Mutabbag Bel Laham

Ingredients For pastry: 3 cups all purpose flour or 600 g 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1¼ cups water or 300 ml For stuffing: 2 tablespoons vegetable...

Chopped Arabic Salad

Chopped Arabic Salad: This salad is wonderfully refreshing even without purslane, but if you can find the green at your produce market, it's worth...

Potato and asparagus salad

Potato and asparagus salad with dill aioli This potato salad gets an extra crunch factor with the addition of asparagus. Ingredients 1.5kg desiree potatoes, unpeeled 3 teaspoons red...

Apple cake

Get back to wholesome baking with this classic apple cake that's so easy to make. Ingredients 125g butter, chopped 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla...

Colourful corn salad

This corn and avocado side salad adds a splash of Mexican colour and flavour to the dining table. Ingredients (Colourful corn salad) 4 bi-colour corn cobs,...

Arabic breakfast

This casual assembly of eggs, ricotta and chargrilled vegetables makes an extraordinary weekend brunch. Ingredients 1 large eggplant 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons mint leaves, chopped, plus...

Muhammara

Muhammara with spiced bread Ingredients 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil 3 red capsicums 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1/2 cup (50g) walnuts 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses (see note) 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2...

Chef John’s Roast Turkey and Gravy

Ingredients 2 tablespoons kosher salt 1 tablespoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning 1 (12 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets reserved 2 onions, coarsely chopped 3 ribs celery,...

Cherry tomato

Cherry tomato, cucumber and green bean salad Ingredients 150g cherry tomatoes, halved 1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced 90g baby green beans, trimmed 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon...

Falafel fattoush

Ingredients 1/3 cup rice bran oil 2 small rounds Lebanese bread, split, torn into 3cm pieces 200g packet falafel mix 1/4 teaspoon mild chilli powder 250g cherry tomatoes, halved 1...

Fattoush

- Serves 4 as a mezze. - Sumac is a reddish-brown, sour ground Middle Eastern spice available from supermarkets. - Pomegranate molasses is from selected supermarkets...

Iraqi Fish: Maskoof

Ingredients 1 1/2 kg white fish, for grilling, cleaned 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4 cups vinegar 1 teaspoon curry olive oil salt Sauce: 2 onions, finely chopped 2 tomatoes, diced 1 parsley, finely chopped 4...

Baked Garlic Chicken and Potatoes

“Toum, zait w haamid” is a phrase that one would tend to overhear repeatedly from mom while giving cooking advice to friends. In Arabic,...

Fasolia bi Zait

Fasolia is a variety of red beans or pinto beans that you can commonly find in supermarkets. For this recipe pick the beans with...