🍛 Saudi & Gulf Recipes
Kabsa, mandi, jareesh and balaleet — the taste of a Gulf home kitchen. Here are 40 recipes from our collection, from quickest to longest — 11 ready in 30 minutes or less. The full 877 recipes are in the app.
Ful Medames (Stewed Fava Beans)
Karak Tea
Masoub (Banana Bread Mash with Ghee & Honey)
Balaleet (Sweet Saffron Vermicelli with Egg)
Saudi Coffee (Arabic Coffee)
Cheese Sambousek (Samosas)
Aseeda (Sweet Toasted Flour Pudding)
Balila (Hijazi Spiced Chickpeas)
Hanini (Najdi Date & Bread Sweet)
Tamriya (Semolina & Date Pudding)
Rahash (Tahini Fudge)
Ten-Minute Dough Pastries
Chicken Madghout (Pressure-Cooker Chicken & Rice)
Meat Sambousek (Samosas)
Date Cake
Chicken Kabsa
Masabeeb (Southern Saudi Pancakes)
Date Maamoul
Jareesh (Cracked Wheat Porridge)
Shorbat Hab (Cracked Wheat Soup with Meat)
Luqaimat (Sweet Dumplings with Date Syrup)
Mantu (Steamed Meat Dumplings)
Saleeg (Creamy Hijazi Rice with Chicken)
Kleija (Qassim Date Cookies)
Bakhmri (Hijazi Fried Bread)
Chicken Mandi
Gursan (Flatbread in Meat Stew)
Khaliat Nahl (Honeycomb Buns)
Margoog (Najdi Dough & Vegetable Stew)
Mataziz (Najdi Dumpling Stew)
Rice Bukhari (Hijazi Spiced Rice with Lamb)
Thareed (Bread in Meat & Vegetable Stew)
Lamb Kabsa
Broasted Chicken
Mathlootha (Rice, Jareesh & Qursan Platter)
Camel Kabsa
Lamb Mandi
Mufattah (Whole Lamb on Kabsa Rice)
Lamb Haneeth (Slow-Roasted Lamb)
Harees (Wheat & Meat Porridge)
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