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Successful Maamoul Recipe
Perfect maamoul for all your happy occasions, holidays, and hospitality. This recipe is reliable and traditional—just follow the steps and you’ll be happy with the result every time, and never want to change it.
Spicy Tuna Tray Bake with Potatoes
A homemade spicy tuna tray bake that's so easy and a perfect solution when you're out of ideas or short on time. It tastes like the traditional spicy fish dish, but is much more economical. Give it a try.
Fish Fillet Kabsa
Kabsa is one of the most popular and delicious dishes. Here is an easy way to make it with fish fillet, and the result is wonderful, on par with chicken or meat kabsa, with the added bonus of being quicker to prepare.
Easy Salmon Rolls
Easy salmon rolls are one of the quickest appetizer recipes: they take only a few minutes to prepare, yet the result is a delicious and elegant dish! Try this special recipe to dress up your table.
Tongue Fatteh Recipe
Homemade tongue fatteh is unbeatable... This dish is truly special and rich, as the tongue is made of tender, lean meat! Making it at home is certainly cleaner... and here is how to do it.
How to Make Raw Meat Kibbeh
Meat kibbeh is one of those unbeatable recipes, especially as it is one of the famous Lebanese mezza or appetizers served with tabbouleh. A plate of kibbeh can also be served as a main dish.
Secrets to Perfectly Boiling Fava Beans
Ful medames is one of the most beloved breakfast dishes, with slight variations in seasoning from one country to another, or even from one region to another within the same country. Here, we share the secrets to perfectly boiling fava beans while keeping their color light and seasoning them to your taste!
How to Make Meat and Vegetable Kabsa
Meat kabsa is often the first dish that comes to mind when we have guests. It is also one of the dishes most requested by the family... why do you think that is? How do you make kabsa? Take a look at our method.
Smooth Molokhia with Roasted Chicken
Molokhia is one of the tastiest dishes, whether made with fresh or dried leaves, with chicken or meat, smooth or leafy. This recipe is for smooth molokhia with boiled and roasted chicken.
Cooked Taro with Abu Shousha
Taro, abu zmeit, and abu shousha are all names for the same thing! Who knows taro and who has tasted it with kibbeh arnabieh? It can also be made in other ways, like this one. Try it—it is very wholesome and delicious.
How to Make Koshari
Koshari is one of the tastiest and most famous Egyptian dishes. Here is how to make it the traditional way, with the special tomato sauce and koshari dukkah. We hope you enjoy it and try it yourself.
Easy Lebanese Nights Dessert
Layali Lubnan is one of the most delicious and easiest desserts. It’s especially perfect in hot weather because it is served cold from the fridge and has a very light, jelly-like texture. Here is the easiest way to make it.
Rice and Chicken Mansaf
Rice and chicken mansaf made with a homemade recipe that will have you licking your fingers! For the best meal or the grandest feast, this mansaf fits the bill. The recipe also includes a delicious vermicelli soup to serve with the mansaf.
Hummus with Tahini and Meat
Homemade hummus with tahini, made even better with tender filet beef! In just a few steps, you can make the perfect meal. Serve with Arabic bread.
Filet Fish Sayadiyah
Easy filet fish sayadiyah with very few additions. It relies on the flavor of browned onions and fish oil, so the rice absorbs their essence and develops a delicious taste.
Arugula Salad with Smoked Salmon
Arugula salad with smoked salmon is an elegant and delicious recipe that is perfect for the most special occasions as an appetizer. It can also make for a rich and satisfying dinner.
How to Make Cinnabon Basbousa
Cinnabon basbousa is a creative dessert that brings East and West together in one recipe. Rich and indulgent, it is soaked with syrup and topped with a sauce. Very delicious.
Dry Molokhia with Rice
A very delicious homemade dry molokhia recipe! Molokhia is one of the tastiest dishes in Arab cuisine, and it becomes even better when it rests in the fridge. Serve it with rice with vermicelli.
Luxury Maamoul with Walnuts and Dates
Luxury maamoul with walnuts and dates, in a detailed, tried-and-tested recipe that will accompany your sweet occasions and add beauty to your special hospitality!
How to Make the Tastiest Rice with Shrimp
Rice with shrimp in a detailed homemade recipe... very practical and delicious. The blend of delicate, well-balanced spices gives the rice an aroma and flavor that are simply unbeatable.
How to Make Ramadan Mushtah
Ramadan mushtah, or a suhoor bread, is the recipe we will definitely be trying during the blessed month! Some people have difficulty finding bakeries that sell this kind of bread in Ramadan, especially when living abroad. So we brought you the recipe :)
Luxury Eid Maamoul
Luxury Eid maamoul with all the details you need for both the dough and the fillings in this recipe. If you don't know how to make maamoul, go ahead and give it a try—our recipe is guaranteed!
Baked Ajaj Fish in the Oven
Baked ajaj fish with vegetables in a delicious homemade recipe. This fish is especially tasty with tabbouleh, baba ghanouj, and French fries!
Upside-Down Rice with Fava Beans and Chicken
Rice with fava beans and chicken... do you know this recipe? A mix of maqluba, rice with fava beans, and rice with chicken!!! Try it — it’s definitely delicious with yogurt!