Falastin: A Cookbook

by Sami Tamimi, Tara Wigley

recipes

Breakfast

• Hassan's easy eggs with za'atar and lemon 22
• Fresh herb omelette with caramelised onions (ljeh) 24
• Fruit and yoghurt with sesame crumble and tahini-date syrup 25
• Scrambled red shakshuka 28
• Green shakshuka 29
• Ful medames 32
• Warm hummus with toasted bread and pine nuts (Fattet hummus) 34
• Hummus: two ways 36
• Warm chickpeas with green chilli sauce and toasted pita (Musabaha) 39

Snacks, Spreads and Sauces

• Sweet and spicy seeds and nuts 46
• Labneh 48
• Labneh balls (Labneh tabat) 49
• Preserved stuffed aubergines (Makdous) 56
• Falafel with sumac onion 62
• Pea, spinach, za'atar and preserved lemon fritters 66
• Cauliflower and cumin fritters 67
• Kubbeh 71
• Spicy olives and roasted red pepper (Zaytoun bil shatta) 73
• Shatta (red or green) 73
• Beetroot and sweet potato dip with pistachio bulgur salsa 77
• Burnt aubergine with tahini and herbs (M'tabbal) 82
• Roasted red pepper and walnut dip (Muhammara) 83
• Butternut squash m'tabbal (M'tabbal qarae) 86
• Tahini parsley sauce (Bagdunsieh) 87
• Tahini sauce 87

Veggie Sides and Salads

• Chopped salad: three ways (Salata Arabieh) 92
• Spicy herb salad with quick-pickled cucumber 93
• Baby gem lettuce with burnt aubergine yoghurt, smacked cucumber and shatta 96
• Na'ama's buttermilk fattoush 99
• Roasted figs and onions with radicchio and goat's cheese 100
• Green tabbouleh (tabbouleh khadra) 102
• Rice tabbouleh (tabboulet ruz) 103
• Winter tabbouleh with a blood orange dressing (tabbouleh shatwieh) 104
• Roasted cauliflower and burnt aubergine with tomato salsa 110
• Roasted aubergine, feta yoghurt, Aleppo chilli and pistachio 111
• Roasted squash and courgettes with whipped feta and pistachios 114
• Yoghurt-roasted cauliflower with quick pickled chillies, sultanas and red onions 116
• Chunky courgette and tomato salad (Mafghoussa) 117
• Roasted aubergine with tamarind (Batinian bil tamer hindi) 118
• Marrow and chickpeas cooked in yoghurt (Kousa bit lobon) 120
• Courgettes, garlic and yoghurt (M'tawameh) 122
• Braised broad beans with olive oil and lemon (Foul akdar) 123
• Spiced chickpeas (Balilah) 125
• Crispy onion 126
• Sautéed tomatoes (Galayet banadoura) 129
• Spicy roasted new potatoes with lemon and herbs (Batato bil filfil) 137
• Turnip mash with greens, caramelised onions and feta 138
• Bulgar, tomato and aubergine pilaf (Shulbato) 140
• Buttery rice with toasted vermicelli (ruz bil sh'arieh) 143

Soups

• Chilled cucumber and tahini soup with spicy pumpkin seeds 149
• Molokhieh with broad beans (Besara) 150
• Grilled aubergine and lemon soup 152
• Butternut squash and saffron soup with caramelised pistachios and herb salsa 153
• Freekeh soup with chicken meatballs (Shorbet freekeh) 156
• Chard, lentil and preserved lemon soup (Shorbet adass w sliq) 157

Veggie Mains

• Pan-fried okra with tomato, olives and haloumi (Bamia bil siniyhe) 162
• Aubergine, chickpea and tomato bake (Musaqa'a) 170
• Beetroot and feta galette with za'atar and honey 173
• Pomegranate cooked lentils and aubergines (Rummaniyya) 176
• Bulgur mejadra (Mjaddarat el burgul) 178
• Rice with yoghurt, roasted cauliflower and fried garlic (Labaniet alzahar) 181
• Spinach and toasted orzo, with dill and green chilli salsa 182
• Pasta with yoghurt and parsley breadcrumbs (Ma'caroneh bil laban) 184

Fish

• Fish spice mix (Beharat samak) 190
• Spiced za'atar squid with tomato salsa (Habar bil za'atar) 191
• Fish kofta with yoghurt, sumac and chilli (Koftet samak) 192
• Stuffed sardines (Sardine ma'daggit banadora) 194
• Baked fish kubbeh (Kubbet samak bil siniyeh) 201
• Spiced salmon skewers with parsley oil 202
• Roasted cod with a coriander crust (Samak mashew bit cozbara w al limon) 204
• Seared sea bass with lemon and tomato sauce 205
• Baked fish in tahini sauce (Siniyet samak bit tahineh) 208
• Whole baked mackerel in vine leaves (Samak bil waraka) 211
• Prawn and tomato stew with coriander sauce 212
• Fisherman's dish (Sayyadieh) 215

Meat

• Meat dumplings in yoghurt sauce (Shush barak) 220
• Open meat (or cauliflower) pies (Sfiha) 226
• Spiced chicken arayes 228
• Baked kofta with aubergine and tomato (Kofta bil batinjan) 230
• Kofta with tahini, potato and onion 234
• Lamb bolognese with okra (Sinniyat bamia bil lahmeh) 236
• Chicken meatballs with molokhieh, garlic and coriander 239
• Stuffed turnips with turkey, freekeh and spicy tamarind sauce (Mahshi lift) 241
• Meatballs and peas in tomato sauce 243
• Stuffed aubergines and courgettes in a rich tomato sauce (Baatingan w kusaa bil banadoura) 244
• Chicken musakhan 247
• Lemon chicken with za'atar 254
• Spicy pasta bake 256
• Pulled lamb shawarma sandwich 259
• Chicken shawarma pie 260
• Upside down spiced rice with lamb and broad beans (Maglubet el foul el akdhar) 264
• Fragrant Palestinian couscous (Maftoul) 267
• Meaty vine leaf pie 270
• Oxtail stew with chard, sumac and tahini (Sumaqqiyeh) 273

Bread

• Pita bread (Khubez) 278
• Jerusalem sesame bread (Ka'ak Al Quds) 282
• Za'atar bread (Agras za'atar) 285
• Sweet tahini rolls (Kubez el tahineh) 287
• Sumac onion and herb oil buns 292
• Arabic samosa (Sambousek) 294
• Spinach pies (Fatayer sabanekh) 296

Sweets

• Knafeh Nabulseyeh 302
• Filo triangles with cream cheese, pistachio and rose (Warbat) 306
• Pistachio harisa 309
• Ma'amoul bars (Ma'amoul maad) 310
• No-churn strawberry ice cream (Bouza) 312
• Orange blossom, honey and baklava semi-freddo 314
• Chocolate and qahwa flour-free torte 317
• Palestinan Bakewell tart (Al mabroushy) 319
• Sticky date and halva pudding with tahini caramel 320
• Labneh cheesecake with roasted apricots, honey and cardamom 322
• Shortbread cookies (Ghraybeh) 325
• Muhallabieh with cherries and hibiscus syrup 327