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🇱🇧Lebanon10 recipesLebanese tabbouleh · Sumac fattoush🇸🇾Syria10 recipesAleppo-style walnut kibbeh bake · Pepper walnut muhammara🇵🇸Palestine10 recipesChicken musakhan with sumac · Chicken aubergine maqluba🇯🇴Jordan10 recipesHome-style mansaf with liquid jameed · Rashoof lentil bulgur yogurt soup🇮🇶Iraq10 recipesOven fish fillets inspired by masgouf · Aubergine tepsi with beef kofta🇪🇬Egypt10 recipesEgyptian koshari · Chicken molokhia with rice🇸🇦Saudi Arabia10 recipesChicken kabsa with dried lime · Chicken milk rice saleeg🇾🇪Yemen10 recipesHome-style chicken mandi without smoking · Vegetable saltah with fenugreek foam🇴🇲Oman10 recipesHome-style lemon fish mashuai · Lamb chickpea raisin qabooli🇦🇪United Arab Emirates10 recipesHome-style Emirati chicken harees · Emirati-style chicken machboos🇰🇼Kuwait10 recipesKuwaiti-style raisin chicken machboos · Home-style mutabbaq fish and rice🇶🇦Qatar10 recipesHome-style Qatari chicken machboos · Qatari-style lamb vegetable thareed🇧🇭Bahrain10 recipesHome-style Bahraini chicken machboos · Sweet cardamom muhammar rice🇲🇦Morocco10 recipesVegetable chickpea tagine · Quick Moroccan-style loubia🇩🇿Algeria10 recipesAlgerian-style lamb vegetable couscous · Lamb chorba frik🇹🇳Tunisia10 recipesTunisian-style harissa lamb couscous · Baked tuna brik with cooked filling🇱🇾Libya10 recipesBarley bazin with lamb stew · Beef tomato mbakbaka🇸🇩Sudan10 recipesSudanese salata aswad with peanuts · Sudanese-style ful with tahini🇲🇷Mauritania10 recipesMaru hout: home-style fish rice vegetables · Lamb potato bonava🇸🇴Somalia10 recipesLamb raisin bariis iskukaris · Slow-simmered beef vegetable suqaar🇩🇯Djibouti10 recipesLamb rice skoudehkaris · Fahfah lamb vegetable soup🇰🇲Comoros10 recipesComorian spiced chicken pilaou · M’tsolola fish plantain coconut stew

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