Recipes with their numbers
Every recipe here comes with its ingredients, its steps, and its calories per serving — calculated, not estimated. Cook it, then log it in Fodi in one tap.
Saltah
Yemen's national dish: a bubbling meat-and-vegetable stew crowned with whipped fenugreek — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Kofta with tahini
Kofta and potato baked under a lemony tahini sauce until the top sets — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Balaleet
Sweet saffron vermicelli under a plain omelette — the Emirati breakfast. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Luqaimat
Crisp fried dough balls rolled in date syrup and sesame — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
120 g
Shrimp machboos
Prawns grilled and set over rice cooked with dried lime and Gulf spice — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
420 g
Meat saloona
The everyday Gulf stew: lamb and vegetables in a light broth beside plain rice — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Thareed
Lamb and vegetables in a spiced broth poured over layers of thin regag bread — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Iraqi dolma
Mixed vegetables and vine leaves stuffed with rice and mince, cooked in one pot — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
White bean stew
White beans stewed with beef in tomato, served beside plain rice — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Galayet bandora
Tomatoes fried down with mince, garlic and chilli, scooped up with bread — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Harees
Wheat and lamb cooked slowly and beaten to a smooth cream, finished with ghee — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Yemeni kabsa
Yemeni kabsa: lamb pressure-cooked with yoghurt and spice, finished with saffron rice — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Iraqi kebab
Lamb and beef kebab grilled on skewers and dusted with sumac — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Kubbeh labaniyeh
Bulgur kibbeh balls poached in warm yoghurt and finished with dried mint — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Lahm bi ajeen
Thin rounds of dough spread with minced meat, tomato and pomegranate molasses — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
150 g
Machboos with lamb
Gulf machboos: lamb and rice cooked in one pot with loomi and saffron — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Maftoul
Hand-rolled maftoul steamed over chicken broth with chickpeas and onion — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Stuffed zucchini
Hollowed courgettes filled with rice and mince and simmered in tomato broth — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Lamb mandi
Hadhrami mandi: lamb simmered then browned, over rice cooked in its own broth — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Mansaf
Jordan's national dish: lamb in fermented jameed yoghurt over rice and shrak bread — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
500 g
Chicken maqluba
Chicken, fried aubergine and rice cooked in one pot and turned out upside down — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Okra stew
Whole okra stewed with lamb in a garlicky tomato broth sharpened with lemon — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Masgouf grilled fish
Carp split open and roasted, finished with a garlic and tomato dressing — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Musakhan
Palestine's national dish: sumac-and-onion chicken baked on taboon bread — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Mutabbaq
Thin dough folded around spiced mince, egg and spring onion, cooked on the griddle — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
150 g
Tashreeb
Lamb and chickpeas simmered with dried lime, poured over torn Iraqi bread — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Tepsi baytinijan
A baked tray of fried aubergine, potato, pepper and meatballs in tomato — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Zurbian
Lamb marinated in spiced yoghurt, layered with saffron rice and potato and smoked — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Burghul bi dfeen
Coarse bulgur cooked with chickpeas and small cubes of beef in one pot — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Freekeh with meat
Green freekeh cooked in lamb broth and crowned with meat and toasted nuts — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Cherry kebab
Aleppo meatballs simmered in sour cherry sauce, with pine nuts and flatbread — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Aleppo kibbeh
Bulgur and lamb shells stuffed with spiced mince and pine nuts, fried crisp — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
180 g
Makdous
Baby aubergines stuffed with walnut, garlic and chilli and kept under olive oil — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
100 g
Muhammara
Aleppo walnut and red pepper dip, sharpened with pomegranate molasses — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
120 g
Spicy fish
A whole baked fish blanketed in hot tahini sauce with pine nuts and coriander — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Shakriyeh
Lamb simmered tender and finished in warm garlic yoghurt, served over rice — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Sheikh el-mahshi
Aubergine rolled around spiced mince and pine nuts, baked under tomato sauce — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Shish barak
Little meat-filled dumplings poached in garlicky yoghurt and finished with coriander — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Baba ghannouj
Smoked aubergine with tomato, pepper and pomegranate molasses — chunkier than mtabbal. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
180 g
Okra stew
Okra stewed with lamb in a garlicky tomato broth — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Bukhari rice
Spiced rice with chicken, carrot, raisins and nuts — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Fatta
Toasted bread and rice under lamb, with a garlic-and-vinegar tomato sauce — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Fattet hommos
Toasted bread under chickpeas and garlicky yoghurt, finished with pine nuts in butter — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Fattoush
Chopped salad with toasted bread, sumac and pomegranate molasses — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
200 g
Breaded chicken
Breadcrumbed chicken escalope, fried crisp — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Foul mdammas
Fava beans crushed with tahini, lemon and garlic — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Stuffed pigeon
Pigeon stuffed with green freekeh, simmered then browned — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Haneeth
Lamb rubbed with spices and roasted slowly, wrapped and sealed — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
430 g
Hummus
Chickpeas blended smooth with tahini, lemon and garlic — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
200 g
Chicken kabsa
Basmati rice cooked in spiced chicken broth with dried lime and carrot — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Kebab halla
Beef cubes braised slowly in a pot with onion and spices — not grilled. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Green beans in oil
Green beans braised in olive oil with tomato and garlic, served cold or warm — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Pasta bechamel
Baked penne layered with spiced mince under a thick béchamel — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
320 g
Lamb madfoon
Lamb and rice cooked covered together — the name means 'buried', from the pit it was once cooked in. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Pressure-cooked lamb
Lamb and rice cooked together under pressure — the name means 'pressed'. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Chicken madhbi
Marinated chicken grilled on a hot stone or over charcoal — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Stuffed vine leaves
Vine leaves rolled around spiced rice with herbs and tomato — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Chicken mandi
Chicken and rice baked together, finished with a smoked-charcoal aroma — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
450 g
Margoog
Najdi stew of thin dough discs simmered with meat and vegetables — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Mathloutha
A Najdi dish of three layers — jareesh, qursan and meat — in one tray. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
400 g
Mesakaa
Fried aubergine baked in spiced tomato sauce with minced meat — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
300 g
Molokhia with chicken
Finely chopped jute leaves simmered in chicken broth with garlic and coriander — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Moujaddara
Lentils and rice cooked together, crowned with deeply fried onion — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
350 g
Mtabbal
Smoked aubergine whipped with tahini, yoghurt and lemon — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
180 g
Saleeg
Taif-style creamy rice cooked in chicken broth and milk — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
380 g
Tabbouleh
A parsley salad with a little bulgur, tomato, lemon and olive oil — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
180 g
Vine leaves in oil
Vine leaves rolled around herbed rice and cooked in olive oil and lemon — no meat. Every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
250 g
Koshari
Egyptian koshari with lentils, rice, macaroni and tomato sauce — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.
440 g