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"This wonderful shrimp recipe is by Nadia Roden from Party By the Pyramids. It is healthy and super fast. If you have all of the ingredients ready ahead of time, you can prepare the dish quickly, as guests arrive."

Ingredients: ground cumin, extra virgin olive oil...

"This is a traditional middle eastern dessert. Semolina is the main ingredient."

Ingredients: sugar, vanilla, water...

"This is a wonderful and easy recipe. Very traditional in Egypt. Served over plain white rice. My grandmother, and mother... and all my aunties have been making this for decades. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do."

Ingredients: pepper, cumin, dried coriander...

"A Middle East treat. This is a delicious nighttime beverage and can also be served over ice for a cool beverage."

Ingredients: milk, sugar, saffron threads...

"This was given to me by an Egyptian friend who said it's a family recipe. I like the fact it's doesn't contain dairy and nuts so it was perfect for Menu #24612 because we had a few guest who are lactose intolerant and have an allergic to nuts. You can chill the dip until it's needed. It will keep for two days in the refrigerator but..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, extra virgin olive oil...

"A savory meat pie from Egypt. The recipe calls for ground lamb, most frequently I don't have lamb available so I use ground beef. It is still quite delicious. You can either make snack size, in which case this recipe makes 20 pastries, or a larger size (similar to the size of a Hostess fruit pie, for those who know American junk food!) in which..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, egg yolks...

"Spicy, nutty ground beef - or lamb or chicken - on top of a light pastry, served with a dollop of yoghurt dip. Adapted from a recipe from the Simply Great Recipes website."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cumin, eggs...

"This special Muslim dish is traditionally served on Eid day (both Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha) to the household after they come back from Eid prayers. It is then served throughout the day to all well wishers and guests who come to celebrate Eid with you. It is served by Muslims from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, Arab, Asian, America, European, Southeast..."

Ingredients: rose water, cardamom powder...

Ingredients: heavy cream, long grain rice...

"Shadya Saleh of Lotus Catering & Fine Foods (1960 Lawrence Ave. E., 416-757-8315) shares this recipe for Egypt�s national dish.
You can fry your own onions or buy them fried. Many Asian grocery stores sell them.
Recipe found in Toronto Star website.
Note: When I made this I used long grain basmati rice rather than calrose. I've..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, brown lentils...

"This is wonderful on the outdoor grill, indoor grill, oven.... even stove top grill pan. A nice garlicky cucumber salad goes wonderfully with this. My kids love this dish... after all it is food on a stick. You can always make these ahead of time and freeze raw... and grill from frozen ( you will need to adjust cooking time for this)."

Ingredients: pepper, skewers, eggs...

"This is a must have dish cooked in egypt with any kind of fish very easy and tasty
and you have a choice of adding tiny pieces of shrimp to it or cumin or even raisins"

Ingredients: oil, onions, rice...

"When my daughter was younger we used to do a little thing called dinner around the world. I found this recipe online while we were researching Egypt (hence the name). We've been making this now for a few years and everytime we make it for a gathering I end up having to pass out the recipe. Kids really love this dish too."

Ingredients: beef consomme, sliced mushrooms...

"Found this on another site and will be trying it today. There were a few ambiguities which I hope I fixed. I'll let you know how it turns out. :) Cook time is a guess. Check after about 15 mins."

Ingredients: beef consomme, sliced mushrooms...