Chicken Shawarma is one of the most popular street food of the Levante. Delicious marinated, tender chicken in flat bread with pickled vegetables and salad. While the beef/lamb version tends to use Tahini sauce, chicken in Levantine cuisine is always served with Toum. If you now have three question marks on your face or above …
To a really good BBQ in Lebanon always belong these fantastic chicken skewers. The chicken breast fillets marinated in yoghurt and many spices become really tender and juicy. You don’t want to wait for the other delicacies from the grill anymore. In the Levant, and thus of course also in Lebanon, grilling is very common …
Taboulé is a salad consisting mainly of chopped parsley and a smaller proportion of fine bulgur. It is accompanied by juicy tomatoes, fine onion cubes and a whole lot of good olive oil. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Taboulé is a wonderfully fresh salad, which also goes very well with grilled meat or fish because of …
Buttered rice is one, if not the most frequent and popular side dish in the Levant – not to mention French fries. Often there are even both side dishes at the same time. But well, in the Levante people know well what is best. It’s cheap, doesn’t need many ingredients, but at the same time …
Fasolia is an absolute classic of Lebanese and Levantine cuisine. Delicately cooked white beans in an aromatic tomato sauce with garlic, fresh coriander and a hint of cinnamon. Especially in combination with butter rice as a side dish, the bean stew is a perfect meal for the cold season or when you need a really …
Hummus and the Levant are connected inseparably. There is hardly a table set in the Levante without this wonderfully creamy chickpea dip. In the meantime Hummus has also found a firm place in the western world. How do I prepare hummus? It is very easy to prepare and does not need many ingredients. In addition, …