Menu du jour bedouin foods : 3 Recipes


  • Recipe Alya (Sheep Tail Fat)
    Alya (Sheep Tail Fat)
    A staple of the Arab kitchen since 3000B.C. , alya also known as aliya or roghan-e donbeh in Farsi is the rendered fat from the tail of the Awassi sheep, an Asian breed of sheep that are commonly found in parts of Africa, the Middle[...]
  • Recipe Qawarma (Spiced Preserved Lamb)
    Qawarma (Spiced Preserved Lamb)
    A good example of meat preservation in the Middle East is the Lebanese qawarma. Qawarma is highly seasoned pieces of lamb or mutton fried in melted fat from the fat-tailed Awassi sheep,then packed into earthenware ,clay sealed jars and stored in a[...]
  • Recipe Saudi Desert Truffles (Kamaa or Faqa')
    Saudi Desert Truffles (Kamaa or Faqa')
    Known by the classical arabic name of kamaa or the saudi name faqa', desert truffles are a distant cousin of the European truffle. A desert crop, it is found throughout North Africa, Syria,Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf Arab States.Within each[...]



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