Iraqi Lamb/Sheep Recipes

"For Welcome to Bahrain Tag Game! "Versions of this recipe are found throughout the Middle East. My mother's version is especially good and really easy to make. You can use this recipe as a base for making all types of middle eastern stews. The basic technique is to fry the meat in spices (this is an important step that many people skip as it seals..."

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Ingredients: garlic, lamb, lemons...

"For Welcome to Bahrain Tag Game! "This is a traditional Bahraini dish that is quite easy to make. Ba7ari comes from the root word Ba7ar which means sea. I'm not sure why its called this..." Modified from a recipe found on, http://6abkhatummi.blogspot.ca"

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Ingredients: cooking oil, stewing lamb...

"believe it or not, this is the ONLY way how we eat kohlrabi in iraq ! my family really likes this recipe so every year in kohlrabi season i do the recipe at least once.the recipe calls for cubed lamb meat but you can use ground beef meat instead, although i prefer the 1st choice beause it is so much tastier with lamb meat(small cubes not ground), and..."

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Ingredients: corn oil, curry powder...

"In most Middle Eastern countries, kebabs are barbecued, but traditional Iraqi kebabs are made into patties and fried. The author of this recipe has tried them both fried and cooked in an oven, and prefers them baked. It also has an egg, which isn't traditional. Recipe found in Toronto Star website"

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Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin...

"A delicious recipe our family enjoys served over rice along with a fresh salad such as Recipe #184037. This is of combined origin consisting of the recipe, Dolmas from The Complete Middle East cookbook by Tess Mallos, Iraq section and Mhasha a Jewish Iraqi version on repicesbyrachel.com."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, fat...

"Qeema in the Iraqi culinary lingo is a traditional stew of finely diced meat (and hence the name qeema, which, etymologically is an ancient Akkadian word, which means 'chopped into small pieces) with split chick peas and a dried variety of small sour plums, called aloocha in middle and southern Iraq. Margat qeema is traditionally associated with the..."

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Ingredients: dried prunes, cumin, ginger...

"A good and hearty soup that is nice to serve with lemon halves to squeeze onto individual bowls. From The Complete Middle East Cookbook, Gulf States section, by Tess Mallos. This even better the day after."

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Ingredients: cinnamon bark, fresh ground black pepper...

"There are similar recipes on Zaar but this is our absolute favorite version. It is a very delicious Iraqi rice dish that can be served as a bed of rice for other dishes such as Recipe #384628 or roast lamb or as part of a buffet. DH asks for this at least once a week as a whole meal with yogurt and a fresh salad! You could add frozen peas near the..."

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Ingredients: rose water, mixed spice, oil...

"This Middle Eastern dish is a family favorite. The blend of the spices coupled with the tartness of the lemon makes it out of this world. This recipe has been passed down in my family for many years."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cardamom...

"Amazing recipe if you love Middle Eastern cooking like me. This dish is Iraqi (in my case, Iraqi-Israeli). It wouldn't surprise me if there was a Persian variant on this dish, because it combines stuffing vegetables with spiced ground meat, and simmering it deliciously in a tasty sauce. It can be served over any type of rice, and has a lot of juice/gravy..."

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Ingredients: pepper, spices, eggplants...

"truffles are delicious and are popular in iraq, it is kind of cheap here, you can buy 1 pound of it for 10-15 dollars! and i'm not joking, it grows in the western areas of iraq, and most famous ways of cooking truffles here are 1.truffles with rice or 2.simply boiled truffles and i will post all truffles recipes here on recipezaar."

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Ingredients: corn oil, lamb, onions...