Cook with a Bedouin
Cooking Class in the Desert
Bedouins have been traveling through the desert for centuries to sell their animals. While the Bedouins today live in settled villages and settlements, they used to travel for weeks on end. Usually the women stay behind with the children. This is why the men learned to cook. The food was prepared by the fire and under the sand, like the delicious “zarb”. Learn with our Bedouins how to prepare delicious dishes while on a Desert tour, that you can recreate at home.
Starters
Spreads are a very important part of Jordanian cuisine, especially hummus. Hummus is also widespread in other Middle Eastern countries. In Jordan, we found a wide variety of hummus:
Traditional hummus with chickpeas, lemon juice and olive oil
Fattened hummus refined with crumbled flatbread, tahini and pine nuts
Hummus flavoured with various vegetables, such as avocado or tomato puree
You can also have this for breakfast, lunch and dinner - hummus is practically always available in Jordan. The combination with flatbread and falafel is particularly delicious. You can get the best hummus in small street shops that prepare it fresh. You can also choose between the different varieties there.
Every meal comes with a starter & arabic salad.
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Main Courses
Recognized as the national dish of Jordan, Mansaf is traditional and authentically Jordanian. This dish which is often served on a large platter and is intended to be shared usually consists of cooked lamb or chicken which is prepared in a fermented yogurt sauce. The meat is then served over rice and sometimes bulgar with herbs.
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Maklouba is a traditional Middle Eastern Rice Dish that literally translates to Upside Down in arabic. It gets its name because of the way it’s made. You layer all the meat or chicken and vegetables in the pot with the rice and once it’s cooked it’s flipped upside down onto a platter.
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But there are many more dishes and it depends on our Bedouin Chef. Of course we are able to prepare vegetarian dishes as well.
Coffee & Tea
Enjoy a coffee & tea ceremony during the tour.
Our programme
Full day Desert Tour
Day 1: Arrival in the Morning
Sightseeing with Sunset Tour (we will end the tour at a place where you can enjoy the Sunset - this depends on weather conditions)
Our 4x4 Tour includes the hot spots of the Red desert as:
Lawrence House
Lawrence Spring
Red Sand Dune
Um Frouth Arche
Khazeli Canyon
Small Arche
Mushroom Stone
At every spot you can hike or climb a bit and take pictures.
We serve Bedouin tea during the trip & bottled water
Camel Ride ca. 45 minutes
At Lunch time you will reach a place in the shadow and learn how Bedouin men for centuries prepared delicious dishes in the desert!
Come and watch Bedouin dishes being cooked in the desert of Jordan.
Enjoy a Bedouin dinner and Bedouin coffee.
Listen to Bedouin stories
When they were nomads and traveling for weeks or months they had to prepare all their meals themselves!
We offer a variety of different traditional dishes and of course you will learn how to prepare the traditional Bedouin tea at Sunset time & Learn about the ritual of offering and serving coffee.
Overnight in our camp & dinner
Day 2:
Breakfast
Riding back on Camels to the Meeting Point in Rum Village
End of programm
