{"id":5562,"date":"2017-06-01T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2019-07-28T14:06:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T12:06:18","slug":"karim-petsadsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/?p=5562","title":{"rendered":"Karim Petsadsis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI always save room\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>for some Basboosa\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

K<\/em>arim Ahmed is an Engineering student, a lover of food, a basboosa addict, and a gymaholic. His food blog is where he shares everything from sweet and indulgent treats to simple, calorie friendly meals. He started his blog 4 years ago, stemming from a passion for photography and writing about food. Whether he\u2019s eating or cooking, he like\u2019s to keep things simple without sacrificing great taste.\u00a0 Follow Karim on<\/em><\/p>\n

www.instagram.com\/karimpetsadsis<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Favourite Iftar and Sohour Destinations\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really eat out in Ramadan but when I do it\u2019s either sushi at Fuego Sushi or the daily buffet at Fairmont Nile Towers and Enab Beirut.<\/p>\n

Favourite Iftar and Sohour dishes\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The appetizers always win my heart, I die for those Lebanese Kibbeh and Samosas (samboosek) and for and Iftar main dish I love garlic butter shrimps. For Sohour I like to keep it simple with egg white omelets and cottage cheese with cucumber, olive oil and basil.<\/p>\n

Favourite Ramadanic drink\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This definitely has to be Tamarind (Tamr Hindi).<\/p>\n

Your most unforgettable memory during the Holy month\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing football with my friends right before El Fajr prayers and how the whole family gathers together every day for Iftar.<\/p>\n

Biggest kitchen failure\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Baking, baking and baking\u2026 I always try to make those low carb recipes for cakes and pancakes and I fail miserably.<\/p>\n

Favourite Ramadanic dessert\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only for Ramadan but my all time favourite dessert is Basboosa.<\/p>\n

Do you cook in Ramadan?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost daily, I\u2019m always watching my weight in Ramadan so I have to cook for myself to make sure I\u2019m on the right track.<\/p>\n

Tip for surviving fasting\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I never have problems with hunger so my tips will be for thirst. Always have a good amount of cucumber or watermelon before going to bed to stay hydrated throughout the day and avoid any heavy meals at night and easy on the salt and spices.<\/p>\n

Favourite recipe\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This one is very easy, it\u2019s for my Asian salad. Cut any vegetables you like, thinly and put them in a bowel. The secret is in the sauce:<\/p>\n

1tsp salt<\/p>\n

1tsp black pepper<\/p>\n

2 tsp light soy sauce<\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp dark soy sauce<\/p>\n

2 tsp roasted sesame<\/p>\n

2tsp sugar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karim Ahmed is an Engineering student, a lover of food, a basboosa addict, and a gymaholic. His food blog is where he shares everything from sweet and indulgent treats to simple, calorie friendly meals. He started his blog 4 years ago, stemming from a passion for photography and writing about food. Whether he\u2019s eating or cooking, he like\u2019s to keep things simple without sacrificing great taste.\u00a0 Follow Karim on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5567,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions\/5567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}