The most famous Syrian dishes

Syrian cuisine

Syrian cuisine is considered one of the ancient and authentic cuisines in the Arab world, and is distinguished by its diversity due to the different nature of each region in Syria. As each Syrian city has its own distinctive dishes and is famous for them, this makes Syrian cuisine rich in its ingredients and the diversity of its dishes and even its desserts as well. In this article, we will introduce you to the most important dishes of Syrian cuisine, whether they are appetizers, desserts, or main dishes.

The most important main dishes in Syrian cuisine

• Kibbeh: There are different types and shapes of kibbeh that are prepared in Syrian cuisine, and the most important types are: kibbeh bilbaneh, grilled and fried kibbeh, kibbeh in Chinese, kibbeh potatoes, kibbeh Aleppo, and kibbeh kadhabiyeh.
• Grape leaves: also known as varicose leaves, yabrak, and areesh leaves, and their origin goes back to the Ottoman era.
• Stuffed zucchini: Zucchini is stuffed with rice and meat and cooked with water and tomato sauce.
• Stuffed eggplant.
• The ylang ylang.
• Sheikh Mahshi: It is stuffing zucchini with minced meat, after it is cooked with onions over the fire, then the zucchini is fried in vegetable oil, then the milk is boiled and the zucchini is placed in the milk.
• cabbage;
• Potato tray.
• Meat in Chinese.
• Shishbark.
• Mansaf Aleppo.
• Kawera: These are sheep intestines, which are cooked after being cleaned and stuffed with rice.
• Pastries of all kinds, perhaps the most important of which is meat with dough.
• Mujaddara, whether it is rice mujaddara or bulgur.
• Upside down.
• Apricot.
• Shakria and rice.
• Burning my finger.
• Daoud Pasha.
• Kibbeh and Aleppo safarjaliyya.
• Poor booth.
• Rice with beans.
• Freekeh.
• Omelette.
• Shawarma and pastrami.
• The Syrian Ouzi.
• mallow.
• Shish tawook.
• Grills of all kinds.

The most important recipes for Syrian appetizers

• Babaganouj: It is also called eggplant mutabal.
• Tabbouleh.
• Fattoush.
• Levantine falafel.
• Levantine chickpea fattah.
• Hummus and rosary.
• Tasqiya: It is a dish consisting of chickpeas, yoghurt and bread, and it is one of the most famous popular recipes.
• Beetroot salad.
• Kibbeh intention.
• Al-Batarj.
• Al Makdous.
• Shanklish: It is a type of fermented cheese, which is prepared from cow’s or goat’s milk and served cold.
• Cheeses: the most important of which are local cheese, halloumi, and akkawi.
• Brides.
• Green and black olives.
• Manakish.
• Burning with his finger.

Burning his finger

Ingredients

• Two loaves of Arabic bread cut into small squares and fried in vegetable oil.
• Two cups of love lentils.
• Three tablespoons of lemon juice.
• Six cloves of crushed garlic.
• half cup of olive oil.
• Half a cup of tamarind soaked in water, and it can be replaced with pomegranate molasses.
• Six onions, cut into wings.
• A bunch of finely chopped coriander.
• Dough cut into small pieces, which can be replaced with wide pasta.

How to prepare

• Place the lentils in a pot, fill it with water, and put it on the fire until it is completely cooked.
• Add the soaked tamarind and lemon juice and stir.
• Add the pieces of dough or pasta, stir, and leave the mixture until the dough is completely cooked.
• Place the winged onions in a frying pan on the fire with a little vegetable oil, and stir until browned.
• Add the onions and their oil to the lentils in the bowl.
• Fry half the amount of garlic in oil, then add coriander to it and stir a little.
• Add the remaining half of the garlic over the lentils and stir.
• We pour the finger sauce into a serving dish and garnish with fried garlic, coriander, fried bread, and pomegranate seeds.

Meat in Chinese

Ingredients

• Two kilos of minced meat.
• Six tomatoes, cut into slices.
• Three potatoes cut into circles.
• Five finely chopped onions.
• Half a cup of warm water.
• Two teaspoons of salt.
• A teaspoon of black pepper.
• Two tablespoons of vegetable oil.

How to prepare

• Place the meat in a bowl, then add the chopped onions and stir.
• Add salt and black pepper and continue stirring.
• Spread the marinated meat in the tray you want to grill, then distribute the potato and tomato slices evenly in the tray.
• Add vegetable oil, then water.
• Place the tray in the oven for an hour or until the meat is completely cooked.