Hours

brown lentils, soaked for 2 hours (about 200 grams) • small pasta shapes (about 50 grams) • Boiling water, enough to cover • onion, finely chopped • hot chili paste or hot pepper • oil • salt • cumin • dried coriander • broth (about 240 ml) • For the spiced garlic oil: • clarified butter or ghee •

brown lentils, soaked for 1 hour (about 200 grams) • potato, diced • carrot, diced • onion, chopped • bell pepper, diced • garlic, minced • hot chili paste • toasted orzo pasta (about 70 grams) • ghee or clarified butter • vegetable oil • salt • black pepper •

ground lamb (1 kilogram) • finely ground lamb fat (25 grams) • bulgur, soaked in water for 3 hours and well-drained • small onion, finely chopped • garlic cloves • chopped parsley • ground meat spices • ground cinnamon • ground nutmeg • salt, or to taste • paprika • Wooden skewers, soaked in water for 1 hour

eggplant, peeled and sliced into rounds • bell peppers, sliced into rings • hot chili pepper • Oil for frying • freekeh, soaked for 1 hour (about 90 grams) • tomato juice (about 1/2 liter) • tomato paste • vinegar • minced garlic • hot chili paste • salt • cumin •

ditalini pasta (about 70 grams) • vermicelli noodles (about 50 grams) • brown lentils, soaked for 1 hour (about 100 grams) • short-grain rice (about 285 grams) • vegetable oil (about 120 ml) • large onion, thinly sliced into julienne • salt • For the white garlic sauce: • warm water (about 355 ml) • minced garlic • ground cumin • chili powder •

Egyptian rice (about 300 grams) • red lentils (about 285 grams) • dried chickpeas, soaked overnight (about 170 grams) • vermicelli noodles (about 60 grams) • ditalini or elbow macaroni (about 400 grams); you can also add spaghetti if you like • medium onions • brown lentils, soaked for 1 hour (about 225 grams) • oil for frying and cooking (about 355 ml) • Salt to taste • tomato juice (about 710 ml) • large tomatoes • vinegar (about 60 ml) •

large onion, thinly sliced • flour • Oil for frying • brown lentils, soaked for 6 hours (about 285 grams) • freekeh, soaked for 30 minutes (about 200 grams) • basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes (about 200 grams) • small onion, chopped • garlic clove, minced • tomato, grated • salt • cumin • dried coriander •

ground beef, double ground (500 grams) • bulgur, soaked for 1 hour and drained • onion, finely chopped • ground lamb fat (10 grams) • Salt, to taste • paprika • black pepper

milk • rice, soaked for 2 hours • Sugar to taste • Vanilla