Typical Israeli Saturday Morning Breakfast VLOG + RECIPES

Every country and every culture has its own traditions! So of course, so do we in Israel! 

Israelis in Israel LOVE Saturdays, it’s typically the only day off they get out of their busy week.

Since Israeli’s in Israel do work on Sundays (Sunday is their Monday) they really like to utilize their Saturdays. This starts with typically having a big meal Friday night for Shabbat and getting so full that they end up going into a food coma and passing out early. Then waking up Saturday morning and making breakfast that they enjoy with their family and close friends or neighbors. Then if the weather is good they normally go to the beach or bring breakfast to the beach and enjoy the rest of the day with family + close friends. Which is what we did! 

Since I haven’t been to Israel in a year my mom set up the perfect Israeli breakfast for us with all the traditional Israeli dishes and invited over my childhood BFF family.

This time around I bring you closer into my home, my life with my family + close friends and our silliness!

Check out this Vlog I made below!

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Most Popular Israeli Dishes For Breakfast On Saturday:

Jachnun

This is THE GO TO food for most Israelis on Saturday morning, Jachnun.

It’s actually a Yemen dish that the Israeli Yemen’s brought to Israel and it’s been a smash hit since! It’s pretty hard to explain Jachnun but ITS EVERYTHING and MORE (and if you’re going to Israel you have to try it)! So I’ll try, basically its a sort of a dough that’s rolled up that’s fixed with sugar and honey, but it’s not crazy sweet.

It’s hard to make from scratch and only those who are experts at it do it because it’s very time consuming and many things can go wrong.

However, there are many places in Israel that sell Jachnun like most restaurants/cafes offer it for breakfast ONLY on Saturday and they get sold out quickly, so get there early. Another option is driving around, there are actually amazing Yemen’s who sell them all over the cities and neighborhoods, typically you can find signs all over roads and streets with arrows to follow on where to get them and these people actually make a full-time business selling them ONLY on Saturday. This is probably the best way to go! Because you know it’s fresh and real from someone who knows what they are doing. The third option is to make it yourself by buying it at a local market frozen. There is actual direction on the packaging but you basically cook it on low overnight.

Israelis normally eat Jachnun with a hard-boiled egg and fresh tomato sauce and add some salt, pepper and spiciness to it by using Zhug.

*This is a vegan/vegetarian dish

However, If you wanna try to make it on your own or know what’s in it, here it is:

Ingredients

• 1 kilo (8 cups) all-purpose flour (sifted, 11.7%)
• 50 grams (¼ cup) granulated sugar
• 2 grams (½ teaspoon) baking powder
• 35 grams (2 tablespoons) honey
• 20 grams (1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon) fine salt
• 675 grams (2½ cups plus 1 tablespoon) warm water
• 15 grams (1 tablespoon) vegetable oil
• 200 grams (1 stick plus 5 tablespoons) unsalted butter (very soft—nearly melted)

Shakshuka

Shakshuka is also a very popular and common Israeli dish, not only for Saturday but any day of the week and sometimes even eaten for dinner.

I’m actually an amazing expert at making this! Ideally, it’s eggs and tomatoes sauce but the secret behind a successful Shakshuka is the spices you put in it and the other veggies.

There are many ways of making Shakshuka. The way I normally make it is by dicing up some fresh onion and small garlic, frying them with extra virgin olive oil, then adding some freshly cut tomatoes (you can do can tomatoes but I personally think it’s gross and not as fresh but it’s totally ok to do), you can even add some red or green bell pepper and chop it up into a bunch of small pieces and wait for it to get juicy, meanwhile adding some spices like red pepper, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic salt and anything you find that smells good basically lol. Once you have the basics down and the tomatoes become juicy you can add in the eggs! and walla! You have made Shakshuka! (also try to cook on low so it doesn’t burn)

We normally eat Shakshuka with bread.

*This is a vegetarian dish

Israeli Salad

Israeli salad is super basic, simple and refreshing! All that’s really in it is cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and you can also add in some green bell pepper, top it off with salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon juice and some like to add in feta cheese but that’s being extra. A traditional Israeli Salad is vegan.

THAT’S IT! YOU GOT THIS! ENJOY!