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Chicken Shawarma Sandwiches
Homemade chicken shawarma—easy, quick, and delicious. It’s especially tasty with fries, garlic sauce, and pickles. This recipe also includes a tahini-based tartar (طرطور) sauce.
Garlic Sauce for Sandwiches
A classic garlic sauce for sandwiches — rich and garlicky. Perfect with shawarma, chicken kofta, tawook and many fast-food dishes.
Chickpea Fatteh with Beef
A hearty, flavorful dish built on chickpeas, tahini-yogurt sauce, and toasted or fried bread. The minced beef on top adds extra richness and indulgence.
How to Make Turkish Simit
Turkish simit made with a delicious homemade recipe! All the details are here—just follow them for the best result. Serve with date molasses and tahini dip!
How to Make Beef Kebab
Beef kebab is a quick recipe from the Arab kitchen — very tasty when grilled and best served with tarator (tahini) sauce and piyaz (onion salad). It’s also delicious with white rice.
Easy Homemade Falafel
Easy homemade falafel — a very tasty recipe served with a selection of fresh vegetables and tartar or tahini sauce. Everyone knows falafel, but not everyone knows how to make it. Check out the recipe :)
Beirut Rabbit Kibbeh
Rabbit kibbeh... who knows this old traditional Beirut dish? For those who don’t, it’s a dish of kibbeh meat patties cooked in a tahini sauce with onions and citrus juice. Very delicious and distinctive.
How to Make Lebanese Bread
Homemade Lebanese bread done right! This bread is perfect for breakfast, for wrapping falafel and shawarma sandwiches, or for eating with ful medames, whole chickpeas, or tahini. It goes beautifully with just about any Lebanese meal :)
Homemade Beef Shawarma
Delicious homemade beef shawarma — an authentic, carefully made recipe. Homemade shawarma is lighter since it doesn’t contain much fat. This recipe includes tips to make it extra tasty — don’t forget the parsley salad and tahini (tartar) sauce.
Homemade Falafel Recipe
Homemade falafel... many prefer not to buy ready-made falafel as long as it's easy to make at home. The important thing is to have a grain grinder available. Falafel is very delicious with vegetables and tarator (tahini sauce).
Namoura Without Flour
Namoura made without flour — an easy and innovative version that uses tahini instead of flour to yield a light, crumbly, delicious Namoura.
Beef Shawarma
A very easy, tried-and-true homemade beef shawarma recipe. Learn the marinade ingredients as well as the parsley salad and the tahini/tarator sauces served with it. Delicious served as a sandwich.
Falafel Salad
Falafel Salad: An innovative and elegant way to serve falafel as a salad without bread. The recipe includes links to make falafel at home and tahini sauce. A falafel's constant companion!! :)
Fried Vegetable Balls
Vegetable balls, also known as vegetable kofta, in an easy, delicious, and creative homemade recipe! The balls are fried in plenty of oil for just a few minutes until golden.













