Recipezaar: Libyan,Main Dish recipes

Beans with Spinach (Lubya b' Selk)

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 20:12:26 -0500

This Libyan dish has been posted in response to a Round the World game. Looks tasty and a candidate for the crockpot as well. This could readily be made vegetarian by substituting dried bean curd or tempeh for the meat. -- posted by Missy Wombat

Curried Turkey Legs

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:02:27 -0400

Adopted! I was born and raised in a small village where most of the residesnt depended on their farm animals for their livelyhood. Our meat was mainly pork and chicken with an occasional pound of hamburger boutht at the butcher shop. Young calves were seldom eaten. The were shipped to market for cash. In those days, a young calf would bring about $75 which would buy a lot of school shoes. When I left home and started to work, I ate mainly in restaurants. I soon loved to enjoy the taste of lamb. In later years I was dining in a restaurant in North Africa, when a diner near me who had just ordered leg of lamb queried the waiter, "Did you know that if you fixed a turkey leg in this manner that it would taste just leg of lamb?" "Yes," the waiter replied, "That's what that is." When I was able to find two turkey legs in the bazaar, I bought them and took them back to my apartment and cooked them basically like this recipe. He was right they did taste just like curried log of lamb and at about a quarter of the price. I have been eating them ever since. I am happy to post this recipe because I know every who likes lamb will enjoy it immensely. -- posted by Queen Dragon Mom

Red Lentil and Vegetable Stew

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:01:25 -0500

Wonderful stew, can be a vegetarian meal on its own. Or you can add some diced or shredded smoked duck, if you like meat. The red lentils break down, and cause this to be like a really rich soup. If you need to stretch this out, you can serve it over white rice, to do a sort of "beans and rice" thing. -- posted by "Pink Eyed" Jim Cortina

Middle Eastern Pilaff

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:29:56 -0400

A vegetarian pilaff made with bulgar wheat - or if you prefer rice - which makes a great accompaniment for kebabs or any BBQd or grilled meat or fish. This recipe is one I found on an International Masters '1001 recipes for pan or wok' recipe card, and have posted for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. -- posted by bluemoon downunder

Horaimi

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:37:17 -0500

I don't know if this is Libyan or Tunisian, but its a delicious North African way of cooking fish. This is also great cold. I used to cook this a lot on Sundays and bring the leftovers to work on Monday. People's mouths would water when I heated it up in the microwave. -- posted by Transylmania

Baked Chicken With Lemon and Herbs

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:37:14 -0400

Good source recipe for calcium. This recipe can be serviced with potatoes or rice. -- posted by Moegourmet

Tunisian Couscous Salad With Grilled Sausages

Thu, 31 May 2007 18:52:01 -0400

This comes from one of my Food and Wine cookbooks. Use whatever kind of sausages you like: hot, mild or a combination. They say to serve this with an Australian Shiraz. Im posting it for ZWT3. Now I just have to go look up where Tunisia is! LOL. (It is in North Africa between Algeria and Libya) -- posted by dicentra

Lamb in Tomato Sauce

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:12:11 -0500

This is an adaptation of a dish my husband cooks from Libya. As with all my recipes.... adapt it to your own tastes... add a little of this or leave out a little of that.... use a little more of this or a little less of that until you find how you like it. If you like HOT stuff I bet this would be good with some peppers but I wouldn't have a clue which kind would compliment it best. -- posted by Veiled Princess

Potato, Artichoke and Parsley Tagine

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:24:11 -0400

In Morocco, a tagine is a stew cooked in an earthenware dish. In Tunisia, a tagine is an egg dish similar to a frittata, and baked in a round dish. Use cayenne pepper judiciously! -- posted by Stacia_

Marak Dar Marhzin (Pumpkin Stew)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:13:09 -0400

A marak is a vegetable version of a tagine. Adapt this recipe to whatever root vegetables you prefer. -- posted by Stacia_

Chicken With Apricots and Prunes

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:35:57 -0400

Delicious! -- posted by Stacia_