Maamoul or mamool are small shortbread cookies traditionally filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts. They are popular in Levantine cuisine(Palestine, […]
Category Archive: Arabic and middle eastern recipes
Many of you, my wonderful readers and followers asked me about Ramadan and requested that I share a […]
Nabulsi (or naboulsi) cheese is one of the most popular white brined cheeses made in the Middle East. Its name […]
Some call it yogurt cheese, others call it the Lebanese cream cheese but it is most commonly known as […]
Ka3ek bel semsem or sesame bread is a traditional bread popular in the Levant countries (Palestine, Jordan, Syria, […]
Our April 2012 Daring Cooks hosts were David & Karen from Twenty-Fingered Cooking. They presented us with a […]
Every time I make this fteer, I am transported back to my grandmother’s kitchen. I close my eyes […]
Mutawam another word to add to the list of hard to say but oh so good recipes like sfeeha, […]
Have you ever cooked upside down? Makloubeh (which translates literally into upside down) is a famous Levantine one pot […]
I am excited to be a guest at Shumaila’s the novice housewife blog today :)Shumaila is a fellow […]
If you had a hard time pronouncing my Awwameh or hareeseh post titles I thought I would add another middle […]
If you had a hard time reading the title, awwameh is also called loqmet el kadi or luqaimat. Not much […]
