Egyptian Side Dishes Recipes

"Easy. Healthy. Vegan. Crockpot. Yummy. How can you *not* want to make this? Credit goes to "Diana in Wisconsin" of the Simple Living Discussion Forums. The amount of servings depends on whether you're making this as a main dish or a side."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...

"Yet another recipe I discovered on the "World Hearth Circle of International Cooking." This looks promising as a meatless main dish or a side dish."

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Ingredients: pepper, cumin, lentils...

"This aromatic nutty rice dish makes a great accompaniment to any spiced lamb or chicken dish, or any grilled or BBQd fish or meats. It also goes well with other vegetarian dishes. If you are serving it as part of a vegetarian meal, use vegetable stock. I recommend my Vegetable Stock Recipe #135453, which I found only recently and am really excited..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, pistachios...

"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."

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Ingredients: pepper, cumin, dried coriander...

"A wonderfully earthy salad that is great for a picnic or with BBQd meats, that improves with standing and that is better served at room temperature rather than chilled. I am posting this Middle Eastern-style salad for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. I found it in English chef Brian Glover's fabulous book 'The Onion Cookbook': a real culinary haven for..."

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Ingredients: cumin seeds, Dijon mustard...

"A funky potato salad with no mayonnaise. Serve while gazing at the Pyramids."

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Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, extra virgin olive oil...

"This can be served either warm or room temperature as an appetizer (good with toasted pita chips), or as a side to chicken. As suggested by some reviewers, add cumin and allspice to taste, if desired!"

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Ingredients: brown lentils, extra virgin olive oil...

"Grilled tomatoes. From Egyptian Cooking: A Practical Guide. A very simple recipe posted for ZWT 3."

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Ingredients: salt and pepper, tomatoes...

"Onions and leeks have been known in Egypt since ancient times. Romans regarded Egyptian leeks as the best. According to legend, the Emperor Nero was fond of them. This is an Egyptian way of preparing them. Serve cold as a salad or an appetizer, or hot as an accompaniment to meat or chicken. I LOVE leeks so I *had* to add this to my collection!"

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Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, leeks...

"Only three main ingredients! Recipes really can't get much simpler! And there are times when such recipes come in handy! I haven't made this one yet. I found it in the October 2005 issue of the Australian magazine 'Delicious' and I have adapted it for posting for the 2005 Zaar World Tour, as both an Australian (and in view of its combining of lemon..."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, cumin seeds...

"The name of this dish is Egyptian Salad, but I've seen this in Moroccan Restaurants, Ethiopian Restaurants, Israeli Restaurants...It's name should be more like North African Salad."

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Ingredients: pepper, green bell peppers...