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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 I guarantee you will get! Here, you will find recipes for Middle Eastern rice and meat, like mansaf, desserts like cream kunafa, and meatball stew, like Daoud Basha. With 50+ recipes, you are sure to find a keeper!

Arabic Bread Recipes

  • A basket of mini batbout
    Batbout | Moroccan Pita bread
  • feteer meshaltet
    Egyptian Feteer Meshaltet with Almond and Pine Nuts
  • Coconut Milk Tahini Flatbread stacked and served with pickle and a bowl of veg stir fry.
    Coconut Milk Tahini Flatbread (Savoury)
  • msemen rghaif recipe
    Msemen | Moroccan Breakfast Bread

Arabic Desserts

  • cream kunafa
    Cream Kunafa
  • kaak el eid cookies
    Ka'ak el Eid | Date Paste Cookies
  • a loaf of tahini cake with tahini glaze
    Tahini Loaf Cake
  • slices of basbousa namoura in a white plate.
    Namoura or Basbousa | Middle Eastern Semolina Cake

Middle Eastern Appetizers

  • sambousek
    Sambousek
  • A plate with baked musakhan rolls stacked and served with salad.
    Musakhan Rolls (Sumac Chicken)
  • mutabbaq
    Saudi Mutabbaq | Meat Parcels
  • arabic chicken samosa recipe
    Lebanese Chicken Samosas

Arabic Rice Recipes

  • Chicken kabsah platter
    Chicken Kabsa
  • saleeg rice
    Saleeg
  • machboos rubyan served in a large platter along side a bowl of salad.
    Machboos Rubyan (Prawns and Rice)
  • yemeni chicken mandi recipe
    Yemeni Chicken Mandi | Baked Smoky Chicken Rice

Arabic Stews

  • kafta bil sanieh casserole
    Kafta bil Sanieh
  • A pot of Emirati chicken and vegetable stew called dajaj salona
    Dejaj Salona | Emirati Chicken and Vegetable Stew
  • a skillet filled with daoud basha
    Daoud Basha | Lebanese Meatballs in Tomato Pomegranate Molasses Sauce
  • A plate of margooga chicken served.
    Margooga (Emirati Chicken and Pastry)

  • Arayes
    Cook Time30 Minutes
  • Freekeh Soup
    Cook Time1 Hours
  • Chicken Meatballs with Rice
    Cook Time50 Minutes
  • Lebanese Falafel Recipe
    Cook Time9 Hours
  • Bedouin Lamb Rice
    Cook Time1 Hours
  • Lebanese Vermicelli Rice (Riz bi Sharieh)
    Cook Time1 Hours
  • Halawet El Smeed | Semolina Pudding with Mastic
    Cook Time1 Hours 48 Minutes
  • Tabbouleh Salad
    Cook Time40 Minutes
  • Layali Lebnan (Lebanese Nights)
    Cook Time5 Hours 45 Minutes
  • Fatteh Hummus
    Cook Time45 Minutes
  • Kiymali Gozleme | Turkish Flatbread with Meat
    Cook Time1 Hours 50 Minutes
  • Mhammara (Roasted Capsicum Dip)
    Cook Time55 Minutes
  • Muhallabia Amardeen Pudding | Milk and Apricot Fruit Leather Pudding
    Cook Time35 Minutes
  • Batheeth | Emirati Sweet Date Balls
    Cook Time50 Minutes
  • Persian Love Cake that I baked for my Birthday
    Cook Time1 Hours 25 Minutes
  • Bezar | Emirati Spice Mix
    Cook Time10 Minutes
  • Khoresht Fesenjan
    Cook Time1 Hours 10 Minutes
  • Bahraini Chicken Machboos
    Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Loubieh bi Zeit | Lebanese Green Beans
    Cook Time45 Minutes
  • Halawat Timman | Iraqi Dessert
    Cook Time40 Minutes
  • Harak Osbao | Horaa Osbao
    Cook Time1 Hours 5 Minutes
  • Aqras Helweh | Sweet Syrian Cookies
    Cook Time1 Hours 40 Minutes
  • Jordanian Mansaf | Lamb Meat Cooked in Jameed Sauce
    Cook Time1 Hours 40 Minutes
  • Batheetha Granola made with Date Syrup
    Cook Time45 Minutes
  • Saudi Sambosa | Mung Bean and Meat Samosas
    Cook Time1 Hours 15 Minutes
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sella Rice Chicken Machboos with Baharat
    Cook Time1 Hours 20 Minutes
  • Baharat Spice Mix
    Cook Time10 Minutes
  • Egyptian Molokhia Chicken Stew
    Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Dawood Basha with Chicken Meatballs
    Cook Time1 Hours 15 Minutes
  • Bulbul Yuvasi Baklava (Nightingale Nest)
    Cook Time1 Hours 10 Minutes

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