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Shish Barak

Shish Barak
Shish barak is a wonderful dish, yogurt sauce and dough stuffed with meat almost like a dumpling, it one of my favorite dish. Prep time about 3 hours cook time 35 min   Level Medium Ingredient 2 cups of all purpose flour 1/2 cup of milk 2 tbs vegetable oil The filling: 14 oz of ground beef one chopped...

Mjadrah/Rice lentil dish

This dish is very easy and even without any seasoning it has a great taste, and it is used as a main dish as well as a side dish Prep time 15 cook time about one hour   Level easy Ingredients 1 cup lentil 1 cup rice (I prefer basmati but short grain rice is the original) 2 onions sliced 3/4  cup...

macaroni blabneh/Pasta with Yogurt

macaroni blabneh/Pasta with Yogurt
This is the best Macaroni recipe better and healthier then Macaroni and cheese, very easy to make. Prep time 10 min cook time 15 min   Level easy Ingredients One Macaroni box or any kinds of pasta , I prefer the regular pasta. 1 cup of Labneh 1 tsp of minced garlic 1 tbsp of vegetable shortening Dry...

Adas Bhamadd (sour lentil/spinach)

Adas Bhamadd (sour lentil/spinach)
This dish in America will probably will be in the soup category but in Lebanon it is consider to be a main meal,the base of it is lentil, spinach or Swiss chard and lemon juice it is delicious, healthy and filling in the same time, I promise you are going to love this dish . Prep time 45  cook time...

Stuffed Zucchini (Video)

Stuffed Zucchini (Video)
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...

Bazella (green peas)

Bazella (green peas)
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...

Fatta (garbanzo bean casserole) - with video

Fatta (garbanzo bean casserole) - with video
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 the best (Okra) dish

Bamyeh the best (Okra) dish
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...

Sabanigh (spinach)

Sabanigh (spinach)
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...

Shawarma (Beef) with Video

Shawarma (Beef) with Video
How to make homemade beef shawarma the Lebanese way. Prep time 25 min   Cook time 15 min   Level easy Ingredients 2 Lbs of Beef (sirloin) chopped thin 3 cloves of garlic 2 tbsp of lemon juice 2 to 3 tbsp of vegetable oil 2 tbsp of shawarma spices or 2 tbsp of all spices and add about 1/3 tsp of...