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Sweet-and-Sour Thai Salad
Sweet-and-sour Thai-style salad — a wonderful mix of vegetables and fruit with a tangy dressing. Fresh, bright flavors and colors that will impress before you even taste it. Perfect as a starter for any lunch or dinner.
Cappuccino (No Machine)
Cappuccino — an Italian-style coffee drink that’s become very popular. A type of coffee enjoyed for its foam, best served hot. Here’s a quick homemade method.
Gulf-Style Meat Salona (Meat Stew)
Meat salona is a famous Gulf dish known across the Arab world for its rich flavor. A hearty stew of meat and vegetables served with cooked rice.
Daqoos / Tomato Sauce
Daqoos (tomato sauce) is one of the tastiest Gulf-style sauces served with rice and many types of meat and fish. Easy to make and delicious over rice.
Layered Apple Cake
A simple, reliable home-style layered apple cake. A sprinkle of ground cinnamon adds wonderful flavor — highly recommended.
How to Make Kamouna Spice Blend
Kamouna spice blend is a richly flavored mix that gives kibbeh and faraqa their distinctive taste. The Kamouna mix can be kept vegetarian, using only tomatoes, onions, and olive oil.
How to Make Muftaqa
Muftaqa is one of the most popular traditional dishes from Beirut. This recipe shows you how to make muftaqa clearly and in the original style followed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Oven-Baked Donuts
We're really excited about this recipe! It uses the same ingredients as traditional donuts, but finishes by baking instead of frying, reducing the dietary or "visual" drawbacks of regular donuts.
Crispy Sweet-and-Salty Cinnamon - Video
Cinnamon is a Western dessert that has become popular and beloved in many Arab countries. Today we’ve prepared it in a new, crispy style with a sweet-and-salty flavor, and we hope you’ll enjoy it.
Turkish Cookies
An authentic Turkish-style cookie recipe that is wonderful in every sense! Enjoy with sweet treats, as a tea-time snack with labneh or thyme, and you can pack it for kids’ lunches. It takes a bit of time to prepare, but the ingredients are common in every home.
Okra Stew
A beloved Bamya-style stew with okra, tomatoes, garlic, and cilantro. Simmered with lamb or bone-in meat, finished with pomegranate molasses for a tangy-sweet finish.
Chicken Curry
A very delicious Indian-style chicken curry! This popular recipe is common across the Arab world, so the ingredients are widely available—from curry powder to coconut milk.
Chicken Tikka with Yellow Rice
How to prepare chicken in a delicious chicken tikka style
How to Make Cherry Pie
A wonderful homemade recipe for cherry pie or pound cake. Try it with any fruit you have on hand, whether cherries, strawberries, or any other suitable fruit.
Delicious Shrimp Stew
This shrimp (prawns) stew is a very practical recipe — easy, tasty, and quick to prepare, so it’s perfect for working mothers. Try it and tell us what you think.
Zucchini Mufarraka (Zucchini with Eggs)
Mufarraka zucchini (zucchini with eggs) — a practical, very easy recipe for a tasty country-style breakfast. Serve with bread and vegetables as you like.
Layered Fruit Cocktail
Layered fruit cocktail: four layers of delicious fresh fruit blends — mango, kiwi, cranberry, and strawberry. Follow the simple steps below to enjoy a refreshing cold drink.
How to Make Crushed Lentil Soup
A delicious, homestyle recipe for Crushed Lentil Soup. Add lemon juice to the soup after it’s finished and serve to intensify the flavors.