Malfouf — the Rice and Roll of the Middle East Published courtesy of ArabAmerica.com By Blanche Shaheen Arab America Contributing Writer The word “malfouf” in Arabic means both “cabbage” and “rolled.” So in Arab culture, cooks must have felt that it was only natural to roll up the cabbage around rice, and the popular dish…
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American Arabs, Arab World, ArabAmerica.com, Features, Food, Middle East, recipeArab food , Arab recipe , ArabAmerica.com , Cabbage rolls , lamb , malfouf , Mediterranean , Middle Eastern food , Recipe , rice , stuffed cabbage roll You can make Kibbeh, yes you can Kibbeh (kubbah) or friend “football shaped” burghul stuffed with diced lamb and browned sliced almonds is a popular side dish delicacy of the Mediterranean diet and a staple of most Arab meals. It’s tricky but you can do it By Ray Hanania One of my absolute favorite Middle…
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American Arabs, Arab World, Features, Food, Middle East, recipeArab food , Arab recipe , burghul , cracked wheat , diced lamb , kibbee , kibbeh , kubbah , lamb , Mediterranean Diet , Recipe , stuffed Karshat, stuffed lamb intestines recipe Stuffed lamb intestines and tripe are popular Mediterranean food recipes. Here is a simple recipe to prepare this Middle Eastern delicacy. By Ray Hanania Stuffed lamb intestines is a very popular Mediterranean recipe in the Arab World, in Greece and in the Mediterranean sea region. It’s a very simple recipe…
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Arab World, Features, Food, Middle East, recipecow , karshat , lamb , lamb and rice stuffing , masareen , Mediterranean recipe , Middle Eastern food , Recipe , stuffed intestines , Tripe Absolute best Facebook Page on Middle East food There are a lot of misleading places on Facebook to get information on the Mediterranean Diet and Middle Eastern foods and recipes, but one of the best Facebook pages is called “Mediterranean Foods & Recipes.” You can click here to go to the Facebook Page and join…
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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Food, Iraq, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, recipeAmerican Arab , Arab , arabian , Food , kibbeh , lamb , Mediterranean , Middle Eastern , recipes , stuffed grape leaves , wariq duwali Mansaf, one of the most important Arab recipes When you think of the romantic lifestyle of the Arab in the desert, you think of camels, black and white stallions, heavy black tents, flowing robes, and a silver platter of one of the Arab World’s favorite recipes, Mansaf (Mensif, Mensiff). This lamb and rice dish heaped…
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Arab World, Features, Food, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, recipeArab World , Christians , feasts , fermented dried yogurt , Food , Jameed , JORDAN , lamb , Mansaf , mensiff , Muslims , Palestine , rice The first Cubs curse was by an Arab, but it was for a good reason. It was issued by Abdullah al-Tidhatch in 1908 after the Cubs refused to reinstate the league’s first Arab player, Fareed Habibi, according to sources, myths and old wive’s tales By Ray Hanania I worked at Chicago City Hall and I knew…
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Absolute best Facebook Page on Middle East food
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Absolute best Facebook Page on Middle East food There are a lot of misleading places on Facebook to get information on the Mediterranean Diet and Middle Eastern foods and recipes, but one of the best Facebook pages is called “Mediterranean Foods & Recipes.” You can click here to go to the Facebook Page and join…
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