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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.
How to Make Meat Kabsa?
Authentic meat kabsa with this recipe — includes all the vegetables usually used in kabsa and boiled meat on top. Kabsa is also delicious with chicken!
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.
Easy Wheat Harissa with Chicken
This easy wheat harissa with chicken doesn’t require special cooking techniques or equipment. It’s a simple, tested recipe that needs only extra simmering time to ensure the wheat grains are fully cooked.
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.
Kumpir Potato
Kumpir potato is a new recipe that lovers of baked potatoes or fast food will enjoy. Try it and tell us what you think.
Mini Uthmaliya Dessert
Mini Uthmaliya with a lovely homemade recipe — easy and delicious. Uthmaliya is one of the most delicious Arabic desserts, and serving it as small individual portions makes it even more appealing.
How to Make Homemade Qatayef Batter
A reliably successful and very delicious homemade qatayef batter. Try it and fill the qatayef with chilled clotted cream prepared in advance. Qatayef is a light Arabic sweet :)
How to Preserve Baladi (Village) Cheese
How to preserve baladi cheese: from salting and boiling to packing in jars. Every step is listed in detail in this recipe—nothing beats homemade pantry preserves!
How to Make Cake Pops
A homemade cake pops recipe — it couldn’t be easier. Turning leftover or dry cake into attractive little balls is perfect for birthdays or entertaining.
Turkish Kunafa
Turkish-style kunafa — a distinctive layered dessert with a green-colored kunafa pastry layer and a creamy milk pudding (muhallebi) layer. Try it and enjoy the unique flavors.
Cake with Cream and Jam Filling
A cake filled with cream and jam — very special because it's easy and the result tastes better than store-bought. The combination of jam and cream gives the cake an unbeatable flavor. Try it and tell us what you think.
Layered Maamoul with Qishta (Cream)
Layered maamoul with qishṭa — a must-try Arabic dessert. Here is a clear method to make one of the tastiest sweets. Try it and tell us what you think. Enjoy!
Harraq Asba'o (Spicy Lentil and Dough Stew)
Harraq Asba'o — a delicious, rich Levantine dish combining lentils, a simple dough, tamarind, pomegranate molasses and fried onions. Try this traditional recipe.
Rose-Shaped Petit Four Cookies (Bteefor)
Petit four biscuits shaped like roses — delicate, crisp French-style cookies. Store in a glass jar and enjoy with tea.
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.
Steak with White Mushrooms and Cream
Steak with white mushrooms and cream — a rich, delicious homemade biftak/steak recipe. Marinate the steak long enough to develop flavor and tenderness. Here’s how. Enjoy!