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Fried Zalabia with Sareesira
Zalabia with sareesira, or semolina, or groats... so they won’t absorb oil while frying! Shape them like fingers or small loaves so you can fill them as you like for breakfast!
How to Make and Fry Zalabia
Zalabia made with a delicious, detailed homemade recipe... You can eat it for breakfast with labneh or cheese, or turn it into a sweet treat by adding syrup or sugar. What do you prefer?
Milk Toast Loaf
A soft milk toast loaf — one of the best breads for cheese slices or jam. Once you bake it at home you'll keep making it. Try this reliable recipe.
Green Thyme Toast Bread
Toast bread with a wonderful thyme flavor... mmm, it tastes even better with a piece of cream cheese or labneh for breakfast. You have to make it yourself and try it.
Al-Mashatih (Ramadan Flatbreads)
Al-Mashatih are a beloved homemade flatbread with irresistible aroma and flavor. You don't have to wait for Ramadan—make them at home any time!
Arboozah or Qatifa
Arboozah is a leafy plant similar to molokhia and often grows among it as well. It is known by several names, including qatifa and karboozah. It is cooked with oil and eaten with bread. Try it if you can find it.
How to Make Zalabia
How to make delicious zalabia, one of the tastiest pastries you can enjoy with labneh, thyme, and olives, or turn into a light sweet treat with a few additions of honey and syrup. The dough recipe is from us, and you choose whether to make it sweet or savory :)
Lobiya bi Zayt
Lobiya bi Zayt is a recipe that couldn’t be easier. Who would serve it with fluffy rice? And who would eat it with Arabic bread? It’s delicious with cucumber and sweet green pepper.
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 :)
Communion Bread (Khubz al-Qurban)
Communion bread served at church for both sorrowful and joyful occasions. You won’t find this recipe on many sites... Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm makes sure to give you every recipe you need for any occasion.
How Do We Make the Tastiest Manakish Dough?
The tastiest, easiest tried-and-tested dough for making manakish at home. You can prepare this perfect dough and choose the filling you like, whether zaatar, cheese, kishk, vegetables, or all of them for a varied and hearty breakfast.
How to Brine Green Olives
Olives are one of the tastiest pantry preserves, and brining green olives is different from brining black ones. Here is a favorite method for preserving green olives from one year to the next while keeping their beautiful color and delicious flavor.
Musakhan Chicken with Saj Bread or Tortilla
Musakhan-style chicken is a beloved, distinctive dish from Palestinian cuisine. This recipe is very easy and delicious — suitable as an appetizer or as a main course. Enjoy!
Indian Puri (Fried Bread) with Korma Sauce
Puri — a popular Indian fried bread. Traditionally served with grilled spiced chicken, it’s also delicious with dairy, cheeses, or other dishes. This recipe includes an Indian korma sauce to serve alongside.
Baqaat Dough with Black Seed
Baqaat are one of the most delicious types of pastries, famous in the Lebanese countryside! They’re delicious with labneh, and you can also spread za'atar or cheese on them before baking them in the oven, just like mana'eesh.
Eggplant Manzaleh (Masqa'a / Moussaka)
Eggplant Manzaleh is one of the best cold dishes — very tasty, especially when eaten with bread and served with onions and fresh vegetables.
How to Make Mashatih Bread
Mashatih is a popular type of pastry in Lebanon, especially at the suhoor table during the holy month of Ramadan. If cracked wheat is not available among the ingredients for mashatih, you can replace it with fine bulgur.
Bulgur Dumplings in Yogurt
Zanakel bi-laban, also called zaqaliit bi-laban in some Lebanese regions, varies in name from one area to another, but the preparation is similar: small bulgur balls cooked in yogurt.

















