10 Mouth-Watering Middle Eastern dishes

Last post we've talked about Top Middle Eastern Mezze, but in Today's post I'm going to introduce the Top 10 Middle eastern Main dishes.

I got dishes from Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Palestine and many other Middle Eastern countries to get  you to know these cultures more and more. 

I did not talk about North Africa and especially Egypt because we all are familiar with this kind of foods and we eat it everyday, but when you get to know new recipes from other cultures you will eat different food and you'll get out of your daily routine.

 

So Let's see our Top 10

1- "Mansaf" is a traditional Jordanian and Palestinian dish:  It is served on a large platter with a layer of Flatbread topped with rice and then meat. 

2-  "Muskhan" Is also  a traditional Palestinian and Jordanian dish: it is composed of sumac chicken and sautéed onion and served with roasted pined nuts.

3-  " Kafta" is definitely a popular dish that is eaten all over the world, it is made in all the Middle Eastern countries.

4- "Kebab" it is a dish consisting of small cubes of meat  threaded on a skewer with vegetables and it is grilled and is eaten with bread

5- Shish Tawook or Tavook like it is spelled in Turkish,  and Shish or Şiş come from old Turkish  and it means skewer. it is grilled chicken and usually eaten in a  sandwich or on platter with French fries or vegetables but in Turkey it is usually served with rice.

6-  "Shawarma", who doesn't LOVE shawarma? it is either chicken or beef but both taste like heaven

 7- "Dawood Basha", it is a Syrian dish, it consists of  Small meat balls and onion slices are fried then cooked in tomato sauce.

 










 8- " Makloubeh ", the dish includes meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot, which is then flipped upside down when served, and " Makloubeh" which it translates literally as "upside-down"

 

9-"Kibbeh bi Laban", it is a dish that consists of kibbeh like the normal Kibbeh that we eat but it is put in yogurt and it is usually eaten in summer because it makes you fresh!

10- The final dish we have is " Makdous", it may not be that popular but very delicious, it consists of tiny eggplants stuffed with walnuts, garlic and olive oil.

Those were The Top 10 of Middle Eastern dishes, which one of these dishes you like the most and have you ever tried it? leave a comment and let me know.


 

















  

Middle Eastern Mezze

Who doesn't love food? of course we all love eating and trying new kinds of foods, especially if we're travelling to a new country and and a new culture, we want to live like the citizens living there, that's why we taste all kinds of their foods.

In my blog i will introduce you to different kind of foods around the world from the most popular to the most weird food, but i will start with Middle Eastern cuisine because that is where I'm from and in my next blogs i will talk about other types of foods and cuisines.

 Today I'm going to talk about different types of Middle Eastern food.

Let's begin with  ; Appetizers are known in the Middle East as "Mezze", 

in the Middle East, Mezze is considered as small plates, salads and dips that are served before the main meal, and it is considered like light food to open your appetite, and all Mezze are eaten with bread, because bread in the Middle East is very important and you can eat anything with it.

I'm going to introduce the 10 most popular Mezze in Middle East;

The first popular Mezze is " Fried Eggplant With Tahini and Pomegranate Seeds"

2-  Dolma ( Grape Leaves Stuffed With Rice ) and known as " Waraa Enab "

3-  Tabbouleh : it's a Lebanese dish and its flavor focuses on the fresh herbs and vegetables and it is very popular in the Middle East

4- Baba Ghanouj: it is an eggplant spread with garlic and you eat with bread 

5- Man'oushe Bil Zaatar:  This is a dough that is made with thyme, it is mainly eaten at breakfast but also you can eat it as a Mezze 

6-  Kebbeh: It is made out of bulgur and beef , and it is considered as a main dish in any meal of the day.

7-  Lahmacun or Lahme b ajin: It is both Turkish and Lebanese food, it is a dough made with minced beef, you can eat it anytime of the day.

  

8- Persian Potato Pancakes: it is called Kookoo and it is Persian, you can eat it alone or dip it with cucumber yogurt.

9- Labneh Bil Zaatar: This is considered breakfast, it is best eaten with bread and you can eat it anytime because who doesn't love labneh?

10- The last Mezze is Kibbeh Nayye: it is raw Kibbeh or raw beef, it contains different spices and you put on it some olive oil and you eat it with pita bread. it may seem odd to people, like how would they ear raw meat, but it is not dangerous because the meat should be fresh and clean,and believe me  if you try it you won't regret.

Those were the most 10 popular Mezze in Middle East, of course there are much more in different Middle Eastern countries but countries like Turkey, Lebanon and Syria have the same food and the same Mezze so they considered the same, but they differ a little bit in the main dish and desserts, Iraqi, Persia and Jordan may differ a lot and i can make a special post about their food and to introduce what do they eat.