Lebanese Rice Recipes
Lebanese Stuffed Summer Vegetables
The Lebanese have rarely met a vegetable we didn’t try to stuff. And around here, that stuffing is always a combination of meat and rice, fragrant with cinnamon. Any and all of these dishes are elevated with a dollop of labneh and plenty of good, soft, thin pita or flatbread nearby. Coosa, Stuffed Squash in…
Read MoreGarlicky Cabbage Rolls, some little gems.
Garlicky Cabbage Rolls are an all-time Lebanese favorite here, gems! This version is cooked in water and lots of garlic. For tomato-based Cabbage Rolls, click here. My name is Arikhia, not Rita, she said. They say Rita in this country. That was the first thing my Aunt Rita said when I interviewed her one afternoon…
Read MoreLebanese Stuffed Grape Leaf Rolls
Lebanese Grape Leaf Rolls, a taste of Dier Mimas Lebanese grape leaf rolls, also known as dolma or simply stuffed grape leaves. You’ll love this recipe and story about Lebanese family and food. […watch my video on how to roll grapeleaves HERE!…] There is one thing I’ve always thought was a given about grape leaves:…
Read MoreChicken Rice Pilaf, Hushweh, and from the kitchen, a family farewell for my father
This essay Lebanese Chicken Rice Pilaf, Hushweh, about was my first food-related publication, which happened to include a recipe for hushweh. It appeared in the Washington Post in 2004. The Association of Food Journalists awarded the essay first place in one of its competitions that year, and the essay won me the Greenbrier Scholarship to…
Read MoreOrange Blossom Rice Pudding; it’s going to calm you down, too
The Abood Law firm, in the early days, was located in the heart of downtown Lansing, Michigan on Allegan Street. In the summers as a teenager, I worked there doing all sorts of odd jobs, running documents around and filing down in the lower level. That was really just the sideline to the real work…
Read MoreIngredient: Rice
The Lebanese dishes are countless that include rice as a component. If rice isn’t there in a stuffing of some sort, it’s underneath as a beautiful, and delicious, bed that soaks up juices and contributes to the overall nutritive value of the plate. When we make rice as an accompaniment to dishes like baked eggplant…
Read MoreLebanese Green Bean Stew (yahneh or lubieh)
Lebanese green bean stew (yahneh or lubieh) is even better on day two, so it’s a perfect make-ahead traditional Lebanese recipe. Also works great with leftover roast. Serve with Lebanese rice, the recipe is here. This post comes to us from my sister Peggy, our Lebanese green bean stew yahnieh-maker extraordinaire… As the youngest of…
Read MoreSheik al Mehsheh: How eggplant healed a heart, and always welcomes us home
This Lebanese eggplant dish, Sheik al Mehsheh, is so incredibly savory and delicious! Meltingly soft eggplant, tomato sauce, and ground beef or lamb studded with toasted pine nuts, and topped with cheese (Mom’s addition!)–you will LOVE. I started falling for boys at a fairly young age. In elementary school, each year there was at least…
Read MoreLebanese Stuffed Koosa
Stuffed Koosa. Are you a Koosa? Lebanese Stuffed Koosa is a traditional dish of light green summer squash stuffed with a meat and rice mixture, cooked in deeply savory tomato broth. Can’t find koosa? That’s just fine; use zucchini or yellow squash for delicious results. Many of us at some point or another have called…
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