Arabic recipes

Explore 20 recipes, with ingredient quantities and step-by-step cooking instructions.

Lamb Okra Stew

Tender lamb and whole okra slowly simmered in a garlicky tomato sauce, with lemon added at the end for a clean, bright finish.

A dramatic upside-down rice dish layered with seasoned chicken, eggplant and cauliflower, cooked gently and flipped after resting.

Silky Arabic red lentil soup with cumin, vegetables and fresh lemon, blended smooth and adjusted to an easy pouring consistency.

Juicy yoghurt-and-lemon marinated chicken skewers, grilled until lightly charred and served with garlic sauce, pickles and flatbread.

Soft, blistered Lebanese flatbreads topped generously with za'atar and olive oil, baked quickly in a very hot oven.

Earthy lentils and rice crowned with deeply caramelized onions, seasoned simply with cumin and finished with crisp onion strands.

Sumac-roasted chicken over taboon bread saturated with sweet olive-oil onions, finished with toasted pine nuts.

Lebanese spiced fish with caramelized-onion rice, browned fish stock and a lemony tahini sauce.

Fluffy long-grain rice studded with evenly toasted vermicelli, cooked by absorption and rested for reliably separate grains.

Eggs gently poached in a concentrated tomato and pepper sauce scented with cumin, paprika and garlic.

Deep-green chickpea-and-herb falafel with a crisp sesame crust and tender centre, made correctly from soaked dried chickpeas.

Crunchy Levantine salad with fresh vegetables, herbs, sumac dressing and toasted pita added at the last moment.

Delicate Arabic milk pudding thickened smoothly with cornflour, scented with rosewater and chilled beneath pistachios.

Icy limonana blended from fresh lemon, mint and a cooled sugar syrup for a bright, frothy drink without bitter leaf fragments.

Fork-tender spiced lamb served over fragrant rice with peas, carrots and toasted nuts for a generous celebration platter.

Extra-smooth hummus made quickly from warm canned chickpeas, creamy tahini, lemon and ice water.

Spiced kofta, golden potato and tomato slices baked together in a rich tomato sauce until bubbling and tender.

High-heat roasted spiced chicken thighs sliced into warm flatbread with garlic sauce, pickles and tomato.

Tender lemony grape leaves rolled around herbed rice, simmered gently and arranged with pomegranate for a festive platter.

A hearty tomato, chickpea and lentil soup with celery, herbs and fine vermicelli, finished with lemon.