Lebanese food is believed to be the special attraction of the country and therefore become renowned world wide.
What is Lebanese speciality? Well, all the meals are well balanced full of fresh vegetables, stews and salads. People eat poultry more often than red meat and when they eat red meat, it is usually lamb on the coast and goat meat in the mountain regions.
Lebanese dishes are well known and appreciated for their distinct flavors and taste- thanks to the rich cultural history as well as a profound influence of region on its flavor.
Lebanese food is known for its well garnishment and presentation.
In the following write up, I have taken 2 simple and easy dishes which can be served as a basis for other dishes.
Salata Hommos (chick peas salad).
The things needed to make salata hommos are can cooked chick peas, 3 tbsp olive oil, 4 cloves of garlic, tbsp dry mint as well as 1 lemon.
Preparation:
Take out the chick peas from the can and plunge them in boiling water along with some salt. When they starts boiling, remove them and rinse them with cold water. Put all the chick peas on a clean towel and rub them with your fingers to remove the skin. Lemon and oil can be used for seasoning the chick peas. You can sprinkle crushed garlic and mint on the chick peas and serve them fresh.
The second recipe’s name is Falafel.
The major ingredients required are: 1 glass bean flour, 1 glass chick peas flour, 1 glass flour, 1tbsp salt, 2 glass olive oil, pinch of pepper along with red chili powder.
Cooking method:
While making the falafel, you need to mix the flours along with salt, pepper and chili. Add little water so that you can give the shape of small firm flat cakes almost thick like a finger. Take oil in a pan and deep fry them until they become brown. You can enjoy the dish with mint, onion or tomato slices.
In today’s scenario, many restaurants across the world wide have started looking out for great Lebanese recipes to include in their menus.
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