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How to Cook dishes from Lebanon
Lebanon is home to many excellent dishes
combining Mediterranean
and Middle Eastern
influences, including many excellent choices for
vegetarians.
Lebanese food tendsto make extensive use of garlic, lemon juice and olive oil.
Poultry is eaten more often than red meat, although lamb is used in a number
of recipes. As already noted, there are also a great variety of vegetable dishes
including ones with cooked, raw and pickled vegetables.
Some popular Lebanese recipes and dishes include:
- Balila - Boiled chickpeas with cumin, garlic, salt and olive oil.
- Batata harra - Spicy potatoes prepared by frying potatoes and red pepper in olive oil. Coriander, chili
and garlic are used to flavor the dish.
- Bathenjan makli - Fried eggplant with
tahini sauce, lettuce, parsley and tomatoes. Sumac, bell peppers,
or garlic and lemon are sometimes added. It is often served on top
of pita bread or sliced bread.

- Hummus - A paste made from chickpeas and tahini. It may be
garnished with parsley and smac, or sour pomegranate seeds. Whole
chickpeas and olive oil and usually placed on top, and the dish
mayu be served with pickled cucumbers and hot green peppers.
- Hummus awarma - Hummus with grund meat, onions and pine nuts.
- Kibbeh - A shell made from bulgar wheat, stuffed with ground lamb and fried.

- Labneh - Strained yoghurt. It is sometimes dried, formed into balls, herbs and spices added,
and then stored in olive oil.

- Mujaddara - Lentuils with rice or wheat, garnished with cooked onions.
- Shawarma - Cooked slivers of meat in pita bread. When chicken is used,
the sandwich is generally toasted after being made, but when other
meats (beef or lamb) are used, the sandwich is immediately eaten.
- Shish taouk - A kebab made from cubes of chicken which are marinated
and then cooked on a skewer using a grill.
- Tabbouleh - A salad made from bulgur, mint, chopped parsley, scallion and tomato.
Other herbs as well as lemon juice, olive oil and seasonings are usually added.

- Zahra mekleyah - Fried cauliflower often accompanied
by tahini sauce, lettuce, parsley and tomatoes. It may be grilled
or toasted, and can be eaten bhot or cold. The dish is often
served on top of pita bread or sliced bread.
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