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Foul (Fava Beans) with Tahini
A quick, standard recipe for foul with tahini using canned fava beans. You can make the same dish using soaked and boiled beans, but this version uses the convenient, time-saving shortcut.
Chicken with Lemon and Garlic
Chicken with lemon and garlic is a traditional recipe made by many home cooks in their own way. Try this successful method that relies on boiling the chicken and then browning it.
Green Fava Beans with Cilantro and Garlic
Fava beans in oil is a light vegetarian dish served cold. These traditional village recipes are nutritious, healthy, and inexpensive.
Eggplant Boats with Vegetables
Eggplant boats with vegetables are a tasty oil-based recipe — a light dish suitable as an appetizer. You can add tomato sauce and water, simmer, then serve with rice.
Maquda (Laban Amu)
Maquda, called Laban Amu in parts of southern Lebanon, also known as Shakriyeh with rice — a delicious yogurt-based dish with boiled meat and small onions, served with rice and vermicelli.
How Do You Make Bulgur with Cabbage?
Bulgur with boiled cabbage and chickpeas is one of the well-known traditional dishes from the old heritage... A very delicious vegetarian recipe, and we recommend trying it.
How to Make Qamhia (Wheat Pudding with Milk)
Qamhia with milk — a successful, detailed homemade recipe. We recommend learning this one. Some people like to add nuts inside the pudding, others prefer to use them as a decoration.
Stuffed Zucchini in Yogurt (Kousa Mahshi bil-Laban)
A family-friendly, very tasty dish. Can be served hot or cold — especially refreshing when served chilled.
Chard with Cowpeas (Selaq bil-Loubia)
Chard with cowpeas — a tasty dish often eaten with bread. Nutritious and flavorful; the coriander and garlic give it a wonderful aroma.
How to Make Donuts
Donuts — a clear, detailed, successful homemade recipe. It’s important that the dough rests in two stages. Fry in plenty of oil and decorate with chocolate, powdered sugar, etc.
Balah al-Sham (Deep-Fried Syrup Pastries)
Balah al-Sham — a classic Levantine sweet. Very tasty and easy to make. The dough is fried in cold oil (a key tip for success). Read the steps carefully and prepare delicious balah al-sham.
How to Make Chocolate Petits Fours
A very easy and delicious recipe for chocolate petits fours. We recommend making this at home instead of buying ready-made petits fours—you’ll notice the difference.
Stuffed Vegetables with Minced Meat
Stuffed vegetables with minced meat — a familiar, flexible recipe (some even call it “vegetable paradise”)! Try it — it pleases everyone.
Fried Awama (Luqaimat / Lokma)
Awama — a simple, traditional Arabic sweet. The dough balls are fried in two stages for the perfect crispness, then transferred straight from the oil into syrup. Enjoy!
Zucchini Stuffed in Yogurt
Zucchini stuffed in yogurt is an easy, light, and very tasty recipe. The zucchinis are filled with rice and minced meat, cooked in yogurt, and flavored with a sauté of crushed garlic and dried mint. Delicious.
Kibbeh in Yogurt (Kibbeh bil Laban)
Kibbeh in yogurt is an excellent summer dish. It’s served cold and becomes even more refreshing when chilled. You can use raw, fried, or even grilled kibbeh in the yogurt, and in any case it won’t take long to cook.
Spinach and Kale Asoura
Spinach and kale asoura — a healthy, flavorful vegetarian side dish prepared similarly to endive asoura. Ideal for lovers of light, oil-based greens.
Lentil Kibbeh
Lentil kibbeh follows the same concept as meat kibbeh, but uses lentils instead of meat. A drizzle of olive oil on top completes the dish. Bon appétit.