grape leaves (about ½ kg) • Egyptian rice • tomato paste, 1 tablespoon each of mixed spices, sweet paprika, dried mint, and salt to taste • ground beef, cleaned, with garlic paste added • vegetable oil
grape leaves • For the stuffing: • Egyptian rice, soaked for ten minutes • tomato paste • Salt • Dried mint • Allspice • garlic • Hot pepper • small cups olive oil • or less ground meat (see my other recipes for stuffed dishes)
pickled grape leaves • hollowed zucchini • For the stuffing: • Italian or Egyptian rice (I prefer Italian) • ground meat, fine or coarse as you like • Salt and pepper to taste • cinnamon • turmeric • ground cardamom • nutmeg • paprika • oil •
grape leaves • short-grain rice • finely ground lamb • Salt • Pepper • vegetable oil or 1 tablespoon clarified butter • garlic, as seen in the picture • Lamb chops for the bottom of the pot
prepared grape leaves • soaked and drained rice (about 1 kg) • coarsely ground lamb, preferably with some fat for better flavor • lamb pieces with bone • allspice • black pepper • Salt to taste • garlic, peeled • freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 240 ml)
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: •
Swiss chard leaves only • zucchini (about 1 kg) • potatoes (about 1 kg) • onions • large carrots • large cucumber • tomatoes • lemon juice (about 240 ml) • water (about 1 liter) for boiling Swiss chard leaves • Water as needed for cooking • For the filling: • rice (about 800 grams) •
yellow lentils (about 200 grams) • large onion • carrot • Celery and leek • small potato • small zucchini • garlic cloves • flat-leaf parsley • Salt and pepper to taste • ground cumin • Lemon juice to taste • butter •
parsley • tomatoes • fresh mint leaves • onion • cucumber (optional) • lettuce leaves (optional) • Salt • Olive oil • Lemon juice • small espresso cup fine bulgur (about 1/4 cup or 40 grams) • For the chicken: • Cleaned chicken pieces, skin removed •
cooked fava beans (about 600 grams) • medium green apples • tomato • lemon juice (about 120 ml) • orange juice (about 120 ml) • olive oil (about 180 ml) • Salt • garlic clove • Green onions for garnish • Mint leaves for garnish
tomatoes • cucumbers • lettuce leaves • small green cabbage • small red cabbage • small bunch fresh mint leaves • small bunch parsley • green onions • bell pepper • carrots • pomegranate • radishes •
eggs • ripe red tomatoes, chopped (about 2 kg) • green bell pepper, diced small • large onion, diced small • garlic, sliced • salt • black pepper • sweet paprika • ground cinnamon • olive oil • Parsley leaves, for garnish
large cup plain yogurt (about 1 cup or 240 ml) • tahini • fresh lemon juice • garlic, finely minced • salt, or to taste • (about 7 oz) ground beef • small onion, finely chopped (red or white, whichever is available) • garlic, finely minced • salt • paprika • sumac • allspice •
chicken thighs or a whole chicken, cut into pieces • potatoes, peeled and sliced into rounds • large head of crushed garlic • Juice of 2 lemons, or to taste • Spices for boiling the chicken: • Cardamom • Cinnamon • Nutmeg • Cloves • Whole allspice • Small piece of lemon • bay leaves •