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Commonly served vegan
Dishes that are traditionally served vegan
Pasta, rice, lentils, chickpeas, and fried onions topped with garlic and tomato sauce
Koshary
Fried balls made from mashed fava beans or chickpeas served in a sandwich of flat bread or with pita bread
Falafel
Crushed cooked fava beans with lemon, oil and spices served with a flat bread. Make sure: no egg is added
Foul Medames
Pulverized red lentil soup with carrots, celery, onion and local spices. Make sure: no cream is added on top
Shorbet Ads
Eggplant puree with lemon, tahini, parsley, garlic and olive oil
Baba Ghanouj
Chickpea paste mixed with tahini and garlic, garnished with olive oil and spices
Hummus
Sesame puree, commonly including garlic and lemon
Tahini/Tahina
Spinach leaves cooked with onions, garlic and tomato puree
Sabanikh
White beans cooked with tomato sauce
Fasoulia/Loubia
Sweet and sour okra, cooked with tomato sauce, onion, and garlic
Bamia
Flat pita pocket bread
Pita bread
A salad made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, parsley and sometimes chili, served with olive oil and lemon
Salata Baladi
A dip made from peeled fava beans and leafy greens
Bissara
Peeled Taro root, with chard/spinach and sometimes tomato
Qalqas
Cooked rice with mixed vegetables and strong spice mix.
Veg Biryani
Topping of ground almonds, sesame, coriander, cumin, black pepper, and dried herbs
Duqqa
Wheat round flatbread similar to pita
Aish Balady
Dishes that can be Veganized
Dishes that are not vegan by default, but can be made so, by asking to remove or change part of the ingredients.
Stuffed veggies filled with tomato sauce, rice and herbs. To veganize: ask to cook in water instead of meat broth and for no meat filling
Mahshi
Crushed semolina with cooked vegetables and sometimes meat. To veganize: ask for no meat or meat broth
Couscous
Jute and corchorus leaves with garlic. To veganize: ask for no meat broth
Mulukhiya
Eggplant cooked with tomato sauce, onion, garlic, pepper, and meat. To veganize: ask to make without meat
Moussaka
Dishes that are not vegan, but appear to be
Dishes that might look vegan, but contain animal products.
White rice cooked with milk and butter
Rozz Meamar
Layers of rice and fried bread topped with meat. Commonly cooked with meat and meat broth
Fattah
Layers of bread, raisins and nuts. Will be made with milk and cream
