u agin here inshalla .. xoxoxoxox

hey there ..how r u dear ??? glad to see u here and glad you liked the site.. let me know how the salad turns out tomorrow.. I'll try to post some more slalad recipies soon inshalla.. waiting for more of your comments and opinions .. thanks dear..

Thanks allot my dear.. I thought I should take the step and start doing something.. It's been long time I have the intention, but you know all my recipes are hand-written and need to be typed, so I just started last week to do so, at last !!! Inshalla I'll keep on submitting recipes as soon as I can, and I'll be waiting for your comments.. and requests as well :-) .. tell me if you tried any of the recipes I'm submitting here.. .. miss u too my dear ..take care

Thanks dear ... I'm so happy to hear so .. I'm trying to submitt easy ones, and maybe not very familiar to non-arabs.. although I LOVE all kinds of food :-D , and i love to try and cook dishes from all over the world .. keep me updated with your comments and results :-) Good luck ...

I will soon inshalla .. just I have them hand written in my note books..I need to type them here so i can download them.. The recipes that I have are alllooooot ..and it takes vey long time to transfer them from hand-written to typed!! donno how people can make it .. since very long time I wanna do so, and even my friend ask me to put my recipes in a book in the market, but actually donno how to do so between long working hrs are other social activities.. but I'll try now to arrange more time for this matter .. and hope you and everyone, like my recipes and they woud become one of their favorites :-) Thnaks allot Jackicam