Beid bil Jamriya

Scrambled egg with dates - whatever next !  We came across this recipe in a great Middle Eastern cookbook called Veggiestan. It tasted a lot better than it looked!  In fact it was delicious, incredibly sweet, and that hint of cardamom was just perfect.

Ingredients

serves 1

100g dates, pitted

1 egg, large free-range

4 cardamom pods, seeds crushed

10g butter

Method

Crush the cardamom seeds with a pestle & mortar. Then roughly chop up the dates. 

In a large frying pan melt the butter and add the chopped dates. Cook for a couple of minutes.  Next quickly whisk up the egg and pour over the dates, stirring constantly for a few more minutes until the egg has cooked.

Serve immediately sprinkled with the ground cardamom.