Introduction                                       xiv
    1 Soups                                        2  (20)
      Red lentil soup                              4  (3)
      Chickpea and white bean soup                 7  (1)
      Mixed bean soup                              8  (3)
      White bean soup                              11 (1)
      Green lentil soup                            12 (1)
      Lamb, yoghurt and mint soup                  13 (1)
      Wheat, lentil and bean soup                  14 (2)
      Wheat porridge                               16 (1)
      Chicken soup with lemon                      17 (1)
      Vegetable soup                               18 (1)
      Spinach soup                                 19 (1)
      Lamb stomach soup                            20 (1)
      Lamb stock with rice                         21 (1)
    2 Bread & Tashreeb                             22 (20)
      Iraqi bread                                  24 (1)
      Bread with cheese and parsley                25 (1)
      Bread with meat, onion and parsley           25 (1)
      Bread with dates                             26 (1)
      Bread with walnuts and sultanas              27 (1)
      Samoon                                       27 (1)
      Lamb tashreeb                                28 (2)
      Lamb tashreeb with tomato                    30 (1)
      Lamb, tomato and aubergine tashreeb          31 (1)
      Chicken tashreeb                             32 (1)
      Lamb's trotters, sheep's head and stomach    33 (2)
      Stuffed sausages                             35 (1)
      Okra in tomato sauce tashreeb                36 (2)
      Boiled dry broad beans tashreeb              38 (3)
      Tishreebayah                                 41 (1)
    3 Salads & Light Starters                      42 (18)
      Potato salad                                 44 (1)
      Carrot salad                                 44 (2)
      Onion salad                                  46 (1)
      Yoghurt salad                                46 (1)
      Parsley and wheat salad                      47 (1)
      Winter beetroot salad                        48 (1)
      Cauliflower salad                            48 (3)
      Boiled chickpeas                             51 (1)
      Boiled sweetened turnip                      51 (1)
      Houmous                                      52 (1)
      Aubergine dip                                53 (1)
      Fried aubergine                              54 (1)
      Spinach salad                                54 (3)
      Pastry filled with cheese                    57 (1)
      Pastry filled with lamb                      58 (1)
      Mini Parcels in yoghurt sauce                59 (1)
    4 Eggs And Dairy                               60 (18)
      Boiled egg sandwiches                        62 (2)
      Minced meat with eggs                        64 (3)
      Spicy beef sausage with eggs                 67 (1)
      Spinach with eggs                            67 (1)
      Baked eggs                                   68 (3)
      Turkish eggs                                 71 (1)
      Eggs with dates                              72 (2)
      Fresh tomato omelette                        74 (1)
      Home-made cheese                             75 (1)
      Home-made yoghurt                            76 (1)
      Yoghurt drink (Sbneenab)                     76 (2)
    5 Kubba                                        78 (26)
      Kubbat Mousel                                80 (3)
      Baked cracked wheat and meat                 83 (1)
      Baked cracked wheat stuffed with minced      84 (2)
      meat
      Jireesh kubba                                86 (1)
      Kubba of cracked wheat and potato            87 (1)
      Kubba of cracked wheat and eggs              88 (1)
      Ground rice kubba                            89 (1)
      Kubba baked with aubergine                   90 (3)
      Kubbat potato                                93 (1)
      Rice kubba                                   94 (3)
      Kubba in yoghurt sauce                       97 (1)
      Kubba in turnip and tomato sauce             98 (2)
      Kubba in beetroot sauce                      100(2)
      Whole potato kubba                           102(1)
      Lentil kubba                                 103(1)
    6 Fish                                         104(12)
      Carp baked in a tannour                      106(1)
      Bream baked with tomatoes                    107(2)
      Sea Bass baked with pomegranate              109(1)
      Sea Bass with coriander                      110(1)
      Haddock baked with vegetables                111(2)
      Carp with rice                               113(1)
      Halibut stew                                 114(1)
      Masmouta                                     114(2)
    7 Poultry                                      116(14)
      Stuffed roasted chicken                      118(3)
      Fried chicken with tomato flavoured rice     121(1)
      Chicken stew                                 122(1)
      Chicken in tomato sauce                      123(2)
      Chicken in pomegranate and walnut sauce      125(1)
      Chicken cooked overnight                     126(2)
      Chicken with dumplings                       128(1)
      Chicken barbecued in a tannour               128(1)
      Chicken kebab                                129(1)
      Mandaean chicken                             129(1)
    8 Lamb & Beef                                  130(26)
      Metaballs with pine nuts                     133(1)
      Stuffed whole lamb                           134(4)
      Roast leg of lamb                            138(1)
      Spiced beef sausage                          139(1)
      Salt beef                                    140(1)
      Spicy burgers                                141(1)
      Burgers of minced meat, onion and parsley    142(2)
      Barbecued meats                              144(1)
      Barbecued liver                              144(2)
      Baked lamb, liver and tomato                 146(1)
      Liver dumplings                              147(1)
      Oven baked kebab and bread                   148(2)
      Oven baked minced meat kebab                 150(1)
      Fried meat and tomato                        151(1)
      Minced lamb with chickpeas and rice          152(2)
      Minced meat with (or without) tomato sauce   154(1)
      Meat in tomato sauce                         155(1)
    9 Rice                                         156(24)
      Plain rice                                   158(1)
      Yellow rice                                  159(1)
      Red rice                                     159(1)
      Saffron rice                                 160(1)
      Rice with nuts and sultanas                  160(1)
      Rice with vermicelli noodles                 160(1)
      Rice with white cabbage                      161(1)
      Spinach turnover                             161(1)
      Rice with broad beans                        162(3)
      Rice with carrots                            165(1)
      Rice with truffles                           166(1)
      Rice with kohlrabi                           166(1)
      Cauliflower turnover                         167(1)
      Aubergine turnover                           168(2)
      Chicken turnover                             170(2)
      Chicken biryani                              172(1)
      Lamb biryani                                 173(1)
      Parda pilaou                                 174(3)
      Dolma from Baghdad                           177(2)
      Rice with green lentils                      179(1)
    10 Stews                                       180(32)
      Okra stew                                    182(1)
      Green bean stew                              183(2)
      White bean stew                              185(1)
      Apricot stew (Sweet and sour stew)           186(2)
      Mixed vegetable stew                         188(1)
      Spinach with herbs                           189(2)
      Green pea stew                               191(1)
      Cauliflower stew                             192(2)
      Potato stew                                  194(1)
      Baked stuffed potatoes                       195(2)
      Courgette stew                               197(1)
      Courgette and aubergine stew                 198(1)
      Baked courgette and lamb                     199(1)
      Stuffed courgettes in yoghurt or tomato      200(3)
      sauce
      Aubergine stew                               203(1)
      Baked kebab wrapped in aubergine             204(3)
      Baked aubergine with kebabs                  207(1)
      Baked aubergine and minced lamb              208(1)
      Stuffed cucumber in tomato sauce             209(1)
      Stuffed vegetables in tomato sauce           210(2)
    11 Pickles                                     212(12)
      Pickling spices                              214(2)
      Pickled turnip                               216(1)
      Pickled cucumber                             217(1)
      Stuffed pickled cucumber                     218(1)
      Pickled aubergine                            218(1)
      Stuffed pickled aubergine                    219(1)
      Stuffed pickled aubergine (traditional)      219(1)
      Pickled peppers                              220(1)
      Pickled lemons                               220(1)
      Pickled cauliflower                          221(1)
      Pickled cabbage                              222(1)
      Mixed pickles                                222(1)
      Pickling green olives                        222(1)
      Pickling black olives                        223(1)
      Stuffed green olives                         223(1)
    12 Cakes & PASTRIES                            224(20)
      Date and walnut cake                         226(2)
      Courgette cake                               228(2)
      Orange cake                                  230(1)
      Spicy yoghurt cake                           231(1)
      Date syrup cake                              232(1)
      Carrot cake                                  233(1)
      Crispy biscuits                              234(1)
      Bagels with sesame                           234(1)
      Round flower biscuits                        235(1)
      Short pastry filled with dates and nuts      236(4)
      Coconut discs                                240(3)
      Butter cookies                               243(1)
    13 Sweets, NUTS & JAMS                         244(38)
      Bread in date syrup                          246(1)
      Toffee dibis                                 246(2)
      Date halawa                                  248(1)
      Stuffed dates                                248(1)
      Date balls                                   248(1)
      Diheeniya                                    249(1)
      Sweet popcorn balls                          250(1)
      Fried flour halawa                           251(1)
      Cornflour halawa                             252(1)
      Fried rice flour halawa                      252(1)
      Vermicelli noodle halawa                     253(1)
      Cornflour and orange halawa                  253(2)
      Grated carrot halawa                         255(1)
      Smooth rice pudding                          256(1)
      Rice pudding with dibis and milk             256(2)
      Zarda                                        258(1)
      Haleeb                                       259(1)
      Sesame seed squares                          260(1)
      Pistachio nut halawa                         261(1)
      Hazelnut halawa                              261(1)
      Almond halawa                                261(2)
      Semolina and almond squares                  263(1)
      Turkish delight                              264(1)
      Mena from heaven                             265(1)
      Caramelised sugar and nut thins              265(1)
      Zlabyah                                      266(2)
      Qatayif                                      268(2)
      Baqlawah                                     270(1)
      Nuts and seeds                               271(1)
      Jams                                         272(2)
      Rose petal jam                               274(1)
      Citrus flower jam                            275(1)
      Aubergine jam                                276(1)
      Marrow jam                                   277(1)
      Watermelon jam                               278(1)
      Date jam                                     279(1)
      Carrot jam                                   280(1)
      Berry jam                                    280(2)
    14 Drinks                                      282(15)
      Tea                                          284(2)
      Pennyroyal tea                               286(1)
      Mint tea                                     286(1)
      Cinnamon tea                                 287(1)
      Dry lime tea                                 287(2)
      Turkish coffee                               289(1)
      Arabic coffee                                290(1)
      Lemon juice                                  291(1)
      Juice of apricot paste                       291(2)
      Orange juice                                 293(1)
      Seville orange juice                         293(1)
      Raisin juice                                 294(1)
      Malt vinegar and sugar                       295(1)
      Hibiscus flower juice                        295(2)
Glossary                                           297(2)
Index                                              299