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    Home » Recipes » Side Dishes

    Side Dishes

    There are times when one main dish just isn't enough, that's when you need the perfect side dish recipe to round out the menu. Start off your meal with an easy Cauliflower Soup with Caramelized Onions, Za'atar & Feta Cheese Pies, or Crispy Roasted Potatoes.

    If you're looking for a grain-based side dish recipe, you have to make this Carrot Rice, the classic Middle Eastern side dish Hashweh Rice, or this delicious Baghali Polo Dill Rice.

    Egyptian rice with vermicelli with sliced red onions and cilantro on top with a fork beside it on a woven background and a bowl of spinach and a bowl of cilantro on a pink tiled background

    Fluffy Egyptian Rice (Medium Grain Rice)

    Yellow rice garnished with almonds, raisins and a cinnamon stick on a square patterned plate with a bowl of parsley and a bowl of almonds and raisins at the top on a stone tiled background

    30-Minute Mediterranean Rice (Yellow Basmati Rice)

    45 degree view of Green plate with rice, lentils and caramelized onions, chopped cucumbers and peppers with mint on top, on a dark green tiled background, the end of a spoon on the plate and some mint leaves in the top corner

    One Pot Mujadara (Middle Eastern Lentils and Rice)

    15+ Middle Eastern Rice Recipes (For Everyday and Special Occasions!)

    roasted potatoes in a serving platter with a dipping sauce

    Crispy Roasted Potatoes (the Best!)

    malfouf salad served in a green plate with lemons and cutlery

    Malfouf Salad (Lebanese Cabbage Salad)

    Cauliflower soup served in two bowls, and garnished with pieces of cauliflower and parsley

    Cauliflower Soup with Caramelized Onions (Easy!)

    A colorful bulgur salad served on a plate with a spoon and a half cut lemon displayed beside it.

    Healthy Bulgur Salad with Easy Dressing

    Sambousak served on a tray garnished with greens

    How to Make Homemade Sambousek

    Arabic pasta served on a plate garnished with nuts and fresh herbs. A clear glass and jug is in the background and foreground

    Arabic Pasta with Easy Yogurt Sauce (30 Minutes!)

    Baghali polo served on a white platter, garnished with radish and dill, with a white side plate full of rice

    Baghali Polo or Timman Bagilla (Dill Rice)

    Hashweh rice served in a platter garnished with almonds, raisins and parsley

    Hashweh Rice (Arabic Rice with ground beef)

    Vegan Lebanese Moussaka served in a dish with pita bread

    Lebanese Moussaka (Maghmour | Vegan)

    Jajik Cucumber yogurt and mint salad

    Jajik (Cucumber Yogurt & Mint Salad)

    Bulgur pilaf on a white plate with a spoon in it and a dollop of yogurt on top, with a blue bowl with yogurt in the top corner with a spoon along with a small pitcher of olive oil and a white plate with fresh mint leaves, and a blue patterned bowl with dried mint in the bottom side corner on a blue patterned tiled background

    30-Minute Bulgur Pilaf (Turkish Recipe)

    arabic rice with vermicelli

    Arabic Rice with Vermicelli (Traditional Recipe)

    Carrot rice served in a white plate, garnished with almonds and cinnamon sticks

    The Best Carrot Rice Recipe (Iraqi Timman Jizar)

    Beef shawarma poutine served in a plate with someone about to dig in using a fork

    Shawarma Poutine with Beef

    Arabic chicken fatteh in a dish, garnished with taosted almonds and parsley

    Easy Chicken Fatteh (with various methods!)

    batata harra (spicy potatoes) served in a copper dish garnished with parsley

    Crispy & Golden Batata Harra (Arabic Potatoes)

    Creamy hummus served in a bowl and garnished with chickpeas parsley and lemon wedges

    Traditional Creamy Hummus

    vegan Mediterranean pasta salad served in a bowl

    Vegan Mediterranean Pasta Salad

    Tabouli Salad served in a bowl with lemon and tomato slices

    The Best Tabouli Salad

    Easy Kale Tahini Salad

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