Mastic

rice (about 400 grams) • tomato juice (about 300 ml) • broth (about 300 ml) • bell pepper, any color • mushrooms • mixed peas and potatoes, sautéed, 1 grated carrot • ghee or clarified butter • ground cardamom • ground dried lime (loomi) • turmeric • mastic

flour (about 750 grams) • butter (about 225 grams) • corn oil (about 240 ml) • sour cream (about 240 ml) • egg • toasted black sesame paste (tahini or black seed paste) • toasted sesame seeds • ground mahlab • ground mastic • ground fennel seeds • baking powder • vanilla extract •

small chicken or chicken thighs • potatoes • carrots • large onion • turmeric • salt • black pepper • Whole spices for boiling the chicken: • bay leaves • whole black peppercorns • onion • cinnamon stick •

beef or veal (about 500 grams) • large onion • large carrot • medium tomatoes (soft and ripe) • large green bell pepper • hot pepper • bay leaves • garlic cloves • cardamom pods • mastic pieces (optional) • rosemary • fresh herbs (parsley, dill, or cilantro) •

butter and oil • sugar • curry powder and turmeric • cinnamon, 1 cinnamon stick, and 3 cloves • mixed spices and 1 cardamom pod • Equal cups of rice and water • Salt (and 1 mastic gum piece, optional but highly recommended) • (about 1.1 lbs) boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes • onion, finely chopped • Mixed bell peppers • vinegar • oil •

Clams and mussels, or whichever is available • large onion, chopped • minced garlic • carrot, 1 green bell pepper, and 1 small potato • mushrooms (previously frozen) • mixed spices • milk (about 1/2 liter) • flour • Water • garlic powder and onion powder • nutmeg • dried mint and a pinch of thyme •

clarified butter (samna baladi) • cardamom pod, 3 cloves, 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 mastic pieces, 2 bay leaves, salt to taste, a pinch of ginger, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon curry powder • rice (about 600 grams) • water (about 710 ml), more or less depending on rice type • Pita bread, cut into cubes, toasted on a baking sheet under the broiler • chicken breast, cut into pieces (about 225 grams) • vinegar (about 60 ml) • paprika • garlic powder • onion powder • dried thyme • plain yogurt •

sifted all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • very fine semolina (about 160 grams) • softened butter (not melted) or use 3/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup ghee • powdered sugar (about 30 grams) • milk (add more or less as needed for the dough) • mahlab • ground mastic • baking powder • salt • Vanilla • powdered milk • link

whole chicken, cleaned • medium onion • cardamom pods • mastic gum piece • black pepper • salt • oil • carrot • celery stalk • medium tomato

grape leaves • Egyptian rice • (cilantro, parsley, dill) • Fresh mint • Black pepper • Cumin • Coriander • Salt • Chili powder to taste • Onion • Garlic powder • Cardamom •

small onion • zucchinis • potatoes • carrot • mixed peas and green beans • tomato • cardamom pod • bay leaf • mastic gum piece • ghee • chicken bouillon cube • Salt and black pepper

Large cleaned chicken • raisins • large onions • bay leaves • cardamom pods • mastic gum pieces • cinnamon • ground black pepper • cumin (optional) • salt • Ground nutmeg • lemon and 2 tablespoons vinegar for washing the chicken •