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Lentil Soup with Greens and Lemon
Soups and stews
60 minMedium

Lentil Soup with Greens and Lemon

Lentil soup with greens is one of the tastiest lentil soups. Try this cozy, flavorful, and nourishing bowl on cold or rainy days.

Grilled Salmon - Video
Salads and appetizers
30 minExpert

Grilled Salmon - Video

Delicious and easy oven-baked salmon recipe. This video-guided recipe comes directly from the Sho Tabkhin Alyawm kitchen. We hope you enjoy.

Peanut Butter Cookies
Desserts
60 minMedium

Peanut Butter Cookies

A delicious and easy peanut butter cookie recipe (with an optional pistachio-butter variation). Bake these cookies with peanut butter and your kids will surely love them.

Soft and Fluffy Orange Cake - Video
Desserts
50 minMedium

Soft and Fluffy Orange Cake - Video

A wonderful, easy, and tasty orange cake recipe presented with a video, from Shu Tabkhin Today Kitchen. This orange cake is light and does not contain butter or a lot of sugar, making it very light.

Stuffed Sheep Stomachs with Meat - Photos
Vegetarian mains
30 minExpert

Stuffed Sheep Stomachs with Meat - Photos

A wonderful traditional recipe for preparing and cooking stuffed sheep stomachs with meat. It is important to clean the stomachs well before cooking to achieve the desired result and a mouth-watering aroma that will fill your home

Chinese-Style Chicken with Vegetables
Rice and grains
55 minMedium

Chinese-Style Chicken with Vegetables

Chicken, with noodles or white rice, is one of the most popular Chinese dishes in the Arab world. You can add a little pistachio or cashews to this dish for an extra tasty, distinctly Chinese flavor.

Easy Chocolate Cake
Desserts
80 minExpert

Easy Chocolate Cake

A simple, tested recipe for making chocolate cake. You can decorate the cake as you like with plain cream or ganache, with Oreo chunks or cookies.

How to Make Chicken Kebab
Festive specials
60 minMedium

How to Make Chicken Kebab

A tried-and-true home recipe for chicken kebabs. A flavorful marinade suitable for the whole family, best served with rice or a vegetable salad.

Mille-Feuille Layer Cake
Desserts
60 minExpert

Mille-Feuille Layer Cake

An inventive, non-traditional method for preparing mille-feuille cake. You can choose decorations you like to finish the mille-feuille, as it remains one of the tastiest and most beautiful cakes to serve.

How to Make Eclairs
Desserts
140 minExpert

How to Make Eclairs

A very special and elegant way to prepare homemade eclair cake. This recipe is home-tested, but it does require some care and patience during the preparation stages.

Original Croissant Recipe
Breakfast and brunch
40 minMedium

Original Croissant Recipe

A home-tested, guaranteed method for making the original croissant. This croissant recipe requires some patience, as the dough must be rolled and refrigerated multiple times to achieve the desired result.

Raw Malsa Meat (Raw Lamb)
Mains
45 minMedium

Raw Malsa Meat (Raw Lamb)

Malsa is a raw dish from the kibbeh family (also related to frekeh) and other raw meats that are among the most famous Lebanese dishes. Some people worry about eating raw meat, but its preparation requires careful precision, cleanliness, and hygiene.

Basbousa with Custard
Desserts
70 minExpert

Basbousa with Custard

A wonderful dessert that combines semolina cake with a custard filling. Try this version of basbousa with custard for your guests and tailor it to your liking.

Date Cookies (Ka'ak al-Tamr) or Makrout al-Tamr
Desserts
65 minExpert

Date Cookies (Ka'ak al-Tamr) or Makrout al-Tamr

A superb, tested and reliable recipe for one of the best date cookies: date cookies or Makrout al-Tamr. Regardless of the name, this date-filled treat is widely beloved.

How to Make Kofta with Tahini
Sauces and dips
90 minExpert

How to Make Kofta with Tahini

Kofta with tahini is a different take from the classic baked kofta tray with tomato sauce. Anyone who loves tahini will love this kofta and tahini recipe and will want to make it again and again.

How to Make a Special Tart
Desserts
80 minExpert

How to Make a Special Tart

A simple, clear recipe for making a special tart. You can change the shape of this tart according to any letter or number you want by first cutting sturdy paper into the desired shape, then shaping the tart dough around it.

How to Make Lamb Marinade for a Stuffed Lamb or Leg - With Pictures
Festive specials
75 minExpert

How to Make Lamb Marinade for a Stuffed Lamb or Leg - With Pictures

A wonderful recipe for marinating a lamb leg or even a whole lamb and cooking it into a meal you won't forget... Make this recipe for your happy occasions, and the stuffed lamb or lamb leg will decorate your table in an elegant and very beautiful way.

Green Fava Bean Stew with Meat
Soups and stews
115 minExpert

Green Fava Bean Stew with Meat

Green fava bean stew with meat is a very delicious, healthy, and nourishing recipe for the whole family. Serve it with white rice or rice with vermicelli and salad for a complete meal.

Roast Beef with Pistachios - Illustrated
Festive specials
105 minExpert

Roast Beef with Pistachios - Illustrated

A distinctive method for preparing roast beef with pistachios. Serve this pistachio roast beef at celebrations alongside boiled vegetables and mashed potatoes.

Beef Couscous
Vegetarian mains
65 minExpert

Beef Couscous

Couscous is one of the Maghreb’s best-known dishes. You can prepare beef couscous with this clear, tested home recipe, provided you have ready small couscous grains.

Laban Amo (Yogurt Stew) or Shakeriya with Rice
Rice and grains
65 minHard

Laban Amo (Yogurt Stew) or Shakeriya with Rice

Laban Amo or Shakeriya is a popular traditional dish in many regions. If you enjoy cooking with yogurt, you’ll surely love this recipe.

How to Make Fried Chicken Gizzards
Sauces and dips
30 minHard

How to Make Fried Chicken Gizzards

Cooking chicken gizzards may be a simple task, but it requires precision and speed so that we do not notice any unpleasant chicken smell. Try this tested method and you will surely love it.

Creamy Basbousa in a Cake Pan
Desserts
75 minExpert

Creamy Basbousa in a Cake Pan

A beautiful, innovative Basbousa with cream, this time presented in a cake pan with elegant styling. Try this Creamy Basbousa recipe and you can expect a successful and delicious result.

Layali Lubnan (Lebanese Nights) Made Easy
Desserts
80 minExpert

Layali Lubnan (Lebanese Nights) Made Easy

A simple, delicious Layali Lubnan recipe with clear, tested steps. Prepare Layali Lubnan as a creamy Eastern dessert flavored with cream and syrup, and it will impress everyone who shares it.