Al mashriq - The Levant

Lebanese cuisine - Regional specialities

    (Most of these recipes can be found in FOOD from the ARAB WORLD by Marie Karam Khayat and Margaret Clark Keatinge.)

    Douma:
    Laban Immo (cooked yoghurt and lamb with rice)
    Hammana:
    Fasoulya Hammanieh (kidney bean stew)
    Beit Shabab:
    Riz bi-Djaj (chicken with rice)
    Kfar meshki:
    Kebbe bil-Kishk (meat mixed with wheat and yoghurt)
    Baskinta:
    Makhlouta (meat, rice, and nuts)
    Tripoli :
    Mjadrah and Fattoush (crushed lentils and salad)
    Broummana:
    Deleh Mehshi (stuffed rib cage of lamb)
    Baino:
    Kebbe and Lahme bil-khal (meat mixed with crushed wheat and meat soaked in vinegar)
    Dhour Choueir:
    Shish Barak (meat-filled pastry balls)
    Firzel:
    Freikeh (cooked wheat with meat)
    Ehden:
    Kebbe Zghartweih (meat and crushed wheat blend )
    Beit Mery:
    Kebbe Lakteen (pumpkin-flavoured meat)
    Beirut:
    Samkeh Harra and Akhtabout (spicy fish and octopus)
    Zahle:
    Kebbe Zahleweieh (meat and crushed wheat blend)
    Rashaya Al-Wadi:
    Kebbe Heeleh (meatballs)
    Ras al-Metn:
    Fatet (yoghurt, fried bread and nuts)
    Ain-Zibdeh:
    Hareeseh (wheat and chicken)
    Rashana:
    Mjadrat Fasoulya (lentils and kidney beans)
    Beiteddine:
    Kafta Bithine (spiced meat with sesame concentrate)
    Ihmej:
    Ghameh (stuffed cow intestines)
    Sidon:
    Riz bil-Foul (Rice and fava beans)
    Bsharri:
    Koussa bil-Laban (zucchini with cooked yoghurt)
    Deir al-Kamar:
    Fatet Batinjan (yoghurt, fried bread and aubergine)
    Saghbeen:
    Zankal bil-Laban (meat filled pastry and yoghurt)
    Tyre:
    Saiyadit al-Samak (rice and fish)
    Koura:
    Abu Shoushe (sweet potato stew)
    Baalbek:
    Safiha Baalbakieh (meat-stuffed puff pastry)
    Jbeil:
    Koussa and Wark Inab bil-Kastaletah (stuffed zucchini, grape vines and steak)

    (Contributed by Ali H. Mneimneh <webmaster@dailystar.com.lb>)

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