Phonetic Arabic: Cuisine

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purée of chickpeas, tahina, lemon juice and garlic - served as dip with pita bread

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hummus

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purée of char-grilled eggplant, tahina, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic - served as dip with pita

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mutabbal / baba ghanoush

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lentil rice
(garnished with fried onions)

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mjaddara

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salad of chopped parsley, mint, green onions, tomato and bulgur

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tabboulah

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fried cauliflower

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zaHra mekleeyah

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aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink

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araq

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layered phyllo dough filled with nuts and doused in sugar syrup

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baklawa

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deep fried balls made of fava beans and/or chickpeas

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falafel

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salad of toasted pita bread, tomato, cucumber, and mint

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fattoush

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fried eggplant

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bitenjaan makli

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pita sandwich containing shaved lamb, chicken or beef that was roasted on a vertical spit

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shawarma

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type of salty goat cheese that is frequently fried

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halloum

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grilled cubes of meat on a skewer

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kebab

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oval-shaped balls of minced meat and bulgur

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kubbah

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minced meat mixed with bulgur and eaten RAW

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kubbah neeyyah

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fingers or flat cakes of minced meat (with onions and parsley) that are baked, or grilled on skewers

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kofta

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stuffed zucchini
(with rice, ground meat, onions)

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kousa maHshi

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stuffed eggplant
(with rice, ground meat, onions)

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bitenjaan maHshi

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stuffed cabbage leaves
(with rice, ground meat, onions)

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malfoof maHshi

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lentil soup

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shorabit 'addas

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couscous with chicken soup, tumeric, chickpeas and onion

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maftool

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Easter cookies made with semolina, decorated on the outside and filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts

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ma'moul

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dough topped with thyme OR cheese OR ground meat

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manaeesh

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upside-down rice casserole

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maqluba

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upside-down rice and eggplant casserole

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maqlubit bitenjaan

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upside-down rice and cauliflower casserole

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maqlubit zahra

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upside-down rice and fish casserole

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maqlubit samak

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selection of appetizers or small dishes

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mezza

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a thick, creamy cheese made by straining yogurt
(drizzled with olive oil, red pepper paste, eaten as dip)

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labanah

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sausage

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maqaniq

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fried eggplant baked in tomato sauce

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msaqqa'

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green leaves (corchorus) stewed with lamb or chicken and garlic; spinach-like vegetable

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molokhiyya

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type of traditional white brined cheese made from goat and sheep milk

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nabulsi

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orange blossom water
(used to flavour desserts)

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mazaHer

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meat pie; Arabic pizza; literally "meat with dough"

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laHma bi 'ajeen, or sfeeHa

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goat or sheep cheese, literally "white cheese"

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jibna bayda

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ground sesame seed paste

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taHina

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slab of sweet sesame paste studded with nuts or fruit

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halawa

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Arabic coffee

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ahwa 'arabee

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stringy cheese twisted in a knot
(made from sheep and goat milk)

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'ackawi

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stuffed grape leaves

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warak 'einab / warak dawali

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2 layers of shredded phyllo dough filled with sweet cheese, nuts, covered in sugar syrup
(the <b>best</b> dessert in the world!)

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knaafah

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small, half-moon pancake stuffed with cheese, nuts, or ishta and doused in sugar syrup
(served Christmas or Eid)

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atayyef

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chicken baked with lots of onions and sumac

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musakhan

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fava bean mash; cooked with garlic, garnished with olive oil, green onion and tomato

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fool

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baby okra and lamb or beef in tomato stew

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bamia

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meat tortellini cooked in yogurt sauce with meat and garlic

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shishbarak

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thin omelette with mint, parsley and onion

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'ijjit el na'na' wa el baqdounis

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triangular pie filled with spinach

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fatayir bi sabaanikh

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apricot nectar

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'asseer amareddine

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green beans cooked in tomato sauce

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loubya (fassulya)

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semolina pudding served cold

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muHalabiyyah

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toasted crushed pita bread, topped with chicken meat and broth

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fetta

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artichoke with meat

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ardishawki bil laHem

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meat cooked with yogurt and garlic

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laban immou

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rice cooked with thin noodles

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ruz bi sha'riyyah

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baked spaghetti

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ma'karona bi ssaneeyah

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vegetable stew

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yakhnee

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deep fried vegetables

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maqaali

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cucumber and yogurt salad

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salatit khyaar bi laban

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sugar syrup

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uttir

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deep fried doughnuts covered in sugar syrup

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'awwaama

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crushed rice pudding
(with sugar, caraway and anise)

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moghlee

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thin sesame cookies

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baraazik

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fish salad of parsley, tahina, lemon juice, tomatoes

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baqdoonsiyyah