Category: Middle East Recipes
Hummus – Traditional Recipe
5/5 (3) Today we will cook hummus. It’s delicious sauce, dip or spread, which is made from cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. Hummus is very popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean countries. In translation from the Arabic “Hummus” means “chickpeas” and the sauce name “chickpeas with…
Falafel recipe
4/5 (3) Once I’ve tried falafel in one small Arabian eatery – I fell in love with it! Since there I was dreamed to cook falafel at home. And now this dish – is one of the favorite in my family. So today I’ll share with you this magic recipe of delicious falafel. Pretty easy,…
Grilled Vegetable Salad
3.5/5 (2) Grilled vegetable salad is a fresh, healthy and very tasty dish, which could be served as a separate dish or be a perfect garnish for meat, fish or poultry. And it very delicious with roasted leg of lamb from our collection of recipes. Recipe is here. You may to cook vegetables for this…
Baked eggplant stuffed with couscous
4/5 (3) Baked eggplant stuffed with couscous is a great dish!!! It’s delicious, beautiful and extremely healthy! The filling contains mix of vegetables, spices and couscous – small steamed balls of semolina, originated in a Maghreb. The combination of tart eggplant with spicy couscous – just amazing! You could serve baked eggplant stuffed with couscous…
Shamali cake (Semolina Cake, Basbousa)
4.86/5 (7) Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus. It’s one of the variations basbousa – traditional Middle East sweet cake. For the first time I tried shamali at one of the local fish taverns. It was served with coffee as a compliment from chef. I really liked…
Dolma (tolma, sarma)
5/5 (3) Dolma (tolma, sarma) is a delicious meal from stuffed grape leaves. Traditional filling of dolma include rice with vegetables and herbs. Today I’ll tell you how to cook dolma with the meat and rice filling. It will take some time, but, you will like a result. Dolma video Ingredients: For dolma: 500-600…
