🥙 Lebanese & Levantine Recipes
Stuffed vegetables, kibbeh, fatteh, manakish and colourful Levantine salads. Here are 19 recipes from our collection, from quickest to longest — 5 ready in 30 minutes or less. The full 877 recipes are in the app.
Turkish Coffee
Fattoush
Muhallabia (Milk Pudding)
Msabbaha (Warm Chickpeas with Tahini)
Tabbouleh
Falafel
Mujadara (Lentils & Rice)
Halawet el Jibn (Sweet Cheese Rolls)
Kofta Bil Sanieh (Baked Kofta with Potatoes)
Kunafa
Makdous (Stuffed Pickled Eggplant in Oil)
Baklava
Mushabbak (Syrup-Soaked Fried Spirals)
Musakhan (Sumac Chicken & Onion Flatbread)
Awameh (Syrup-Dipped Fried Dough Balls)
Maqluba (Upside-Down Rice)
Mansaf (Lamb in Jameed Yogurt Sauce)
Ma'amoul (Stuffed Semolina Cookies)
Shish Tawook (Chicken Skewers)
At a glance: Lebanese & Levantine Recipes
The quickest here is Turkish Coffee, ready in about 10 min. 7 recipes are easy enough for a beginner cook. The ingredients that come up most: Tomato, Rice, Chicken, Bread, Chickpeas — if you have them at home, you can cook more than one of these. Lightest: Turkish Coffee (about 20 kcal per serving); most filling: Mansaf (Lamb in Jameed Yogurt Sauce) (890 kcal).
| Recipe | Time | Difficulty | Serves | Calories / serving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish Coffee | 10 min | Easy | 2 people | 20 kcal |
| Fattoush | 15 min | Easy | 4 people | 230 kcal |
| Muhallabia (Milk Pudding) | 20 min | Easy | 6 people | 260 kcal |
| Msabbaha (Warm Chickpeas with Tahini) | 20 min | Easy | 4 people | 340 kcal |
| Tabbouleh | 25 min | Easy | 4 people | 210 kcal |
| Falafel | 40 min | Medium | 5 people | 530 kcal |
| Mujadara (Lentils & Rice) | 45 min | Easy | 4 people | 420 kcal |
| Halawet el Jibn (Sweet Cheese Rolls) | 45 min | Advanced | 8 people | 490 kcal |
| Kofta Bil Sanieh (Baked Kofta with Potatoes) | 1 hr | Medium | 5 people | 590 kcal |
| Kunafa | 1 hr | Medium | 8 people | 820 kcal |
| Makdous (Stuffed Pickled Eggplant in Oil) | 1 hr | Medium | 10 people | 230 kcal |
| Baklava | 1 hr 30 min | Medium | 20 people | 330 kcal |
| Mushabbak (Syrup-Soaked Fried Spirals) | 1 hr 30 min | Advanced | 6 people | 410 kcal |
| Musakhan (Sumac Chicken & Onion Flatbread) | 1 hr 30 min | Medium | 6 people | 830 kcal |
| Awameh (Syrup-Dipped Fried Dough Balls) | 1 hr 30 min | Medium | 6 people | 400 kcal |
| Maqluba (Upside-Down Rice) | 1 hr 40 min | Medium | 6 people | 870 kcal |
| Mansaf (Lamb in Jameed Yogurt Sauce) | 2 hr 30 min | Advanced | 8 people | 890 kcal |
| Ma'amoul (Stuffed Semolina Cookies) | 2 hr 30 min | Advanced | 30 people | 240 kcal |
| Shish Tawook (Chicken Skewers) | 2 hr 30 min | Easy | 4 people | 430 kcal |
Times and calories are estimates calculated from the ingredients.
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