large cups cooked chickpeas (about 600 grams) • small container plain yogurt (about 5 ounces or 150 grams) • large cup tahini (about 4 ounces or 120 ml) • white vinegar (about 30 ml) • Juice of 1 large lemon • salt, or to taste • small clove garlic, minced • Orange color: 1 small carrot, chopped and boiled for 5 minutes • Green color: 1/2 large cup cooked green peas (about 2.5 ounces or 75 grams), boiled for 5 minutes • Green color: 5 leaves of mint, or use parsley, spinach, or avocado • Yellow color: 1 teaspoon turmeric or natural saffron (saffron is preferred) • Red color: 1 red bell pepper and 1 tablespoon red pepper paste (about 15 grams) •
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 •
For the bread dough: • all-purpose flour (about 190 grams) • vegetable oil (about 60 ml) • salt • milk, at room temperature (about 240 ml; add more as needed depending on the flour) • Shawarma ingredients: • Shawarma beef (lamb, cut into thin strips) • For the marinade: • shawarma spice blend • black pepper • hot red pepper • cardamom •
beef chuck, cut into medium cubes (about 800 grams) • medium onions, grated • large onion, sliced into rings • yellow bell pepper • large tomatoes • tomato paste • garlic, minced • green chili pepper (optional) • unsalted butter or ghee • corn oil • white vinegar • honey •
couscous (about 1 kg) • lamb (about 500 grams) • (3 zucchini, 4 carrots, 2 large potatoes, 2 white turnips, 2 hot peppers) • Some fresh chickpeas • large onion or 2 medium onions • mix of clarified butter (smen) and oil for sautéing • garlic • tomato paste • fresh tomato • Black pepper • Salt • Sweet paprika •
small pasta, cooked (any type) (250 grams) • black lentils, rinsed and soaked for 4 hours • Salt, cumin • medium couscous (about 340 grams) • hot water (about 480 ml) • olive oil • large white onions, thinly sliced • Salt and all-purpose flour • tomatoes • garlic, minced • Olive oil and vinegar • tomato paste •
For the dough: • ground chicken (about 500 grams) • fine white bulgur (about 240 grams) • fine brown bulgur (about 240 grams) • salt • black pepper • mixed spice blend • ground cinnamon • For the filling: • ground chicken (about 1 kilogram) • large onions • garlic •
For the dough: • fine white bulgur • all-purpose flour • cumin • red pepper paste • black pepper • salt • vegetable oil • For the filling: • onions, finely chopped • Ground beef or lamb, as desired • Pine nuts and almonds, as desired •
boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces and marinated in vinegar and spices for at least 1 hour • white onion, sliced • black pepper • mixed spice blend • white pepper • Ottoman spice blend • onion powder • garlic powder • cilantro • salt • tahini (60 ml) • lemon juice (60 ml) •
prepared kofta mixture (see my oven-baked kofta recipe in my list for details on how to make the kofta mixture) • large onion, finely chopped • olive oil • large tomatoes • water (about 80 ml) • tomato paste • garlic, finely minced • salt • black pepper • ground black cumin • white vinegar • cardamom •
garlic, minced • white onion, diced small • potato, diced small • lentils (about 200 grams) • bouillon cubes or 1 teaspoon each curry powder and black pepper • water (about 480 ml), plus more as needed
red lentils (about 200 grams) • small onion • medium potato • medium carrot • garlic, minced • short-grain white rice, rinsed (about 100 grams) • turmeric • ground cumin • black pepper • vegetable oil (about 120 ml) • Juice of 1 lemon • Salt to taste •
whole chicken (use the breast and thighs) • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tomato paste • white vinegar • Juice of 1 large lemon • ground fennel • ground cilantro seeds (coriander) • garlic, minced • black pepper • Ground red chili pepper • Salt • potatoes (about 1/2 kilogram) •
(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) •