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    Middle Eastern Recipes

    I have collated all things Arabic food from main to side and desserts to snacks here so you can plan a Middle-Eastern-themed meal and take all the compliments that I gurantee you will get! Here, you will find recipes for middle eastern rice and meat like mansaf, desserts like cream kunafa, and meatballs stew like Daoud Basha. With 50+ recipes, you are sure to find a keeper recipe!

    • Dejaj Salona | Emirati Chicken and Vegetable Stew
      Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
    • Khoresht Fesenjan
      Cook Time1 Hours 10 Minutes
    • Bahraini Chicken Machboos
      Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
    • Freekeh Soup
      Cook Time1 Hours
    • Loubieh bi Zeit | Lebanese Green Beans
      Cook Time45 Minutes
    • Machboos Rubyan (Prawns and Rice)
      Cook Time1 Hours 35 Minutes
    • Halawat Timman | Iraqi Dessert
      Cook Time40 Minutes
    • Harak Osbao | Horaa Osbao
      Cook Time1 Hours 5 Minutes
    • Lebanese Chicken Samosas
      Cook Time1 Hours 40 Minutes
    • Ka'ak el Eid | Date Paste Cookies
      Cook Time1 Hours 42 Minutes
    • Kafta bil Sanieh
      Cook Time1 Hours 55 Minutes
    • Aqras Helweh | Sweet Syrian Cookies
    • Jordanian Mansaf | Lamb Meat Cooked in Jameed Sauce
      Cook Time1 Hours 40 Minutes
    • Lebanese Chickpea Falafel Recipe
      Cook Time9 Hours
    • Namoura or Basbousa | Middle Eastern Semolina Cake
      Cook Time2 Hours 30 Minutes
    • Arayes
      Cook Time30 Minutes
    • Batheetha Granola made with Date Syrup
      Cook Time45 Minutes
    • Chicken Meatballs Majboos
      Cook Time50 Minutes
    • Tabbouleh Salad
      Cook Time40 Minutes
    • Saudi Sambosa | Mung Bean and Meat Samosas
      Cook Time1 Hours 15 Minutes
    • Yemeni Chicken Mandi | Baked Smoky Chicken Rice
      Cook Time4 Hours
    • Cream Kunafa
      Cook Time2 Hours
    • Baba Ganoush | Lebanese Eggplant Dip
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • Persian Jewelled Rice | Javaher Polow with Tahdig
      Cook Time1 Hours 45 Minutes
    • Sweet Kataifi Truffles
      Cook Time20 Minutes
    • Homemade Pita Bread
      Cook Time2 Hours 50 Minutes
    • Red Seeds Milk Drink (Aliv seeds)
      Cook Time4 Hours 20 Minutes
    • Jabeez | Yemeni Pancakes
      Cook Time9 Hours
    • Sambousek
      Cook Time2 Hours 55 Minutes
    • Bahraini Khabees | Toasted Flour Sweet
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • Balaleet | Sweet Vermicelli and Eggs
      Cook Time40 Minutes
    • Qamar al-Din Apricot Fruit leather Drink
      Cook Time8 Hours 10 Minutes
    • Halawet El Smeed | Semolina Pudding with Mastic
      Cook Time1 Hours 48 Minutes
    • Muhallabia Amardeen Pudding | Milk and Apricot Fruit Leather Pudding
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • Mofatah Al Dajaj | An Ethnic Saudi Rice and Chicken Dish
      Cook Time2 Hours
    • Kalam Polow Ba Zafaran and Kofte | Cabbage Rice With Saffron and Meatballs
      Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
    • Baked Falafel with Labneh Tahini Dip
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • Fatteh Hummus
      Cook Time45 Minutes
    • Batheeth | Emirati Date Crumb or Balls
      Cook Time50 Minutes
    • Egyptian Feteer Meshaltet with Almond and Pine Nuts
      Cook Time1 Hours 5 Minutes

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