Search results
“Baked Eggplant with Ground Meat”
Zesta Library
Search result recipes
Results update across recipes, ingredients, categories, and kitchen styles.
Okra with Olive Oil
Okra with olive oil is one of the tastiest vegetarian dishes in Lebanese cuisine. It’s delicious, of course, with meat and rice, but you really should try it with oil too—it’s served cold, is light on the stomach, and super delicious.
Tongue Fatteh Recipe
Homemade tongue fatteh is unbeatable... This dish is truly special and rich, as the tongue is made of tender, lean meat! Making it at home is certainly cleaner... and here is how to do it.
Yellow Rice
Yellow rice with kabsa spices and turmeric, in an easy and delicious homemade recipe! How about serving it alongside grilled meat or chicken for a complete meal?
How to Make Vegan Potato Patties
Vegan potato patties made with a super delicious homemade recipe. This dish is especially served during periods of abstaining from meat and dairy products. We hope you try it because it is truly special!
How to Make Kousa bil Laban (Zucchini in Yogurt)
Kousa bil laban, like other yogurt-based dishes, is very distinctive and delicious. It takes some time to prepare because it’s made in stages, but the family will be delighted with this wonderful recipe—especially since we add some pieces of meat!
Rice Tatbīqa with Grilled Chicken
A practical rice tatbīqa: the rice is cooked with minced meat, but to save time, chicken breast slices are grilled and served alongside the rice — a distinctive addition to the dish!
Best Pea and Carrot Stew
Pea and carrot stew with pieces of meat — a home-style recipe that's simply the best. Many children resist this particular stew, so here is the reliable method.
Dawood Basha
Dawood Basha — a practical, quick and very tasty meatball dish that doesn’t require many ingredients. Serve with rice.
Mille-Feuille with Crème Pâtissière
A classic and beloved French dessert made at home. The method is simple — just pay attention to how the puff pastry is baked.
Red Sauce Vegetarian Pasta
Red sauce pasta without meat—many prefer a vegetarian pasta. Enjoy a tasty spaghetti in red sauce with just a few ingredients in minimal time.
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.
Homemade Sanioura Sweets
Sanioura is a famous sweet from Sidon in southern Lebanon. A delicious dessert made with few ingredients and baked for only a few minutes. Serve plain or fill with pistachios if you like.
Beef Steak with Pomegranate Molasses
How would you like to prepare and enjoy meat? This steak recipe uses pomegranate molasses as a key component to give the meat its distinctive flavor.
How to Make Homemade Beef Hamburgers
A practical, tested, and reliable recipe for making homemade beef hamburger patties. Why buy premade hamburger meat when you can make them at home, easily, deliciously, and affordably?
Cauliflower with Tahini
Tahini cauliflower is a delicious and easy vegetarian dish. Try this oven-baked method for a tasty vegetarian cauliflower that you can serve with a greens salad for a complete meal.
Baqleh al-Hummus
A traditional dish and a widely known popular food in Lebanon... Baqleh al-Hummus, as some call it, may have a different name in other regions. It can be a vegetarian dish, or meat can be added to it, as in this recipe.
Chicken Lasagna
A delicious chicken lasagna recipe. It takes some time because it’s made in stages, but the result is wonderfully different from the usual. You’ve probably tried meat or vegetarian lasagna before—this one is new and worth trying.
Dawood Basha (Meatballs) with Rice
Dawood Basha is a dish of Turkish origin that has become a beloved family classic across the Arab world — popular with both children and adults.

















