NEPAL-LALITPUR-SITHI NAKHA FESTIVAL

NEPAL-LALITPUR-SITHI NAKHA FESTIVAL

(220605) -- LALITPUR, June 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Nepalese cooks special pancake with green and black lentils during Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 5, 2022. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)

Palestinian chefs cook huge Mujaddara dish ahead of Ramadan

STORY: Palestinian chefs cook huge Mujaddara dish ahead of Ramadan DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palestinian chefs cooking a large Mujaddara dish 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAMER JOMAA, Head of Palestinian Culinary Arts Association 3. various of Palestinian chefs cooking a large Mujaddara dish and people enjoying the dish STORYLINE: About 20 Palestinian chefs cooked on Wednesday a large Mujaddara dish in the West Bank city of Jericho. Mujaddara is a signature Middle Eastern dish of lentils, rice, and onions. According to the chefs, the dish is an attempt to apply for the Guinness World Records as the world's largest Mujaddara dish. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAMER JOMAA, Head of Palestinian Culinary Arts Association "We prepared a surprise for our Palestinian community by preparing the largest Mujadara dish to (possibly) enter the Guinness Book of Records. We have chosen the city of Jericho to prepare the dish because it's one of the ol

MIDEAST-JERICHO-MUJADDARA

MIDEAST-JERICHO-MUJADDARA

(220330) -- JERICHO, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian chefs cook a large Mujaddara dish in the West Bank city of Jericho, March 30, 2022. Mujaddara is a Palestinian traditional dish consists of lentils, together with rice and fried onions. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-JERICHO-MUJADDARA

MIDEAST-JERICHO-MUJADDARA

(220330) -- JERICHO, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian chef fills a bowl from a large Mujaddara dish in the West Bank city of Jericho, March 30, 2022. Mujaddara is a Palestinian traditional dish consists of lentils, together with rice and fried onions. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

Egypt bans export of some basic food items for 3 months

STORY: Egypt bans export of some basic food items for 3 months DATELINE: March 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ministry of Trade and Industry based in Cairo 2. various of Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister Nevine Gamea 3. various of a supermarket 4. various of wheat STORYLINE: Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister Nevine Gamea announced Thursday to ban the export of lentils, pasta, fava beans, flour and wheat for three months as of March 11. The minister referred that the trade exchange with each of Russia and Ukraine will submit to the current changes which may result from the Russian military operation. She said the current conflict has yet to affect Egypt thanks to its large stockpile of essential food items. The Russian operation in Ukraine that started about two weeks ago has caused a surge in the prices of commodities and petroleum products worldwide. Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, receives around 80 percent of its wheat imports from R