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Assorted Eid Maamoul Recipe
Maamoul for Eid with a variety of unique fillings you may not have tried before. Enjoy this rich recipe — you'll find a distinctive touch in the fillings.
Vegetable Rice (Rice with Vegetables)
A practical and popular recipe. Serve as a main dish or alongside chicken, kebabs or other meats. The recipe includes detailed tips.
Shaibiyat (Filled Baklava Pastries)
Shaibiyat: a beloved, classic Middle Eastern pastry. This home recipe uses ready phyllo (baklava) sheets and an easy homemade cream filling—simple and much better than store-bought.
Apricot Jam Slice (Mishmishiya)
A very simple, easy apricot dessert made with common ingredients — sweet and tasty. You can use the same method with other jam fillings.
Date Tart
Date tart — a creative, nutritious dessert made of a biscuit crust and a date filling. Great to serve to children — they’ll love the dates and ask for more.
How to Make Stuffed Cabbage
Stuffed cabbage is one of the most delicious types of mahshi (stuffed dishes). The filling is similar to other stuffed vegetables. You can add pieces of meat under the cabbage leaves at the bottom of the pot for extra richness.
Qatayef Without Semolina
A tried-and-tested, very delicious qatayef recipe without semolina. You can choose the filling you prefer: ashta, pistachios, or walnuts with sugar.
How to Make Potato Gratin
Potato gratin — a popular French dish that’s delicious served with steak or chicken. Here’s an easy, practical method to make it.
Turkish Pastry Dough
Turkish pastry dough is suitable for a wide range of appetizers. Learn the recipe in simple steps and enjoy it with meat, cheese, kishk, shanklish, and other fillings.
Easy Potato Salad
Potato salad is one of the easiest and tastiest kinds of salads... served on its own or alongside stew, or even meat and chicken dishes, potatoes always have a place, especially when prepared as a salad.
Maamoul Mad with Ashta
Maamoul Mad with ashta is one of the most delicious Arabic desserts. Here is an easy, reliable method for making it. You can use the same dough for pistachio, date, and other fillings as well.
How to Make Manakish
Manakish! Who doesn’t love these wonderful pastries? Manakish dough is known for being used with a variety of fillings, such as cheese, za'atar, meat, and kishk, among others. Here, you’ll find a detailed method for making the dough and a selection of fillings.
Grilled Meat Kibbeh
Grilled meat kibbeh with a wonderful flavor and a traditional filling of meat, fat, and walnuts. The method is explained in detail and is definitely worth trying.
Easy Qatayef Batter
A very easy qatayef batter you can make at home — no need to buy premade batter. Full instructions plus a link to make the cream filling.
Moussaka with Ground Beef
Moussaka with ground beef — a baking dish of mixed fried vegetables layered with a ground beef filling in the middle. Suitable to serve with rice or served cold.
Pumpkin (Squash) Kibbeh
Pumpkin (squash) kibbeh — a delicious traditional vegetarian dish. Preparation takes some time but the result is excellent. Choose spinach or chard for the filling and add walnuts, chickpeas, pomegranate molasses and spices for great flavor.
Spinach Quiche - Video
Spinach quiche is one of our favorite recipes. We today feature it with a video to show you how easy it is to prepare at home, and you can use any filling you like.
How to Make Raqaqat Dough?
Easy, tried-and-tested homemade raqaqat dough! A wonderful recipe you can use with a cheese filling for raqaqat or any other filling you like.

















