large can tuna • medium potatoes, boiled and mashed • chopped parsley and cilantro • medium onion, chopped • garlic, minced • ground black pepper and cumin • turmeric and mixed spices • Salt • Eggs and breadcrumbs
White sandwich bread • unsalted butter, melted (about 1/2 cup or 113 grams) • milk (240 ml) • cornstarch • rose water • orange blossom water • clotted cream (or substitute with canned table cream, about 6 ounces or 170 grams) • small espresso cup sugar (about 2 tablespoons or 25 grams) • Toppings of your choice
lamb chops (about 2 kg) • red bell peppers • yellow bell peppers • green bell peppers • medium onions • You can also add any other favorite vegetables, such as zucchini or eggplant, as desired • Vegetable oil or olive oil • Minced garlic • Juice of 1 lemon or a little vinegar • White or black pepper • Rosemary • Fresh thyme •
Ready-made phyllo dough • Melted butter, • For the filling, you have several options: • Chopped pistachios • Nutella with chopped pecans, chopped hazelnuts, or chopped almonds (you can mix them all together if you like) • Thick sugar syrup
paprika • canned tomato paste • mixture of chopped cilantro and garlic • Salt to taste • Vegetable oil • lamb (about 1 kg) • Couscous (enough for your family) • large onion • Zucchini • Green beans • soaked chickpeas
lean ground beef for kibbeh (about 500 grams) • fine brown bulgur (about 500 grams) • onion, ground • fresh mint • fresh marjoram • (You can substitute the mint and marjoram with 1 tablespoon kibbeh spice mix) • cumin • For the filling: • lean ground beef (about 500 grams) • onions • chopped walnuts (about 100 grams) • Salt and pepper to taste
ground beef (about 450 grams) • egg • Salt and pepper • kofta spice mix (from a spice shop) • finely chopped parsley and cilantro • large onion, finely chopped • Onion juice • pomegranate molasses • fine breadcrumbs (you can substitute with 1 slice of bread, soaked and finely chopped)
I made a large batch for Ramadan, but you can make half this amount if you prefer • fine bulgur (about 2 kilograms) • lean ground beef or lamb (about 1 kilogram) • Mixed spices • Salt • dried marjoram • ground red chili pepper • For the filling: • ground beef or lamb (about 1 kilogram) • onions, chopped • clarified butter or ghee • Mixed spices •
ground veal (about 500 grams) • parsley, chopped • large onion, chopped • salt (for the kofta) • black pepper (for the kofta) • ground cinnamon (for the kofta) • allspice (for the kofta) • potatoes, sliced into rounds • tomatoes, sliced into rounds • green bell peppers, sliced into rounds • small can tomato sauce • water (about 480 ml) •
For the Maammar filling • ground beef (300 grams) • toasted medium semolina (about 75 grams) • large onion • salt • Black pepper • Cinnamon • Turmeric • Ginger • Mint • oil • For the broth •
ground beef with fat (adjust fat to your preference) • Salt to taste, but don't overdo it • black pepper • cumin • little grilled meat spice mix, or you can skip it • hot chili pepper • small green bell pepper, finely chopped • little less than 1/4 bunch cilantro, finely chopped by hand • little less than 1/4 bunch parsley, finely chopped by hand • very small onion, finely chopped with 1 garlic clove • tomato paste
(about 1.1 lbs/500 grams) fine brown bulgur (you can use white bulgur instead) • lean beef or lamb, mixed with the bulgur • finely ground beef or lamb for the filling • ground coriander • ground cumin • salt • red pepper paste • onion, for mixing with the bulgur • large onions, for the filling • salt, for the filling • black pepper, for the filling • chopped walnuts (about 100 grams) •
couscous (1 kilogram) • large onion, chopped • Black pepper and salt • chopped fresh fava beans (about 250 grams) • chopped zucchini (about 250 grams) • Seasoned meatballs made with: • Paprika • Salt and black pepper • Garlic • Optional: You can add other types of vegetables to the broth • Lamb or chicken, amount as desired • chickpeas (soaked overnight) •
beef stew meat, cut into chunks (about 500 grams) • mixed vegetables such as potatoes, zucchini, and carrots (about 500 grams); you can use any vegetables you like • small pumpkin, peeled and cut into large pieces • cooked chickpeas (about 165 grams) • green bell peppers • onions, sliced • vegetable oil or clarified butter (about 60 ml), as preferred • tomato paste (about 300 grams) • salt • black pepper and turmeric • couscous (about 500 grams)
Ground beef for kibbeh • Vegetables: 2 carrots, 3 potatoes, 1 bell pepper, 2 hot peppers • If you like, you can add cilantro or parsley. I didn't have any available • Your favorite spices, salt • tomato paste • Oil for frying