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Eggplant Fatteh (Fatteh Makdouss)

Fatteh comes from fatta, meaning “break,” as in breaking the grilled bread of the fatteh. Fatteh is a staple souk breakfast, originally a Damascene specialty: a yogurt sauce (a hint of garlic and some tahini that will soften the yogurt’s taste) and “broken” grilled bread over cooked chickpeas, cubed eggplant, beef tongue, mutton feet (!) … or over stuffed eggplant.

Dairy, Legumes, Main Dishes, Meat

Eggplant in Spicy Tomato Sauce (Massaee’t Batenjenn)

Massaa’ means “cold,” and you might wonder if this dish has this name because it is eaten cold, or because the name and the dish resembles the Greek moussaka (minus the meat).

Legumes, Vegetarian

Falafel

There is always space to argue about variations on dishes, and so it is true with falafel too! Where is it from? Where is the best one? How should it be made? I’ll stop on this last issue!

Grains, Souk and Street Food, Vegetarian

Tahini Sauce (Tarator)

Tarator is not a dish, but rather a very versatile sauce. It is the definite sauce for falafel and shawarma and also goes well with baked fish, deep-fried cauliflower, or simple boiled potatoes (with a bit of parsley on top).

Souk and Street Food, Vegetarian

Fava Bean Stew (Foul Medamass)

Foul means “fava beans” and is the name of the green fava (foul akhdar), the dried beans, and the dish itself. Foul medamass (seasoned fava) is somewhere between a salad and a stew.

Grains, Souk and Street Food, Vegetarian

Fried Biscuits in Scented Syrup (Maakroun)

Fried sweets are a staple of party days, when village squares are filled with cauldrons of boiling frying oil producing a variety of fried treats.

Dessert, Vegetarian

Fried Cauliflower with Tarator Sauce (Arnabit Meeleh + Tarator)

I believe that cauliflower expresses itself best when fried! It is just a yummy taste, with a contrast between the crisp florets and the soft stalks.

Legumes, Mezze, Vegetarian

Fried Eggplant with Yogurt and Pine Nuts (Fatteh Batenjenn)

Another take on the fatteh is this one, with deep-fried eggplant.

Legumes, Souk and Street Food, Vegetarian

Fried Taro with Chickpeas and Onions (Kelkass b Tehineh)

Kelkass (Colocasia esculenta) is one of those weird old vegetables that you may not know how to use. Still, its plant is the most gracious ever, with large, light green leaves called elephant ears (if ever someone happens to see the plant!).

Legumes, Vegetarian

Fried Zucchini and Eggplant (Koussa w Batenjenn Mee’leh)

Everything is better from a fryer! Especially zucchini, which gets crispy, and eggplant, which turns soft and melting.

Legumes, Vegetarian
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