MENU — September 8

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[beef]  Bulgur Bandoura  برغل ببندورة
The perfect dish for the height of local tomato season! Bulgur, whole wheat that has been parboiled, dried and then cracked is one of the very nutritious staple grains in Syrian cuisine. It comes in a range of colours, from pale yellow to dark brown, and grinds, from very fine to coarse. In this classic dish, bulgur is cooked with tomatoes (bandoura), onions and olive oil to give it a rich, tangy flavour and a moist texture almost approaching a risotto. It is topped with small cubes (suqaar) of halal beef, that has been braised in a seasoned broth (which is also used to cook the bulgur), and garnished with some chickpeas, parsley, and pickles.

[vegetarian]  Bulgur Bandoura  برغل ببندورة
The vegetarian version will be cooked in seasoned tomato juice with extra chickpeas, and will come with a homemade labneh ball – a tangy salted and pressed fresh yogurt cheese that is formed into small balls and rolled in za’atar (a Middle Eastern spice mix of ground dried thyme, oregano, and marjoram, mixed with toasted sesame seeds and salt), and cured in olive oil.

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$20 +HST

Meals are available for pickup from The Depanneur, 1033 College Street (between Dufferin & Dovercourt) from 6–7pm on Thursday, Sept. 8
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Meals go on sale on Tuesday at 7am.
Please indicate “PICKUP” or “DELIVERY” in the Order Notes at the Checkout.

Newcomer Kitchen is a new project that invites groups of Syrian refugee women to use our kitchen to cook traditional Syrian dishes in a fun, social setting. Meals are prepared and packaged, and then sold online for pickup or delivery to pay for all the ingredients and provide an honorarium for the cooks.

We also offer 1 spot to help/hang out in the kitchen, learn the recipes and join the ladies for family meal on Thursday afternoon. We are asking for a $50 donation for this, which will go to topping up the $ we have to share with the cooks. This is available for purchase online, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Proceeds from the sale of meals goes directly to the newcomer cooks. However this does not cover the costs of the enormous amount of behind-the-scenes coordination required to keep this project going. You can support the Newcomer Kitchen project directly and our vision of expanding this model to support more women in more neighbourhoods!

Support the Newcomer Kitchen’s FundRazr campaign.

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Learn more about the Newcomer Kitchen project.

Meals go on sale Tuesday morning at 7am