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Israeli Cuisine Recipes
Sambusak Hilo and Sambusak B'Jaben
INGREDIENTS
Dough
- 2.2 lbs. white flour
- 3 tablespoons dry yeast
- Oil
- Sugar
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- Salt
- Water
- Sesame seeds (optional)
Cheese filling
- 1 lb. Iraqi cheese or farmers cheese
- 1 cup grated mozzarella
- 1 egg
Nut filling
- 2 cups crushed walnuts
- Sugar
- Ground cinnamon or grounded cardamom
- Rose water (optional)
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Gondi - Persian Chickpea Dumpling Stew with Chicken
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup of chickpeas – soaked over night OR canned chickpeas OR frozen chickpeas
- Turmeric
- Salt
- 1 1/4 pounds of ground chicken
- 1 1/2 cup chickpea flour
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 onion
- Black pepper
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Moroccan Fish
INGREDIENTS
- 4-7 fish fillets of your choice (any white fish without bones)
- Olive oil
- Paprika
- Turmeric
- Salt
- Pepper
- 5-10 garlic cloves
- 5 lemons
- Cilantro
- 3 sweet red peppers
- 1 red chili pepper (or more, if you like it spicy!)
- 3 tomatoes
1
Sabich Sandwich
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 5 eggs
- 1 – 2 eggplant (1 large or 2 medium)
- 2 lemons
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 potatoes
- 2 cucumbers
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- Parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
1
Laffa
INGREDIENTS
- 4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dry yeast
- 1/2 cup sparkling water
- Sugar
- Honey
- Water
- Salt
- Oil
1
Coconut Macaroons
INGREDIENTS
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 200 grams unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla sugar
- 150 grams dark chocolate (optional)
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(Makes about 30 cookies)
For more information, please contact Israeli Emissary Shani Aslan at saslan@ywashhts.org.
