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Eggplant Dip (Moutabal)

Moutabal, otherwise known as baba ghanouj, or France’s caviar d’aubergine (eggplant caviar), must definitely figure in the top 10 of the best foods in the world!

Mezze, Souk and Street Food, Vegetarian

Chilled Apricot Soup (Khoshaf)

Damascus is known for its apricots, which are preserved as dried fruits or as ammaredin, thick apricot paste dried in sheets, which must be soaked and diluted in water to make the khoshaf.

Dessert, Vegetarian

Chickpeas with Yogurt (Fatteh Hommos)

Fatteh is typical souk food, mainly of the souks of Damascus. Already prepared ingredients are mixed at the last minute and served immediately—cooked chickpeas, yogurt, grilled bread, and traditionally browned butter or ghee drizzled on top. A fatteh must be served and eaten quickly, before the grilled bread gets soggy from the yogurt.

Dairy, Grains, Souk and Street Food, Vegetarian

Pumpkin Kibbeh

A Lenten staple, kebbet laa’tin is the definite mountain vegetarian kibbeh. It is easy to prepare with the garden’s bounty of pumpkin (which keeps all year, and from harvest to harvest) and wild herbs, the best of which is obviously homeyda, the spring wild sorrel leaves, which add a special lemony taste to the stuffing.

Starters, Vegetarian

Bulgur Chickpea Stew (Zenkol)

What makes a Good Friday dish? In the village of Jezzine and other areas of the South, the answer is this stew.

Grains, Main Dishes, Vegetarian

Bulgur with Mixed Vegetables (Makmoura)

Makmoura, or mattmoura, means “buried,” referring to the vegetables buried in the bulgur. This is a very typical mountain dish . . . if you say bulgur, you say mountain dish!

Grains, Main Dishes, Vegetarian

Smoked Green Wheat with Vegetables (Frikeh bel Khodra)

Frikeh is a specialty of South Lebanon, Palestine, and Southern regions of Syria. Zeinab Kashmar has devised the best way to cook frikeh: She sautés the grains to add to their nutty, smoky taste. Her frikeh is so tasty that it needs no accompaniment of meat of chicken, but is perfect on its own, with just grilled vegetables.

Grains, Main Dishes, Vegetarian

Bread Salad (Fattoush)

Fattoush comes from Arabic fatta, meaning “break,” from breaking the grilled Arabic bread (pita) over the fattoush. If you’ve ever heard of the Montagues and the Capulets, it is the same as with fattoush and tabouleh! There is a constant dilemma of choosing between one and the other for a mezze . . . or maybe just go for both.

Mezze, Salad, Vegetarian

Beef-Stuffed Zucchini (Koussa Mehsheh)

Meat (and rice) stuffed zucchini are a staple of Lebanese home cuisine. Preparing whole zucchini for stuffing is a tricky job; the smaller, the better (look for finger-size zucchini . . . yes, this exists!), though this makes coring them more difficult.

Main Dishes, Meat, Stuffed Vegetables

Carob Cake (Sfouf b’ Debs)

Sfouf is a simple butter-free, egg-free cake made from flour and carob molasses. Simple and healthy, it’s the definitive mountain sweet.

Dessert, Vegetarian
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