Type of Foods

Sambusek

Dough shaped triangles, holes, rectangles, different stuffing according to shapes

Tohal

stuffed lamb spleen/melts- garlic, parsley and jalapeño peppers

Nanik

Lamb sausage

Kibba - Kubbeh

Oval shape wheat ball stuffed with ground meat, onions, and pine nuts,

Tomato Stew or Sauce dish over rice, or toasted bread

Alait (sauce pan) Bandora (tomatoes)- diced tomatoes, garlic, in ground meat Most famous dishes

Dahoud basha, similar to Alait Bandora with meat balls, over rice

Bamyia – okra with tomato sauce

Besara - Molokhieh Soup with Broad Beans

Fasoliah – green string beans

Fasoliah- two type of beans white and red

Definition: Mashi (stuffed vegetables with rice and Meat) in a tomato sauce or meat broth

Kosa mahshi  in tomatoe sauce–zucchini stuffed with rice and meat

Kosa mahshi  in yogurt  sauce–zucchini stuffed with rice and meat

Betenjan mahshi – stuffed eggplant

Shikh Mokhshi – zucchini stuffed with meat

Shikh al mahashi – eggplant stuffed with meat

Waraq (leaves) al-anib (grape)/ Warak Dwaly/Dolma, grape leaves rolled with rice and meat)

Without tomato sauce, but Armenians do cook it in tomato sauce

Malfuf – rolled cabbages with rice and meat, garlic gloves

Stuffed red carrots- rice and meat, lemon flavor

Lamb Liver- garlic and seasoning

Chicken livers- garlic and seasoning, some people eat at breakfast with eggs

Makaronah (spaghetti baked)- pasta cooked with lamb and tomato sauce

Dished cooked in a Yogurt sauce:

Mansaf- yogurt sauce (from dried yogurt) with chucks of lamb

Laban umoh –similar idea to Mansaf cooked yogurt (choice of dried yogurt or pasteurized yogurt) with lamb add ingredients fried garlic, and grounded dry mint leaves.

Shish barak- Tortellini shape flour pasta stuffed with kefta( seasoned grounded beef)

Rice Dishes

Maqluba- Upside down- foul(fava/faba beans) with rice and meat or chicken.

Maqluba Upside down- most common fried cauliflower and fried egg plant, rice and meat or lamb, some people will add fries sliced potatoes

Syadeya (fisherman)- similar to Maqluba, fried potato, rice and fish,

Fatta

Molokhia- jute mallow plant- leafs are plucked of the stem cooked with garlic and lemon juice.

Ouzi

Safiah

Falafel

Shawarma

Kanafeh

Warbot

Sahleb

Chicken and potatoes - suniet/Suj (pan) – Chicken(jaj) pieces, Potato wedges, tomoates, onions

Lamb chops roasted tomatoes, and sautéed potatoes

Kofta-ground beef of Lamb, roasted tomatoes, and sautéed potatoes

Kofta,w/ tahini sauce -ground beef of Lamb, roasted tomatoes, and sautéed potatoes

Emskahen (roasted chicken with Sumak (purple seasoning, w/ flavor lemon), onions, and pine nuts).

Roasted Chicken

Tajan – cooked vegetables with meat

Idra/Qidreh

Shish Kabob

Chicken cubes

Lamb or beef cubes

Kebab- livers

Baklawa (Baklava)

Knafeh

Burma

Barazik

Roz w haleb (rice pudding)

Numoura

Date cookies (Made during Easter shaped as crowns)

Mamul (egg shape stuffed with walnuts or Pistachios, empty tomb of Christ)

Oregano cookies (zatar)

Sugar Cookies

Sesame seed bars

Makdous-egg plant

Cucumber pickles

Turnips/lyfit

Cauliflower

Cabbage ends (homemade only)

Olives Green or Black

Sfeeha (Little Arabic Pizza) Ground beef/onions

Zatar (oregano/tyme pizza)

Gybna (white cheese pizza)

Aries Lehma (Meat pocket pie)

Spinach Pies (sabagnig triangle shape)

Modern cooks:

Mini Pizzas with tomato sauce and toppings to liking

Zatar Pizza with cheese and sliced tomatoes

Falafel

Shawarma

Kanafeh

Warbot

Sahleb

Hummus

Fattoush

Fattah- Bread Hummus- Hummus with bread pieces in it, eaten with a spoon

Subbaha- whole garbanzo beans in tahini, lemon juice

Baba ghanoush (egg plant dip with tahini)

Tabalal Batengan (egg plant dip without tahini)

Shish Kabob

Chicken cubes

Lamb or beef cubes

Kebab- livers

Fresh green fava/faba beans- saute’ed with onions or garlic (not both)

Mujaddara – rice and brown lentils

Pomegranate Porridge- Habit Romana/ Rummaniyya - Pomegranate Juice Sour, Lentil, Egg plant, lemon chucks,  

Yalangi-vegetarian rolled grape leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables, spices

Shurbat Freakeh - type of wheat grain or barley, boiled in a soup with meat chunks

Parsley - meat broth or Chicken broth, Rice, potatoes, parsley.. Some people add carrots.

Shurbat 3adas/Lentil - Orange lentil with onions, some people add a little rice to homogenize the porridge

Maftoul/Couscous - Onions tons slices Meat or Chicken, garbanzo beans, in Cumin seasoning