Bread based appetizer

pita bread, cut into cubes and toasted • cooked chickpeas (about 510 grams) • plain yogurt (about 480 grams) • tahini (about 60 ml) • garlic, minced • Salt to taste • pine nuts (about 30 grams) • clarified butter or ghee (about 30 grams) • For garnish: • Pomegranate seeds • Parsley • red chili powder

cooked, mashed chickpeas (about 85 grams) • white tahini (about 120 grams) • plain yogurt (about 120 grams) • fresh lemon juice (about 45 ml) • Warm pita bread • ground cumin • water (about 60 ml) • Vinegar • olive oil (about 15 ml) • Salt • White pepper • For garnish: •

chickpeas • hummus or musabaha (creamy chickpea dip) • Juice of 2 lemons • garlic cloves • tahini (about 60 ml) • Cumin • Sumac • Salt • little water • pita bread, cut into pieces • little clarified butter or ghee • Pomegranate seeds for garnish

Cooked chickpeas • smooth hummus • garlic • plain yogurt (about 60 ml) • tahini (about 45 ml) • Lemon juice, salt, cumin • pita bread (or to taste) • Chickpea broth • Clarified butter (ghee)

cooked chickpeas (about 600 grams) • plain yogurt (about 240 grams) • tahini • toasted pita bread • clarified butter or ghee • Cumin / 1 lemon • tomato • Chopped parsley

cooked chickpeas (about 1 kg) • Fried pita bread—use as much as you like • For the sauce: • musabaha (about 500 grams; or use extra cooked chickpeas blended with tahini and lemon juice) • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tahini (about 120 ml) • garlic, crushed • lemon juice (about 60 ml), salt, 1/2 cup chickpea cooking water (about 120 ml) • clarified butter or ghee (about 120 ml) • Nuts for garnish (like pine nuts or almonds), chopped parsley, diced tomato, spices

chickpeas, soaked and cooked (about 500 grams) • plain yogurt (about 710 ml) • tahini (about 120 ml) • lemon juice (about 120 ml) • pita bread, cut into cubes and fried • Salt, to taste • Cumin • Sumac • Paprika, for garnish • For the topping: • garlic, peeled and crushed • little vegetable oil

chickpeas, soaked and cooked (about 340 grams) • lemons • tahini (about 240 grams) • pita bread • For garnish: • Fried beef or lamb • Almonds • Parsley • Cumin

Cooked chickpeas • Pita bread • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tahini (about 120 ml) • garlic cloves • For garnish • Ground beef • Cashews • Almonds • Parsley • Fried pita bread • Ghee

cooked chickpeas with their cooking water (500 grams) • plain yogurt (about 1 quart, 1 kilogram) • garlic, finely minced • tahini or hummus • Salt to taste • pita breads, cut into cubes • ground cumin • clarified butter (ghee) • Optional: almonds or pine nuts, as desired • Paprika • Ground cumin • whole chickpeas

chickpeas, soaked overnight (1 kilogram) • little pickled turnip • oil for za'atar (60 ml) • za'atar • baking powder • little olive oil • plain yogurt • Salt • Cumin • toasted pita bread • tahini • garlic, minced •

chickpeas, soaked overnight and cooked (about 200 grams) • pita breads, cut into cubes and toasted with a little oil • medium containers plain yogurt (about 2 cups or 480 grams) • tahini • Juice of 1 large lemon • garlic, minced • salt • olive oil (60 ml)

Chicken breast, thinly sliced and marinated overnight in the refrigerator with the following ingredients: • Thinly sliced onion • Plain yogurt • Vinegar • Lemon juice • Oil • Salt • Black pepper • Shawarma spices • Mozzarella cheese • Fried or oven-toasted bread cubes (such as pita or flatbread) • Pickled cucumber •

fine bulgur (about 640 grams) • water (about 1.65 liters) • bread • semolina (about 320 grams) • Salt • Spices to taste • For the filling: • ground beef (about 225 grams) • parsley • Spices • onions • potatoes •

bell pepper (any color) • zucchini, 1 carrot, and 1 potato • tomato • onion, chopped • minced garlic with 2 parsley leaves • red lentils (about 200 grams) • Salt and black pepper to taste • seven spice blend • oil • bouillon cube • chopped fresh cilantro • Enough water to cook the soup •

For the kibbeh: • fine brown bulgur, washed, soaked for 1 hour, and drained • yellow split lentils, washed several times and drained • medium white onions, finely chopped • tomato paste • red pepper paste • paprika • ground cumin • Salt • olive oil • olive oil (divided) • vegetable oil •