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Staple and Specialty Dishes from the Middle East, with a special focus on Egyptian Cuisine

Category: Food

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A Lebanese salad made of shredded parsley, tomatoes, crushed wheat, lime juice and salt, served as a staple side with most main dishes. Used liberally throughout the Middle East.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

A Middle Eastern mixture of pickled olives (black and green), carrots, cucumbers, onions, radishes, nuts such as almonds, used as an appetizer or side dish with main meals.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

A Middle Eastern dip made of sesame seed paste, with added water, lime juice, cumin, salt, also used as a base for other dips like baba ganouche.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

A Middle Eastern dish comprising diced cubes of meat, cooked well on a barbecue with special herbs/spices until tender and juicy.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

A Middle Eastern dish of puff pastry layered with meat, vegetables, cheese or olives if savory, and with nuts or custard if sweet, then cooked in the oven.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

A special Egyptian dinner dish comprising rice, meat, a mixture of shredded green herbs (parsley, coriander, dill), tomatoes, salt, mixed spices, all stuffed into a thin cleaned sausage-like skin and ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

This dish is named after the vegetable okra in Egyptian Arabic and is made by frying onions and garlic in oil or butter, adding tomatoes, then diced meat (preferably lamb), then the cleaned okra and ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

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