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Are you a single man living far from home? A student? A young wife looking for some new cooking ideas? An American or European who wants to learn to cook some delicious new dishes? We have just the thing you need! Zawaj.com's recipes section focuses on Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani and Southeast Asian delicacies. We add new recipes regularly, so be sure to check back for more delicious dishes.

RECIPES:

Salads

• Egyptian Lemon and Garlic Potato Salad.
• Toasted bread and mixed salad (Fattoush).
• Arabian bean salad (Ful mudammas).
• Sauteed Dandelion (Elet).

Soups

• Egyptian Bean and Vegetable Soup (Foul Nabed).
• Chicken soup with lemon (Hamoud).
• Lentil soup with lamb (Shourabit' ads).
• Almond Soup (Looz Shorba).
• Cucumber Soup (Jalik).
• Egg and Lemon Soup (Beid Bi Lamoun).
• Chickpea Soup.
• Ramadhan Soup.

Breakfast Dishes

• NEW: Egyptian Ful Mudammas.
• Food for Thought: Some Facts About Ful Mudammas
• Hardboiled eggs a la Alexandria (Shakshukat beed iskandarani).
• Egyptian Omelette.
• Mushroom and Egg Tarkari.

Yogurt Dishes

• Fresh Cheese made from Yogurt (Labni).
• Fresh Cheese with Dill and Pimento (Mahammara Labni).
• Cucumber with Yogurt.
• Yogurt with Roasted Eggplant.
• Yogurt with Garlic.

Appetizers and Snacks

• Lebanese Mini-Pizzas with Lamb (Lahem b'Ageen).
• Chickpea and Sesame Dip (Hummus bi tahina).
• Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolma or mahshee).
• Broad Bean Patties (Ta'miyyah).
• Pakistani Vegetable Fritters.
• Lebanese Falafel.
• Vegetarian Arabic "Pizza".

Rice, and Other Grains

• Basic Cooked Rice.
• Riyadh Rice.
• Rice with Saffron, Raisins and Almonds.
• Persian Lima Bean with Dill Rice (Bagali Shevid Polo).
• Bukhari Rice (Ruz Bukhari).
• Fragrant Vegetable Rice (Sabz Biryani).
• Egyptian Koshari (Lentils & Rice With Tomato Sauce).
• Egyptian Koshari Pasta.
• Food for Thought: Koshari: Egyptian Street Food is Vegetarian's Delight.
• Pakistani Rice with Chilies (Haray Masalay kay Chawal).
• Moroccan Couscous (Couscous Marrakesh).

Vegetable Dishes

• NEW: Okra and Rice.
• Artichoke and Mushroom Casserole.
• Egyptian Spinach with Dill.
• Okra with Tomatoes.
• Lentils with Spinach.
• Stuffed Onion Rolls (Mahshi Bassal).
• Egyptian Stuffed Potatoes.
• Lebanese Green Beans.
• Syrian Lentils with Lemon (Adas bi' l-Hamid).

Pasta and Couscous Dishes:

• Turkish Baked Macaroni with Feta cheese.
• Macaroni koazy (Koazy al-Macarona).
• Basic Couscous.
• Couscous Casablanca.
• Chicken Couscous.
• Fish Couscous.

Meat Dishes

• Arabian Kebab With Yogurt (Kebab Bil Laban).
• Chicken with Pomegranates and Walnuts.
• Chicken with ChickPeas (Ferakh bil Hummus).
• Garlic Chicken - Dajjaj Beltoom.
• Egyptian Stuffed Zucchini (Koosa).
• Bamya Recipe One: Meat and Okra Stew (Bamya).
• Bamya Recipe Two: Okra Casserole (Bamya bil takhdi'a).
• Bamya Recipe Three: Meat and Okra Stew (Dikyet bamya).
• Lamb Mechbous.
• Persian Meatballs (Sabzi Koofteh).
• Lebanese Meatballs.
• Hyderabadi Biryani.
• Four Ways to Make Mincemeat (Kheema Hyderabadi).

Seafood Dishes

• Fisherman's fish with rice (Sayyadieh).
• Baked Fish.
• Shrimp Abu Dhabi (Murabyan).
• Tunisian Spiced Fish.

Sauces

• Tahina (Sesame Seed Sauce).
• Falafel Hot Sauce.
• Herb Dressing.
• Saudi Herbed Salsa (Dukoos).

Desserts

• NEW: Dates with Bananas.
• Honey cake.
• Turkish cream-filled apricots (Kaymakli kayisi).
• Konafa.
• Persian apple dessert.
• Rice Pudding (Ruz Bihaleeb).
• Iraqi Carrot Cake.

Beverages

• Middle eastern lemonade.
• Turkish coffee.
• Finjan Erfah (spicy and hot drink).
• Yemeni Ginger Coffee (Qishr).
• Bangladeshi Coco Jumbo Shake.