1882 arabian delights Recipes

butternut squash, cooked and mashed, onion, chopped, prepared roasted red pepper, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, plain yogurt, feta cheese, crumbled

cauliflower, broken into florets, garlic cloves, chopped, tahini, any lumps mashed with a fork, ground cumin, lemon , juice of, salt and pepper, to taste, hot pepper sauce or 1 dash cayenne, water , as needed, paprika, for garnish, chopped parsley, and for garnish or cilantro, for garnish, lemon wedge, for garnish

olive oil, onion, sliced, garlic cloves, crushed, fresh spinach, washed and shredded, cumin seed, chickpeas, drained and rinsed, butter, salt and pepper

grain rice, vermicelli, broken into small pieces, lean ground lamb or 200 g beef, oil, butter, onion, chopped, cinnamon, white pepper powder, ground allspice, salt , to taste, chicken stock, pine nuts , lightly roasted

clarified butter (samneh, i have always used just sweet butter without clarifying), icing sugar , sifted, all-purpose flour, blanched slivered almond, to garnish (loz), icing sugar , for dusting

lean pork chops (remove excess fat), stewed tomatoes, any flavor , reserve juice, grain rice, uncooked, green pepper, sliced in rings, onions, tomato juice (use reserved juice and add enough water to make 2 cups liquid)

leg of lamb (or 2 shoulders), ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground cumin, ground cardamom, salt and black pepper, sunflower oil, onion, cut in quarters, head garlic, cut in half, basmati rice, onion, chopped, sunflower oil, ground beef, salt and black pepper, ground cinnamon, allspice, ground nutmeg, hot lamb (use 2 bouillon cubes) or 4 1/4 cups chicken stock (use 2 bouillon cubes), sliced almonds, pistachios, pine nuts

dried ful , small-size bean, rinsed and drained, water, ripe tomato, chopped, garlic, peeled and crushed, chopped parsley, peeled and thinly sliced yellow onion, dressing, olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

whole peppercorns, whole allspice, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, honey, lightly salted mixed nuts (1-1/4 lb), sugar

margarine, white sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, baking powder, baking soda, applesauce

onion, chopped, oil, garlic, chopped, spinach, washed and shredded, cumin, chickpeas, drained and rinsed, butter

sugar (more or less , depending on the sweetness of the fruit), water, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice, orange , rind of, finely grated, lemon , rind of, finely grated

flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cocoa, crisco cooking oil, sour milk, vanilla extract, lemon extract, eggs

fresh cabbage, washed and shredded, red capsicums , cut into juliennes, tomatoes, cut into 1 inch size cubes, garlic paste, sugar, fresh pineapple, cut into 1 inch size piece., salt, black pepper, tomato sauce, fresh cream

dried ful beans, rinsed and drained (small sized bean), water, ripe tomato, chopped, garlic, peeled and crushed, chopped parsley, yellow onion, peeled and thinly sliced, olive oil, lemon , juice, salt and pepper

garlic cloves, finely chopped, olive oil, mint leaf, finely chopped, natural yogurt, black pepper, salt, cucumbers, seeded and sliced, yellow lemon, cut in slices, mint leaves , for decoration

big onions, peeled, salt , to taste, sugar, wine vinegar, chopped mint leaves

quick-cooking rice cereal (1/2 minute to cook), minced onion, minced garlic, tomato paste, beef broth, grain white rice, ground lean (7% fat or less) beef, salt, pepper, chopped fresh mint leaves, chopped parsley, lemon juice