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Egyptian Hawawchi
Hoowashi is a very popular snack in Egypt. It is the Egyptian version of the meat pie. If you wish, you can fill it with different ingredients: ground meat, sausages, pastrami or cheese.
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Rice Leftover
Do you always seem to have leftover rice on hand?
If this is the case and you'd rather not waste it, here is an easy way to use it into a fabulous side dish!
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| Batata harra (spicy potato) | Zaatar fingers and labne |
 | Potato is always on the top of the list for everyone ... but in a mezze it comes as batata harra – spicy potato (not so spicy, and can even be not spicy at all). Batata harra are cubes of golden fried...
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 | Zaatar fingers are a typical lebanese snack, that can be eaten for breakfast or as a snack at any time of the day.
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| Dejej Bil Forn | Sheikh el Mehchi |
 | Chicken very easy to do, it takes 5 minutes and tastes so good.
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 | Sheikh el Mehchi is a traditional family dish, we eat it at home with friends or family. It is made of aubergines stuffed with minced meat, quite a delice.
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| Sfouf bi debs | Maakroun |
 | Another version of sfouf, in a brown color and a very healthy way, as sweetened with debs el kharoub, carob molasses, a natural sweetner, typical of the Lebanese mountains.
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 | Those have nothing to do with the French macarons … but some of the name maybe! Maa’kroun are typical of village fairs and religious feasts, when huge frying pans are full of maa’kroun and other goodi...
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| Sharab el tout | Minted Laban Ayran |
 | “Tout” trees, mulberry, were in every garden of the mountain. in the old times, most of the trees were of white mulberry, as their leaves were used to feed the silk worms and the lamb that was fattene...
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 | Summer is here and there is nothing better than a cold laban drink to stay cool and be full :)
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| Fatet hommous | Foul mdammas |
 | fatet comes in many ways and tastes. It is basically a mix of yogurt, grilled bread … and something! In this version, fresh cold yogurt, tops soft cooked chickpeas, or in other versions eggplant, lamb...
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 | Foul has more of an Egyptian feel … than Lebanese, at least for all we heard this name in Egyptian movies!
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| Shorbet khodra | Beet Cauliflower and Carrot Soup |
 | A hearty winter soup and a light and balanced one-pot meal. Piecs of meat and a mixture of the garden’s vegetables, for a classic of the winter days.
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 | Three soups combined into one to get this lovely colourfull dish.
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