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The document discusses popular foods from Egypt and Lebanon. It describes ful and falafel as dishes made from fava beans that are boiled, mashed, and stuffed into bread or formed into patties. Koshari is mentioned as a fast food from Egypt containing lentils, rice, pasta and tomato sauce. For Lebanese food, it mentions hummus as a chickpea dip and shawirma as a sandwich with rotisserie meat in pita bread.

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Arab Customs Food from the Arab World 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
Most cities are recently seeing an increase in restaurants serving Arabic food. Arabic food, it seems, is only just becoming familiar to the Western world, particularly in the United States. However, there are a few Arabic foods that most people have already tried or at least heard about. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
EGYPTIAN FOOD Some Popular Arabic Dishes ? 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
Ful and Falafel: can be cooked several ways: in ful midamess, the whole beans are boiled, with vegetables if desired, and then mashed with onions, tomatoes, and spices. This mixture is often served with an egg for breakfast, without the egg for other meals . A similar sauce, cooked down into a paste and stuffed into aysh baladi (Bread), is the filling for the sandwiches sold on the street. Alternatively, ful beans are soaked, minced, mixed with spices, formed into patties (called ta'miyya in Cairo and falafel in Alexandria), and deep-fried. These patties, garnished with tomatoes, lettuce, and tahina sauce, are stuffed into aysh and sold on the street. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
Koshari: Lentils, Rice, spaghetti and Marconi with Tomato Sauce and garlic sauce and chili. It considered being a fast food in the Middle East, especially in Egypt. It is easy and inexpensive to make. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
LEBANESE FOOD Some Popular Arabic Dishes ? 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
Hummus: a dip made of garbanzo beans, sesame seed paste, lemon garlic and sometimes olive oil, is already sold at most major deli and grocery stores. Shawirma: is a sandwich of rotisserie lamb or beef wrapped in pita bread. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
www.factofarabs.net Know More about Arab Customs at 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net

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  • 1. Arab Customs Food from the Arab World 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 2. Most cities are recently seeing an increase in restaurants serving Arabic food. Arabic food, it seems, is only just becoming familiar to the Western world, particularly in the United States. However, there are a few Arabic foods that most people have already tried or at least heard about. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 3. EGYPTIAN FOOD Some Popular Arabic Dishes ? 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 4. Ful and Falafel: can be cooked several ways: in ful midamess, the whole beans are boiled, with vegetables if desired, and then mashed with onions, tomatoes, and spices. This mixture is often served with an egg for breakfast, without the egg for other meals . A similar sauce, cooked down into a paste and stuffed into aysh baladi (Bread), is the filling for the sandwiches sold on the street. Alternatively, ful beans are soaked, minced, mixed with spices, formed into patties (called ta'miyya in Cairo and falafel in Alexandria), and deep-fried. These patties, garnished with tomatoes, lettuce, and tahina sauce, are stuffed into aysh and sold on the street. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 5. Koshari: Lentils, Rice, spaghetti and Marconi with Tomato Sauce and garlic sauce and chili. It considered being a fast food in the Middle East, especially in Egypt. It is easy and inexpensive to make. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 6. LEBANESE FOOD Some Popular Arabic Dishes ? 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 7. Hummus: a dip made of garbanzo beans, sesame seed paste, lemon garlic and sometimes olive oil, is already sold at most major deli and grocery stores. Shawirma: is a sandwich of rotisserie lamb or beef wrapped in pita bread. 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net
  • 8. www.factofarabs.net Know More about Arab Customs at 05/18/10 www.factofarabs.net