An impressive collection of recipes from the Middle East, featuring some of the region’s favourite and most well-known dishes.
Stuffed pancakes (katayef with kashta cream)
2 Std.
Za'atar bread rolls
2 Std.
Lamb meatballs in spicy tomato sauce (lamb kofta)
1 Std. 5 Min
Za'atar mix substitute
5 Min
Baklava
1 Std. 10 Min
Middle Eastern eggs
45 Min
'Qamar el-din' juice
5 Min
Apricot tahini bliss balls
15 Min
Cheese pies
1 Std. 25 Min
Carrot coriander soup and tikka salmon with steamed vegetables
35 Min
Lentil puree (moujadarra)
1 Std. 25 Min
Soft date cake with walnuts
1 Std. 10 Min
Milk pudding (mouhallabieh)
15 Min
Moroccan sweet pastry (Briouats)
35 Min
Arabian ice cream
10 Std. 25 Min
Chicken moghrabieh
1 Std. 25 Min
Yoghurt soup with meat dumplings (Shish barak)
2 Std. 30 Min
Freekeh pilaf with broad beans
1 Std.
Red mullet couscous with peppers
30 Min
Garlic dip (toum)
15 Min
Middle eastern stuffed chicken
2 Std. 25 Min
Chicken with couscous and saffron
1 Std. 15 Min
Aubergine dip (moutabal/baba ganoush)
1 Std. 10 Min
Chicken with rice
1 Std.
Stuffed semolina cookies (ma'amoul)
4 Std.
Sweet cheese pastry (knafeh)
3 Std.
Za'atar flat bread (mankouche)
1 Std. 35 Min
Red lentil soup with cumin
55 Min
Arseeyah
50 Min
Za'atar pesto
5 Min
Lamb tagine with apricots and honey
1 Std. 30 Min
Baked falafel kofta
1 Std. 20 Min
Sweet cheese rolls (halawet el jebn)
2 Std. 45 Min
Steamed chicken roll and vegetables with vegetable sauce
1 Std. 35 Min
Chai tea
15 Min
Falafel
1 Std. 25 Min
Mango frozen yogurt
5 Min
Salmon kabsa
35 Min
Vegetable harrira soup
45 Min
Okra and meat stew (bamia)
1 Std.
Date and pistachio truffles (bethith)
30 Min
Beans with beef in tomato sauce (fasouliah)
13 Std. 30 Min
Creamy Moroccan bean soup
35 Min
Cheese sambousek
1 Std. 45 Min
Koshari stew
45 Min
Spiced rice pudding (meghli)
50 Min
Tikka paste
1 Std.
Berry halva semifreddo
4 Std. 10 Min
Chicken tagine with honey and prunes
40 Min
Oat porridge with dates and cardamom
20 Min
Umali
1 Std. 25 Min
Semolina pancakes (Beghrir)
1 Std.
Spicy sea bass (samke harra)
50 Min
Harissa sauce
10 Min
Creamy carrot and lentil soup
35 Min
Meatballs in a rich tomato sauce (daoud basha)
1 Std.
Chicken curry with okra (quwarman al dajaj)
50 Min
Kingfish pie
2 Std.
Mint lemonade
5 Min
Muhamara dip
5 Min
Moroccan filled bread rolls (Batbout)
2 Std. 40 Min
Wholemeal bread with green olives and za'atar
2 Std.
Tahini dip (tarator)
5 Min
Couscous with lamb and vegetables
50 Min
Chicken with yoghurt tahini sauce (fattet d'jaj)
1 Std. 25 Min
Dill and feta flatbread
1 Std. 20 Min
Arabian spice mix
5 Min
Spicy tomato salsa (dakkous)
15 Min
Baked kibbeh (kibbeh bil sanieh)
1 Std. 35 Min
Monkfish tagine with preserved lemon
1 Std. 35 Min
Chicken with tomato sauce
1 Std.
Marzipan bites
45 Min
Kashta cream
10 Min
Iraqi cheese pies (cheese chureck)
1 Std. 40 Min
Yoghurt and cucumber salad
5 Min
Gazelle horns
1 Std.
Spiced carrot salad
5 Min
Chicken with bulgur and vegetables
3 Std. 5 Min
Salted chocolate and date caramels
2 Std. 5 Min
Spiced lamb flatbread
1 Std. 50 Min
Layered patties and vegetables with bell pepper sauce
1 Std. 35 Min
Lamb with rice and aubergines (maghlobat badenjan)
1 Std. 20 Min
Biscuits with date, pistachio and cardamom filling
1 Std.
Crêpes with herbs
1 Std.
Raw kibbeh
15 Min
Shrimp stuffed bell peppers
1 Std. 25 Min
Semolina cake (namoura)
1 Std. 50 Min
Traditional mint tea
25 Min
Hummus
5 Min
Chicken pastilla
1 Std. 10 Min
Fish tagine with tahini
1 Std. 15 Min
Spinach turnovers (fatayer)
1 Std. 25 Min