Tag Archives: Arabic food
Kabsah; Gulf Cuisine Recipe Posted by Fisal on Sep 17, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Have you ever been to an Arab country? If yes, what traditional dish have you tried? Which did you like best? In today’s post, I am going to introduce a famous main dish called Kabsah الــكــبــْــســَــة . Kabsah is a famous national Saudi dish. It is also famous all…
Yogurt Cucumber Dip: A Cold Side Dish for a Hot Summer Day! Posted by jesa on Aug 31, 2014
Marhaba! Summer is coming to an end, but the long hot days are here to stay at least for a few more weeks. While in some places around the globe it’s starting to get cooler, in the Arab world the summer days are still long, humid (رطب), and dry (جاف)! As I have mentioned before…
A Love Letter to Hummus Posted by jesa on Jun 17, 2014
Hummus has become a world renowned side dish, where different shops, markets, and even countries compete on who has the better recipe for preparing my utmost favorite Middle Eastern side dish. In this post, I express my candid thoughts and feelings about Hummus (الحمص) while in the U.S. Dear Lebanese Hummus (عزيزي الحمص اللبناني), I…
What’s The Closest Thing to a Perfect Salad? Posted by jesa on Mar 25, 2014
Marhaba! I think most of you might somewhat identify with one of my recurrent food adventures: the search for the perfect salad (سلطة). Similar to my case, you might be on some diet (حمية) and exercise schedule to become healthy (صحي) and shed off some extra weight. Or you might really be a vegetarian (نباتي)…
A Traditional Middle Eastern Christmas Dish: Roasted Chicken Stuffed with Rice Posted by jesa on Dec 21, 2013
Marhaba! As you can realize from my previous posts, I am really excited about Christmas and I do consider it as one of my favorite holidays of the year! Back home in Lebanon, different religious groups would also partake in Christmas celebrations, and Christians and Muslims alike enjoy everything that has to do with this…
How to Make Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves Posted by jesa on Sep 24, 2013
Marhaba! Today I am going to teach you how to prepare and make Veggie Grape Leaves (ورق عريش محشي قاطع). I feel that most of the recipes that I have shared lately are more for meat lovers. In this post I would like to share a recipe that my wife and I use when preparing…
Learn the Lebanese Way to Cook A Hot Spicy Fish Dish Posted by jesa on Aug 17, 2013
Marhaba! Today, I am going to teach you how to cook Samkeh Harra (سمكة حرة) with tahini sauce (الطحينة). It is a tasty dish that is popular in the Middle East and specifically the Levant. This dish has progressed from something that required intense and long hours of preparation to becoming a dish that is…