Arabic Food

A very delicious Lebanese Salad containing toasted bread, parsley, tomato, and other vegetables. The recipe is for 5 persons and require about half an hour between preparation and cooking.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Lebanese round bread (pitta), toasted
• 3 medium firm tomatoes, washed and chopped
• 3 slender cucumbers (250g\19 oz), washed and chopped
• 3 medium radishes (250g\9 oz) (1 cup), washed and chopped
• 4 spring onions, washed and coarsely chopped
• 1 medium onion (1/4 cup), roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed with a pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried mint
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint leaves
• 1 cup coarsely chopped parsley
• 1 cup small purslane leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground sumac
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped sweet green pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 crisp cos (2 cups) lettuce leaves, torn into bite size pieces
• 1/2 Lebanease round pitta bread, toasted (extra)

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This salad is usually served with seafood, delicious salad and special for its harmonious colors with beetroots and sesame paste. Recipe is for 5 persons and require 1h20 between preparation and cooking.

Ingredients :

• 1 kg (32 oz) beetroots, boiled till tender (about 1 hour)
• 1/2 cup sesame paste
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt (as desired)

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This is a unique Salad for artichoke lovers, very easy to prepare. The recipe is for 4 persons and require just 10 minutes for preparation.

Ingredients :

• 500 g (16 oz) canned artichoke
• 500 g (16 oz) canned mushrooms
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed with a dash of salt
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• a dash of olive oil

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Tunisian Salad is the most popular in Tunisia for its ease to prepare. The recipe is for 5 persons and take just 5 minutes.Ingredients :

• 2 red bell peppers, finely chopped
• 2 green bell peppers, finely chopped
• 2 cucumbers, finely chopped
• 1 spring onion, finely chopped
• 2 medium tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped
• a dash of salt
• a dash of ground white pepper
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil

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I agree that I wasn’t very active on this blog, but I have some good news that we’ll be moving very soon to a better website and certainly more recipes and forum to discuss Arabic food in general. Today I wanted to introduce a very known Lebanese food called “Tabbouleh”. The most famous Lebanese salad, made of parsley, tomato, mint and burghul. The recipe serves 5 persons and took about 40 minutes for preparation.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup burghul, fine cracked wheat
• 2 cups finely chopped parsley
• 1/2 kg (16 oz) firm red tomatoes, washed and finely chopped
• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt (as desired)
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• a dash of all spice (as desired)

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