Falafel is a good dish. What other mid-eastern dishes are good? A few easy to make kind....bye!!!!?

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Falafel is a good dish. What other mid-eastern dishes are good? A few easy to make kind....bye!!!!?

Answer 1

Hummos is very easy to make.  I like baba ghanush too but I'm not sure if it's easy.  My favorite is kibbeh and it's a little hard to shape the football like balls but you can make a pan version too.  I was married to a Syrian man for several years so I learned to cook alot of the home style Middle Eastern foods and they are very yummy.  One of the easy ones I named Syrian spaghetti and you just make spaghetti, then brown ground beef and drain, then put back in the pan and add butter, lots of allspice, salt and pepper until it's very flavorful. Then take plain yogurt and add some tahini to it and you put the yogurt sauce and ground beef on the spaghetti, it's actually very good.  :)

Also... Another favorite of mine was called Dawood Basha which basically translates King or Master David.  Here is a recipe I've used, it's a hearty dish.

Dawood Basha

1 1/2 lbs. Lean, finely ground meat

1/4 cup Finely chopped onions

10 Whole, peeled onions, medium size

2 cups Tomato juice

1/2 cup Pine nuts

2 tablespoons Flour

3 tablespoons Vegetable oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Mix ground meat with chopped onions, salt, pepper and flour. Shape into one inch balls.

Fry meatballs with whole onions and pine nuts, with hot vegetable oil till brown.

Pour over tomato juice with salt and pepper, to taste.

Let Dawood Basha cook on medium heat till done for 30 minutes.

Serve with rice.

Answer 2

I like falafels, but in market told me that it's Arabian food.

Answer 3

My father is Egyptian & I lived in Egypt for a while & grew up on Middle Eastern foods. Every corner in Egypt has these little cafes that serve Fool M'Dammas & Falafel all day long. They are served either in a pita pocket or on a plate with side dishes & pita bread. Even though both are consumed all day long, they are more popular as a pita pocket for breakfast.

My apologies in advance that I can't give you accurate measurments for the spices. Growing up with these dishes, I don't know how to measure anything, it's all done by taste. This is how I make Fool M'Dammas.

  

Fool M'Dammas (Fava Beans)

1 can of Fool M'Dammas or Fava beans (you should be able to find it at any Middle Eastern grocery store or Import section)

Salt & pepper to taste

Cumin to taste about 1tsp or so

Lemon Juice

Tahini sauce

Pita bread

Empty can of fava beans with liquid in a pot, add spices & let simmer till liquid is almost gone.

In the mean time chop up some lettuce & tomatoes (& red onion if you like) set aside.

When beans are done check & adjust for spices, then add a little bit of lemon juice & stir.

Slice a pita bread in half & stuff with beans

Drizzle with tahini sauce about 1 tsp (don't use too much it's concentrated)

Add lettuce, tomatoes & onions.

Here's another way to serve it...

After cooking the beans, put them on a plate mash them up with a fork then add 1 chopped boiled egg, drizzle with tahini sauce add lettuce & tomatoes and eat with pita bread.

Enjoy!

Answer 4

gyros and hummus and leaf rolls...haha i think thats what its called?

Answer 5

ingrecents    *  1 (14 ounce) package spring roll wrappers

    * 2 tablespoons olive oil

    * 2 pounds ground beef

    * 1 leek, chopped

    * 2 teaspoons ground cumin

    * 2 teaspoons ground cardamom

    * 1 teaspoon salt

    * 1 teaspoon pepper

    * 1 small onion, finely chopped

    * 1 clove garlic, minced

    * 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

    * 1 tablespoon water, or as needed

    * 1 quart oil for frying

DIRECTIONS

   1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions, leek and garlic, and cook, stirring until the onions are transparent. Add ground beef, and cook until about halfway done. Season with cumin, cardamom, salt and pepper. Mix well, and continue cooking until beef has browned.

   2. In a small dish or cup, mix together the flour and water to make a thin paste. Using one wrapper at a time, fold into the shape of a cone. Fill the cone with the meat mixture, close the top, and seal with the paste. Repeat until wraps or filling are used up.

   3. Heat the oil to 365 degrees F ( 170 degrees C) in a deep-fryer or deep heavy pot. There should be enough oil to submerge the wraps. Fry the Sambusa a few at a time until golden brown. Remove carefully to drain on paper towels.

Answer 6

I really like Tabouleh! Here is the recipe and below is a website filled with authentic (and pretty easy) middle eastern recipes! A lot of the recipes may sound familiar because many countries in the middle east AND the Mediterranean have similar recipes!

Tabouleh

(Parsley and Cracked Wheat Salad)

85 grams (3 oz., 1/2 cup) burghul

2 bunches flat-leaf parsley

(about 30 gr. before washing, or 1 1/2 cup chopped)

1 bunch fresh mint

(about 10 gr. before washing, or 1/2 cup chopped)

3 green onions or 1 small onion

1 large tomato

90 milliliters (3 oz., 6 Tbs.) lemon juice

60 milliliters (2 1/2 oz., 4 Tbs.) olive oil

salt

1 head romaine lettuce (optional)

Leave the burghul in water for about 2 hours, then wash and squeeze out. Wash and chop the parsley, mint and green onions very fine. Dice the tomato. Combine all ingredients including burghul. Add salt to taste, lemon juice, olive oil and mix well. Serve in a bowl lined with lettuce leaves. This salad can be eaten with a fork, but the traditional way is to scoop up a bite of the mixture in a lettuce leaf and pop it into the mouth