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cooked chickpeas (about 500 grams) • plain yogurt (about 500 grams) • garlic • Toasted or fried pita bread, as desired • clarified butter or ghee • small handful of almonds, pine nuts, or cashews, whichever you have available • dried mint • Salt

plain yogurt (about 2 kilograms) • cooked chickpeas • Toasted pita bread • garlic • clarified butter (ghee) • Slivered almonds for garnish • tahini • lemon juice • Salt to taste

Chickpeas • plain yogurt (about 360 ml) • tahini • Toasted or fried pita bread • garlic cloves • Salt to taste • cumin • mixed nuts such as cashews, blanched almonds, or pine nuts (use what you have) • butter or olive oil • Optional: ground beef

For the kibbeh: • bulgur wheat (about 340 grams) • kamouneh spice mix (about 150 grams) • Salt to taste • paprika • pounded beef (about 500 grams) • ground beef (about 70 grams) • medium onion • cinnamon and 1 teaspoon black pepper • plain yogurt (about 4.4 pounds) • short-grain rice (about 200 grams) • cornstarch (about 32 grams) •

plain yogurt • water (about 480 ml) • espresso cup cornstarch (about 2 tablespoons/16 grams) • ghee or unsalted butter • chopped cilantro (about 8 grams) • garlic, minced • Salt • Kibbeh balls • fine bulgur wheat • ground beef or lamb • small onion, finely chopped • kibbeh spices (or allspice blend) •

fine bulgur (about 500 grams) • finely ground lean beef for kibbeh (about 500 grams) • ground beef (about 500 grams) • small onions, finely chopped • walnuts, chopped into small pieces • sheep’s milk yogurt (about 1 kilogram) • short-grain rice (about 100 grams) • Salt, to taste • Cumin • Black pepper • spice blend • Marjoram •

plain yogurt (about 1 kilogram) • chickpeas (15 oz each, drained and rinsed) • pita bread, toasted • garlic cloves • tahini • Paprika • Salt • Cumin • Olive oil, for drizzling

coarsely ground beef • red onions (do not use white onions) • Garlic • green bell peppers • Black pepper • Mixed spices • all-purpose flour (about 2 cups or 250 grams) • fine bulgur (about 6 1/2 cups or 1.5 kilograms) • Parsley • sour red pomegranate • plain yogurt (about 2 liters) • Cornstarch •

kibbeh (see my other recipes for how to make it) • For the filling: • ground beef or lamb • onions, finely chopped • pistachios, chopped • little hot pepper paste (harissa), to taste • Kibbeh spices • For the yogurt sauce: • plain yogurt (about 1 kg) • cornstarch • water (120 ml) • dried mint, to taste •

steak • broccoli, chopped • onions • soy sauce • little vinegar • little water • Salt • Mixed spices • little oil, for frying

ready-made kibbeh meat • ground beef • large onions • goat yogurt • cornstarch • crushed garlic • cilantro • corn oil • Salt, allspice, ground cinnamon to taste • Egyptian or Italian rice (as desired)

fried kibbeh • yogurt • garlic • mint • cornstarch • salt to taste • vegetable oil

yogurt • cooked chickpeas • garlic, crushed • Lebanese bread, toasted • butter • Salt to taste • cumin for garnish • dried mint • vinegar • tahini • Fried cashews for garnish

bucket yogurt • corn • Water • Salt

cucumbers • yogurt • garlic, crushed • Salt • Dried mint

semolina • baking powder • vanilla • simple syrup • yogurt or slightly less • flour • sugar • oil

Yeast mixture • yeast • sugar • plain yogurt • flour • warm water (for kneading) • oil • Flour mixture • flour (about 250 grams) • salt

flour (about 1.25 kg) • warm water (about 650 ml) • espresso cup whole milk (about 2 oz / 60 ml) • espresso cup plain yogurt (about 2 oz / 60 ml) • oil (about 120 ml) • Salt • sugar (about 100 grams) • active dry yeast • (about 1.1 lbs) ground beef • large onions • medium tomatoes • salt •

Quick dough (10-minute dough), yogurt dough, or any soft dough you prefer • onion, finely chopped • parsley, finely chopped • hot chili pepper • tomato paste • Salt • -spice blend • black pepper (optional) • tomatoes, finely chopped • ground beef (about 500 grams)

Shish Barak Dough: • About 3 cups flour (about 375 grams) • salt • Warm water • flour (about 375 grams) • Samosa Dough: • About 1/2 cup oil (or a little less, depending on the flour type) and some warm water • Onion • Ground beef • Spices • Salt • Black pepper •

long eggplant (about 0.5 kg) • ground beef (about 200 grams) • small onion, finely chopped • oil • tomato, peeled and chopped • water (about 480 ml) • tomato paste • plain yogurt (about 0.5 kg) • tahini • garlic, minced • allspice • cinnamon •

ground beef or lamb (1 kilogram) • lamb fat (about 70 grams) • onions • tomatoes • bell pepper • Hot chili peppers, to taste • salt, or to taste • seven spice blend • Any pizza dough recipe you like, without milk

semolina (about 320 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • vegetable oil (about 120 ml) • plain yogurt (about 240 grams) • baking powder • baking soda • sweet white cheese (such as ricotta or unsalted mozzarella, about 200 grams) • Almonds for garnish • tahini • sugar (about 400 grams) • water (about 240 ml) • lemon juice •

whole milk (about 1.4 liters) • sugar (about 250 grams) • fine semolina (about 320 grams) • Orange blossom water or mastic • For the second layer • whole milk (about 2.4 liters) • white vinegar • medium container crème fraîche (about 8 ounces or 225 grams) • Soaked mixed nuts • Chopped fresh fruit

all-purpose flour or 5 cups flour (about 1 kilogram) • sugar • yeast • plain yogurt • salt • water (about 710 ml), or as needed

coarse bulgur (about 270 grams) • tomatoes, mashed • onions, finely chopped • hot chili pepper, finely chopped • olive oil (60 ml) • salt • tomato paste • hot pepper paste • Water,

oil (120 ml) • eggs • vanilla extract • baking powder (about 2 teaspoons) • all-purpose flour (about 120 grams) • sugar (200 grams) • shredded coconut (80 grams) • semolina (160 grams) • plain yogurt (240 ml) • For the syrup: • sugar (200 grams) • water (120 ml) •

ground beef • onion • Pomegranate molasses • Plain yogurt • Salt to taste • spice • all-purpose flour (about 4 cups) • water (240 ml) • salt • sugar • instant yeast • baking powder •

coarse semolina (about 480 grams) • sugar (about 400 grams) • water (about 480 ml) • plain yogurt • powdered milk • shredded coconut (about 80 grams) • baking powder • baking soda • Whole almonds • Simple syrup • ghee or unsalted butter

ground beef or lamb (500 grams), finely ground • parsley • fresh mint • small onions • salt • allspice • cinnamon • oil for frying the kofta • tahini (about 120 ml) • water (about 1.2 liters) • Juice of 1/2 lemon • salt •