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Eggplants can be bitter
Eggplant can be bitter, soak eggplant slices in salty water or sprinkle salt and let them stand. The dark bitter juices will drain and eggplant will taste sweeter when cooked. Wash out the salt.
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| Soujouk | Sambousek bi Chawarma |
 | Soujouk is a second version of sausages that comes usually bigger in size then makanek, so to differentiate between both. Soujouk are known to be an armenian specialty ... so definetly spicy. They are...
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 | An original twits to Chawarma and Sambousek, so who said we cannot mis the two?
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| Sbanigh w Riz (spinach with rice) | Moghrabiye |
 | This spinach stew has a consistency closer to a runny soup, which makes the rice a perfect companion to it. Its light lemony taste and its color are close to the mouloukhieh.
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 | Moghrabieh is a form of rolled semolina but considerably larger grains than couscous. The name Moghrabieh means Moroccan.
The grains vary in size, so they don't always cook evenly. They retain a che...
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| Mohalabieh | Byzance |
 | A smooth milk pudding, flavored with orange water. The mohalabieh can be thickened with rice powder or corn starch, but the latter is unique for the smoothness it gives. The second trick for a silk sm...
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 | Bysance a cheese cake with an oriental twist like you have never tasted before.
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| Lemonade | Amareddinn |
 | Batroun is quite well known for its lemonade … but I would say that all coastal cities are surrounded by citrus orchards, and prepare delicious fresh lemonade. If lemonade is simply lemon juice, sugar...
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 | Apricots turning to a drink … and the result is a thick, velvety, orange delicious drink. Sharab amareddinn is a staple drink for Ramadan. After faasting for many hours, the first thing to eat or drin...
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| Falafel | Lahm b’ajin |
 | falafel is the food with a major identity crisis … and everyone around the eastern Mediterranean tries to make falafel his. Anyway these crunchy fried balls are delicious accompanied with fresh herbs,...
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 | For the lahm b’ajin version (meat) the best mix is the Armenian one. Use the same dough, or better prepare the same but strictly white flour, which will make a more elastic dough that can be rolled ve...
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| Shorbet el ima – meatballs soup | Keshek |
 | A weird name … for a meatball soup! Shorbet el ima is a light fragrant soup, with small meatballs – the spiciest, the better!
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 | One more love-hate food relation … you either love keshek, or hate it. Keshek has a strong typical taste and smell . It is fermented youghurt and burghol, dried and pulverized into a powder. A main pa...
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