Nut bread

warm milk (about 480 ml) • (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) butter • vegetable oil • large egg, at room temperature • salt • instant yeast • sugar • mahlab (optional) • white vinegar • powdered milk • (about 8 cups) all-purpose flour, or as needed • large egg, at room temperature •

Baguette or French bread • baking powder • eggs • flour • Orange zest • Vanilla extract • salt • Lemon extract • milk • Honey • Roasted peanuts • Or sesame seeds, roasted •

water (about 950 ml) • powdered milk (about 200 grams) • sugar • cornstarch (about 60 grams) • toasted white bread • vanilla extract • sweetened condensed milk (about 240 ml) • hot simple syrup (about 480 ml) • pistachios, roughly ground (about 1 1/3 cups) • shredded coconut, as needed

white sandwich bread (1 loaf, crusts removed and finely ground) • butter • orange blossom water • For the cream filling: • whole milk (about 710 ml) • cornstarch • sugar • canned or fresh clotted cream (or substitute with thick cream) • orange blossom water • For garnish: • simple syrup (about 120 ml) • Ground pistachios

brown sugar • olive oil (can be replaced with regular vegetable oil, but olive oil gives the cake amazing moisture) • eggs (room temperature) • vanilla extract • ripe bananas, mashed • all-purpose flour • baking powder • baking soda • salt • cinnamon • nutmeg (optional) • pecans or walnuts, chopped •

pita bread, cut into pieces • cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • chickpea cooking water (about 240 ml) • plain yogurt (about 120 ml) • tahini • Juice of 1 lemon • garlic clove • salt • For garnish: • Chopped parsley • Toasted almonds in butter or ghee • cumin and paprika •

soft white sandwich bread, crusts removed and dried • butter • orange blossom water • For the cheese mixture • fine semolina • sugar • powdered milk • water (710 ml) • Nestlé cream (or 1 can table cream, about 7 oz/200 grams) • orange blossom water • water (710 ml) • mozzarella cheese •

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 •

white bread • shelled pistachios (about 65 grams) • shredded coconut (about 40 grams) • milk (about 950 ml) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar • orange blossom water • rose water • sugar (about 200 grams) • water (about 120 ml) • Juice of 1/2 lemon • rose water •

cooked chickpeas (about 300 grams) • plain yogurt (about 500 grams) • pita bread, toasted in the oven • melted butter • Mixed nuts (such as pine nuts or almonds), as desired • tahini • garlic, minced • Salt, to taste

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

chicken breast (about 500 grams) • water (1 liter), for boiling the chicken • small cup white rice • Cinnamon • For the yogurt sauce: • plain yogurt (or more, depending on the amount cooked) • tahini • little water • Salt • Spices for boiling the chicken: • Bay • Nutmeg •

chicken thighs (about 1 kg) • To cook the chicken: • onions • cinnamon stick • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • bay leaf • basmati rice (about 400 grams) • chicken cooking broth (about 950 ml) • oil (60 ml) • onion • bouillon cube •

pita bread, cut into pieces • cooked chickpeas (about 85 grams) • plates cooked rice with vermicelli • roasted cashews (about 65 grams) • butter (about 14 grams) • boiled chicken breast • cumin • salt • chicken bouillon cube • garlic cloves • plain yogurt (about 480 grams) • tahini (about 15 grams)

cooked chickpeas (about 450 grams) • plain yogurt (about 1 kilogram) • garlic • hummus with tahini • Salt • dried mint • Fried pita bread • Mixed nuts • cumin • Hummus with tahini • butter

white bread • chickpeas (about 330 grams) • plain yogurt (about 450 grams) • tahini (about 120 ml) • garlic, minced • Juice of 1 lemon • Salt; black pepper • Cinnamon • Paprika • Cashews • Ghee or vegetable oil

For the shawarma: • boneless chicken breast (about 1 kilogram) • vinegar, juice of 1 lemon, 3 tablespoons plain yogurt, 2 tablespoons mustard, oil • shawarma spice blend, 1 tablespoon garlic powder, 1/2 tablespoon paprika, salt • For the other layers: • potatoes (about 1 kilogram) • Pita bread for frying • For the tarator sauce: tahini, lemon juice, plain yogurt, salt, 2 garlic cloves • For topping: cashews or any kind of nuts

chickpeas (about 165 grams) • small French bread rolls (or 2 cups cubed baguette) • bouillon cube (chicken or vegetable) • almonds (about 140 grams) • Salt • plain yogurt (about 360 grams) • tahini (about 30 grams) • garlic cloves • ground cumin • ground cinnamon

kofta (about 400 grams) • For the white sauce: • plain yogurt (about 480 grams) • tahini (about 60 grams) • minced garlic • salt, or to taste • Juice of 1 lemon • For the kofta sauce: • tomato paste (about 45 grams) • Juice of 2 tomatoes • Salt • mixed spices •

small eggplants • ground beef (about 200 grams) • Black pepper • Salt • grated tomatoes • onion, sliced into wedges • Toasted pita bread, cut into • plain yogurt • tahini • garlic clove • chopped parsley • Clarified butter or ghee •

fine bulgur wheat (red or white) • bread • water (120 ml), or as needed • medium onion • dried cilantro • dried mint • sweet or hot red pepper, as desired • salt • Filling: • ground beef or lamb • medium onions • mixed nuts, as desired •

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 •

large loaves fried pita bread • plain yogurt (about 1 kilogram) • garlic • Mixed nuts • ground cumin • Butter for toasting the nuts • cooked chickpeas (large bowl)

cooked chickpeas (about 1 kilogram) • toasted pita bread • hummus with tahini • lemons • salt, or to taste • sumac • ground cumin • tahini • cooking liquid from chickpeas (about 240 ml) • Mixed nuts, as desired • Clarified butter (ghee) for frying the nuts

soft white sandwich bread • unsalted butter (about 1/4 cup or 55 grams) • For the cream filling: • whole milk (about 950 ml) • coarse semolina (about 320 grams) • table cream (such as Nestlé, about 7.6 oz or 215 grams) • shelled pistachios, chopped, for garnish (about 65 grams) • vanilla extract • orange blossom water • Shredded mozzarella cheese (as needed) • About 4 cups simple syrup (about 950 ml)

smooth hummus • Cooked whole chickpeas • plain yogurt (about 240 ml), 3 garlic cloves • tahini (about 120 ml) • Juice of 1 lemon • pita breads, cut into pieces and either fried or toasted in the oven (your choice) • clarified butter or ghee (about 30 grams) • Almonds • Cumin, salt, and paprika

beef stew meat (about 500 grams) • cooked chickpeas (about 500 grams) or 2 cans (15 oz each) canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed • Plain yogurt • garlic • Juice of half a lemon • Sumac, salt, olive oil • tahini • Toasted pita bread • Cashews, almonds, and pine nuts for garnish

cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • tahini (about 120 grams) • plain yogurt (about 120 grams) • lemons • garlic cloves • pita bread • Salt • Fried nuts (such as pine nuts or slivered almonds) • Chopped parsley for garnish • Ground cumin and chili powder for garnish