Garnish

For the kefta (meatballs): • ground lamb (about 400 grams) • garlic, minced • small onion, finely chopped • breadcrumbs or crushed crackers • salt • black pepper • About 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley • For the sauce: • pitted green olives (about 400 grams) • mushrooms, sliced (about 200 grams) • onion, finely chopped •

fine bulgur wheat (about 1 kg) • ground beef or lamb (about 500 grams) • salt, or to taste • black pepper • ground cinnamon • For the filling: • medium onions • ground beef or lamb (about 1 kg) • Salt • Black pepper • Sumac • For garnish •

parsley, finely chopped (about 240 grams) • tomatoes, finely chopped (about 300 grams) • fresh mint, chopped (about 40 grams) • green onions, finely chopped (about 50 grams) • fine bulgur (about 40 grams) • olive oil (180 ml) • fresh lemon juice (120 ml) • salt • Tomato roses, for garnish

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 •

dried chickpeas (about 400 grams) • dried fava beans (about 400 grams) • cilantro • parsley • fresh mint • garlic • onion • salt • cumin • mixed spices • vegetable oil (about 1 liter) for frying • sesame seeds (about 150 grams), for garnish •

fish fillets, sliced • To marinate the fish: • lemon juice (about 240 ml) • minced garlic • Salt • To coat the fish: • all-purpose flour (about 120 grams) • cumin • mixed spices • black pepper • Salt • For the rice: •

For the dough: • flour (1 kilogram) • yeast • small cup vegetable oil (about 2 ounces / 60 ml) • milk • warm water (about 480 ml) • salt • For the filling: • Ground beef with tomatoes and spices • Mozzarella or Kashkaval cheese • For the pizza: • Cheese •

milk (about 1.2 liters) • semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • mastic • orange blossom water • whipped cream • clotted cream (ashta) • Chopped pistachios for garnish • Simple syrup

parsley • Egyptian rice (about 200 grams) • little chopped fresh mint • cinnamon • Salt to taste • Lemon juice • Olive oil • Sliced onion • Carrot • Potato

milk (about 1.2 liters) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • orange blossom water (about 60 ml) • rose water (about 60 ml) • vanilla extract • For garnish: • clotted cream or thick whipped cream (about 240 ml) • finely chopped pistachios (about 120 grams) • rose petal jam

coarse semolina (about 320 grams) • melted clarified butter or ghee (about 60 grams) • simple syrup (about 120 ml) • sugar (about 50 grams) • ground mastic pieces • salt • baking powder • powdered milk • boiling hot water (about 120 ml) • orange blossom water (about 30 ml) • Assorted nuts for garnish • simple syrup for soaking (about 360 ml)

sugar • semolina or fine corn flour • water • homemade clotted cream (ashta) • butter (about 100 grams) • Roasted mixed nuts, for garnish

Potato Filling: • large potato, finely chopped • onion, finely chopped • green bell pepper, finely chopped • curry powder • Salt and pepper • olive oil • Ground Beef Filling: • ground beef (about 225 grams) • onion, finely chopped • olive oil • cumin •

split yellow lentils (about 600 grams) • carrot • potato • onion • vegetable oil • Salt to taste • water, or as needed (about 2 liters) • cumin • turmeric • Parsley for garnish

flour (about 190 grams) • cinnamon • ground caraway • unsweetened cocoa powder • salt • plus 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature (about 120 grams) • white sugar • Brown sugar (enough to make a total of 1/2 cup sugar combined with the white sugar) • egg • vanilla extract • For garnish: • Nuts soaked in water for at least 1 hour (to soften) •

parsley (about 1/4 kilogram or 1/2 pound) • tomatoes • bulgur wheat • olive oil (60 ml) • lemon juice (60 ml) • salt • lettuce or cabbage leaves, for garnish • small onion

Ready-made Osmalieh pastry • Cream (ashta) • melted butter (about 115 grams) • Pistachios, for garnish • Simple syrup

yellow lentils (about 600 grams) • onions • medium potato • carrots • olive oil • bouillon cube • cumin • salt • black pepper • mixed spices • little lemon juice, for serving • ground safflower (optional, for yellow color) •

semolina (about 120 grams) • milk (about 710 ml) • small cup sugar (about 1/3 cup or 65 grams) • For garnish: • clotted cream or thick cream (such as Nestlé table cream, about 7.6 oz/215 grams) • Pistachios • Almonds

kataifi pastry (shredded phyllo dough) • Cream (see my previous recipes) • Simple syrup (see my previous recipes) • Pistachios for garnish • Oil or clarified butter (as needed)

phyllo dough • finely ground lamb • medium onions • plain yogurt (about 1/4 small cup or 60 ml) • tahini (about 1/4 small cup or 60 ml) • pomegranate molasses • Salt • -spice blend • Pine nuts for garnish

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

all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • milk (about 120 ml) • warm water (about 720 ml) • sugar • yeast • baking powder • vanilla extract • For the syrup: • sugar • water (about 240 ml) • lemon juice •

finely ground rice • water • ground caraway • ground cinnamon • sugar • Shredded coconut and mixed nuts for garnish

cooked grape leaves • toasted pita bread cubes • plain yogurt (about 480 ml) • tahini • fresh lemon juice • Mashed garlic, to taste • Salt, to taste • ground cumin • dried mint • ground sumac

ground beef (500g) • medium onions • vinegar • pomegranate molasses • Salt and black pepper • plain yogurt • tahini • chopped parsley (about 15g) • ready-made puff pastry dough • Pine nuts for garnish

cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • garlic, minced • salt • tahini • water (60 ml) • ice cube • lemon juice • finely ground beef (about 200 grams), for garnish

powdered milk (about 180 grams) • water (about 1.2 liters) • semolina (about 160 grams) • plain cream (such as table cream, about 7 ounces/200 grams) • Chopped pistachios for garnish • Simple syrup for serving

ground rice (about 480 grams) • water (5.5 liters) • sugar (about 1 kg) • ground caraway • ground cinnamon • Mixed nuts for garnish, amounts to taste and availability: almonds (I forgot to add them) • walnuts • cashews • raisins • pistachios • shredded coconut

store-bought marble cake loaf • milk (480 ml) • cornstarch (about 16 grams) • sugar (about 38 grams) • custard powder (about 10 grams) • vanilla • tea biscuits • chocolate chips (120 grams) • heavy whipping cream (240 ml) • hazelnut wafer spread • chocolate corn flakes (about 15 grams)