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