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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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!
Yogurt Fatteh with Minced Meat
Yogurt fatteh with minced meat and nuts is one of the most elegant dishes you can serve for breakfast or even lunch... it should be served immediately after preparing!
Authentic Samoon Bread Without Eggs
Authentic samoon bread without eggs is truly one of the most successful recipes... You’ll get professional results and bread that looks just like what you buy from the bakery, if not better!
Pasta with Shrimp (Prawns)
Pasta with shrimp: a bouquet of bold flavors, vegetables and spices combined and presented like a restaurant dish. Despite the number of ingredients, this recipe is super easy!
Oven-Grilled Shrimp
Oven-grilled shrimp with an easy, distinctive home-style recipe. Preparation won’t take much time, but the result is fantastic. Choose large shell-on jumbo prawns for this dish!
Al-Nabkiyya Harissa
Al-Nabkiyya Harissa is a well-known Syrian dessert — pistachio lovers will adore it. Try this perfected method and tell us what you think.
Sayadieh with Fish Fillets
Sayadieh with fish fillets — a very practical, nutritious, and easy recipe. Sayadieh is delicious served with tahini sauce, a green salad, and eggplant mutabbal.
How to Make Pizza Sauce?
A delicious, authentic homemade pizza sauce. Store the sauce in tightly sealed jars outside the fridge until ready to use. Check the recipe now.
Fish Tajine with Sour Cream
A sour-cream tajine — an innovative, distinctive recipe. Serve it alongside yellow turmeric-and-curry rice. It’s lovely to present food in creative ways from time to time.
Easy Wheat Harissa with Chicken
This easy wheat harissa with chicken doesn’t require special cooking techniques or equipment. It’s a simple, tested recipe that needs only extra simmering time to ensure the wheat grains are fully cooked.
Maamoul Mad with Dates
Maamoul Mad with dates is one of our site's most popular recipes. Many cooks have shared their methods; this is a new, reliable and guaranteed version. Enjoy!
Deluxe Ma'amoul with Semolina
Deluxe ma'amoul made mostly with semolina and a little flour too — the Eid cookie everyone loves. If you enjoy making sweets at home, prepare your holiday treats now.
Beef and Chicken Shawarma
A carefully made home-style beef and chicken shawarma — even better than restaurants. Shawarma is one of the most delicious and popular fast foods in the Arab world, and it’s especially tasty when served as a sandwich.