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Healthy Kofta with Tahini
Healthy kofta with tahini — a great idea to serve this delicious, popular dish in a healthier, low-oil, low-fat way. The flavor of tahini with kofta is wonderful.
Chinese-Style Noodles with Shrimp
Chinese-style noodles with shrimp — flavorful yet light and quick to make. We recommend adding a mix of vegetables. You can substitute beef or chicken if you prefer.
Qatayef Cones with Cream
Complete recipe for making the best fried qatayef filled with homemade cream. These qatayef are shaped into cones, deep-fried, then filled — give them a try!
Zalabia (Fried Dough) Recipe
Zalabia — one of the tastiest and easiest pastries to make. Serve at breakfast with labneh or as a sweet with sugar or syrup. This version is flavored with anise.
Awama (Luqaimat) — Crisp Syrup-Dipped Dough Balls
A reliable homemade recipe for awama: small fried dough balls that are syrup-dipped. Frying in two stages gives them their signature crispness.
Green Zaatar Bread
Green zaatar bread — very delicious with fresh zaatar and olives. Besides tasting great, it smells wonderful. Serve it for breakfast or use it to make the best sandwiches for the kids.
Zanoud al-Sitt (Cream-Filled Pastries)
Zanoud al-Sitt filled with pastry cream using ready-made baklava or phyllo sheets — quick to make. Prepare the easy cream and the rest is simpler. Garnish with crushed pistachios. Can be fried or baked.
Mujadara with Rice or Mudardara
Mujadara with Rice, also known as Mudardara. The trick to this recipe is using the correct amount of water so the rice and lentils don't absorb too much. And of course, don't forget the fried onions on top!
How to Make Katayef Batter
A simple, home-tested Katayef batter recipe. You can fill them with pistachios, walnuts, or cream, and cook them on the stove or fry them in hot oil.
Sweet Pasta with Raisins
An unconventional and unusual pasta dish with raisins. Flavors mingle to form a rich, harmonious dish with a memorable taste, served as a salad to accompany main courses.
Baba au Rhum Cake
Baba au rhum is a famous French dessert that is traditionally prepared quite differently from this recipe... here, baba au rhum is made in a large cake pan instead of individual molds, and it is soaked with syrup.
Mini Kada Qader Cakes
The famous Kada Qader cake presented in a fresh, innovative way! Instead of serving in a large pan, why not portion it into small muffin cups? A wonderful idea.
Easy Garlic Sauce
A simple, delicious garlic sauce recipe made without eggs and with just a small amount of oil. Try it this way and you’re sure to love it and make it again and again!
Wheat Pudding with Nuts, No Milk
Milk-free wheat pudding is the ultimate winter dessert if you like serving it warm... Boiled wheat gives you energy and warmth! You can also enjoy it cold.
Crispy Mashbak (Crunchy Fried Pastry)
A clear, tried-and-true homemade recipe for crispy mashbak — a rich, delicious Arabic sweet that many love. Very easy.
How to Make Donuts
Homemade donuts — a tried recipe for light, fluffy donuts that don’t absorb much oil during frying. A favorite with kids.
Easy Wheat Labniyeh (Wheat with Yogurt)
A refreshing, healthy, and simple traditional dish — just soak the hulled wheat, boil it, cool it, then serve with yogurt.
Mshabbak (Lace Sweet Pastry)
Mshabbak (also called the Arabic lace pastry) is a traditional syrup-dipped fried dessert. This recipe includes instructions for coloring the syrup, if desired.

















