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Roasted Cauliflower Salad
Roasted cauliflower salad with a mix of vegetables, pomegranate seeds, and a delicious tahini dressing. A wonderful, nourishing, healthy recipe that’s perfect for vegetarian eaters.
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.
How to Make Falafel Patties
Falafel patties are at their best just after they come out of the frying oil. They are a very popular dish in the Levant and in Egypt, where they are also called taameya. Do you know how to make them and the secrets to success at home?
Tartar Sauce
Tartar sauce is very easy to make, tangy in flavor, and best served with fish. Make it at home instead of buying it ready-made!
Oven-Baked Sardine Tray
Oven-baked sardines — easier and healthier than frying. Sardines are a seasonal, very nutritious small fish. Serve with a squeeze of lemon or tartar sauce and eat with bread.
Russian Salad Recipe
The famous Russian salad, served with various meats — an easy, tasty homemade recipe. Don’t overcook the vegetables. You can add other vegetables to the carrots, peas and potatoes as you like.
Salmon with Fresh Cream and Spinach
A delicious, Western-style salmon recipe with cream and spinach. A great way to learn a new preparation for salmon to add to an Arab home-cooking repertoire and enjoy this flavorful, nutritious fish.
How to Make the Best Homemade Falafel?
Homemade falafel like no other. It's essential to soak the fava beans and chickpeas for two days, then grind them well with the other ingredients. Serve with taratur and vegetables, or serve as a salad.
Gulf-Style Shrimp Hamisa
Hamisa shrimp — a Gulf-style shrimp dish made with spices, vegetables and tomato paste. Quick because shrimp cooks fast; serve with rice or bread.
Crazy Cake
Crazy Cake... a delicious cake that combines cocoa and instant coffee, topped with chocolate sauce and colorful chocolate shavings... Notably, this cake requires no eggs and uses only a small amount of flour... Give it a try.
How to Make Breaded Shrimp (Paneh)
For all shrimp lovers, here’s how to make breaded shrimp the proper way. Enjoy it with fries, salad, and dipping sauce, just like something served at the best shrimp restaurants... Enjoy!
Baked Grilled Fish with Vegetables
Baked grilled fish is a popular, mouthwatering dish for our table—especially when it is rich in flavor and served alongside a colorful mix of vegetables. Enjoy trying this delicious and easy recipe.
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.
Coconut Namoura with Custard
A wonderful and tasty recipe for coconut Namoura with custard. This Namoura takes some time to prepare, but it’s not difficult, and following the clear steps yields the best coconut Namoura with custard.
Small Homemade Bread
A wonderful method for making small homemade bread. Prepare this bread to serve elegantly with a variety of salads, appetizers, or small meals.
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.
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.
Baalbek-Style Fatayer
Baalbek-style fatayer is a famous pastry in Baalbek, Lebanon. The meat-filled version is loved across many Lebanese regions. Here is the authentic Baalbek-style fatayer recipe.
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.
No-Bake Chocolate Biscuit Cake
A no-bake biscuit cake that needs some time in the fridge to set, but aside from that it’s an easy and very delicious recipe that everyone should try.
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)
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.
No-Bake Cake (Lazy Cake)
The no-bake cake, also known as Lazy Cake, is an easy, clear, and tested recipe. It doesn’t require many ingredients and comes together quickly with simple components—biscuits and cocoa or chocolate—though it benefits from chilling time to set.