This creative dish is a great and tasty. The zucchini is stuffed with rice and ground beef cooked and in tomato sauce .
Prep time 1 hour cook time 38min Level medium
Ingredients
12 - 16 pieces of small or medium zucchini
1/2 lb of ground beef
3 tbsp tomato paste
2 cups of short grain rice soaked...
Did you know ?
The Phoenicians are one of the first civilization that established in Lebanon
They created the first 22-letter Phoenician alphabet
They used the cedar trees of Lebanon to build their ships
The Lebanese today is mix of Phoenicians and others , mostly Arabic mix
The main language is...
Bazella is a very simple and easy green pea recipe, it is cooked with cut carrot and ground beef in tomato sauce , served with the basic Lebanese rice.
Prep time 20 min cook time 35 min Level easy
Ingredient
frozen bag of green pea and carrot
1 lb of ground beef
1 medium diced onion
1 can tomato...
Beans Fatta or Beans casserole
This is basically pita breads and garbanzo beans casserole , it is very popular in Lebanon some people call it fatta and other call it tisiqyeh .
Prep time 15 min cook time 30min Level easy
Ingredients
2 cups of dry garbanzo beans
2 cups of yogurt
2 tbsp tahini (sesame...
Bamyeh (pronounced bam-ee-ya) is the best (Okra) dish
This is one of my favorite meals, the pomegranate sauce with the okra is just wonderful. even if you are not an okra`s fan you are going to change your mind and love this dish .
Prep time 40 min cook time 25 min Level Medium
Ingredients
2 lbs...
Spinach with Meat balls
This is a very simple dish with a lot of flavor .
Prep time 25 min cook time 38min Level easy
Ingredients
4 lbs of frozen chopped spinach
about 1 lbs of ground beef (20 % fat )
1 tsp of 7 spices
1/3 tsp black pepper
1/3 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups of yogurt
1...
This is the most herbs used in the Lebanese kitchen
Note there is more then this five but this what used the most
Dry mint
Bay leaves
Cilantro
Parsley
Thyme
This is the most used spices in the Lebanese kitchen
The number one spice that is used in so many dishes is called (7 spices) which similar to all spices that is available in your local grocery store.
Cumin powder , with amazing flavor . this spice should be in every kitchen.
Nutmeg , we buy the whole...