Easy Middle Eastern dinner recipes
56 recipes
Shawarma, kebabs, lentils, chickpeas, tahini and rice with warm spices. The quickest is Microwave chickpea fatteh, ready in 15 minutes.

Homemade hummus dinner plate
20 min

Ful medames
25 min

Menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs with peppers)
25 min

Hummus bowls with spiced beef
30 min

Tabbouleh with chickpeas and feta
30 min

Sheet-pan chickpea shawarma wraps
35 min

Tofu shakshuka
35 min

Persian cold yogurt soup (ab doogh khiar)
45 min

Red lentil soup with lemon
45 min

Sheet pan cauliflower shawarma with hummus
45 min

Sheet pan chickpeas and eggplant with tahini
45 min

Sheet pan chickpeas and sweet potatoes with tahini
45 min

Turkish bulgur pilaf with chickpeas
45 min

Sheet pan tofu shawarma with cauliflower
55 min

Instant Pot lentils and brown rice
60 min

Slow cooker chicken shawarma pitas
320 min

Microwave chickpea fatteh
15 min

Microwave lazy manti (Turkish pasta with yogurt and spiced beef)
22 min

Turkish eggs on garlicky yogurt
25 min

Fattoush salad with chicken
30 min

Green shakshuka
35 min

Harissa orzo with chickpeas
35 min

Garlicky lentils with fried eggs
40 min

Lamb kofta with yogurt sauce
40 min

Spiced lentils with crispy potatoes and garlic yogurt
40 min

Air fryer falafel with tahini sauce
45 min

Chicken bulgur pilaf
45 min

Kuku sabzi (Persian herb frittata)
45 min

Sheet pan beef shawarma
45 min

Air fryer beef kebabs
50 min

Hashweh (Lebanese spiced beef and rice)
50 min

Sheet pan beef kofta with vegetables
55 min

Shish tawook with garlic rice
55 min

Moroccan chicken drumsticks with carrots and couscous
60 min

Mujadara (lentils and rice with crispy onions)
60 min

Musakhan (sumac chicken)
60 min

Turkish red lentil patties (mercimek köftesi)
60 min

Borani banjan (Afghan eggplant with garlic yogurt)
70 min

Imam bayildi (Turkish stuffed eggplant)
80 min

Turkish yogurt pasta with chili butter
30 min

Chickpea fatteh with garlicky yogurt
35 min

Arayes (crispy meat-stuffed pitas)
45 min

Chicken shawarma-style rice bowls
45 min

Sabich (eggplant and egg pitas)
45 min

Turkish beef pide
50 min

Chicken fatteh
60 min

Sayadieh (Lebanese spiced fish and rice)
60 min

Adas polo (Persian lentil rice with raisins)
70 min

Chicken kabsa
70 min

Turkish stuffed eggplant with ground turkey (karnıyarık)
70 min

Turkish stuffed zucchini with rice (kabak dolması)
80 min

Baked kibbeh
90 min

Bolani (Afghan potato-stuffed flatbreads)
90 min

Baked pumpkin kibbeh
105 min

Maqluba (upside-down chicken and rice)
110 min

Vegetable maqluba (upside-down rice with eggplant and cauliflower)
110 min
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