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MAGDOUS
Ingredients
Eggplants
Sweet red pepper paste
Crushed walnuts
Olive oil
Salt
Sliced garlic (optional)
The stuffing
Mix together the sweet red pepper paste with the crushed walnuts and the garlic.
MOUHAMMARA
Ingredients
100 gr. bread crumbs
50 gr. sweet red pepper paste
10 gr. crushed dried hot red pepper
20 gr. cumin
40 gr. concentrated pomegranate syrup
100 ml. olive oil
100 gr. crushed walnut
150 ml. water
20 ml. lemon juice
15 gr. sugar
Salt
VEGETABLES OMELET (EJJEH)
Ingredients
1 bunch of parsley
7 eggs
1 teaspoon of flour
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon of dried mint
1 teaspoon of dried sweet red pepper
1 pinch of cinnamon
200 ml. olive oil
Vegetable oil
EGGPLANT FATTOUCHE
Ingredients
1 kg. eggplant
2 tomatoes
1 onion
1 bunch of parsley
Lemon juice
Olive oil
Vegetable oil
Arabic bread
Salt
MOUTABBAL
Ingredients
500 gr. eggplant
1 green pepper
1/2 bunch of chopped parsley
4 branches of green mint
150 gr. sesame oil
1/2 glass of lemon juice
25 gr. concentrated pomegranate syrup
30 ml. olive oil
1 tomato
1 clove of garlic if desired
some grains of pomegranate
Salt
BABA GHANOUGE
Ingredients
1 kg. eggplant (about 5 big pieces)
Olive oil
Garlic (optional)
Lemon juice
Concentrated pomegranate syrup
Chopped parsley
Pomegranate grains
Salt
OLIVE SALAD
Ingredients
250 gr. green olives
60 gr. concentrated pomegranate syrup
40 ml. olive oil
2 green onions
1 peeled tomato
1/2 bunch of parsley
Grains of one pomegranate for decoration
Salt
Branch of thyme for decoration
FATTOUCHE
Ingredients
500 gr. tomato
500 gr. cucumber
100 gr. onion
75 gr. green mint
75 gr. purslane
1 bunch of parsley
1 lettuce
2 cloves of garlic
50 gr. of black olives
1 lemon juice
3 teaspoons of vinegar
1 teaspoon of sumac
125 ml. olive oil
Vegetable oil
Bread cut into triangles as desired
Salt
Written Nov 14, 2011
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Maalula is really a strange place: I wrote before that people of different faiths go there on a pilgrimage, or that different religious denominations coexist under the same roof, peacefully. On top of this, the little village presents another peculiarity: the language! Although all people are taught arabci at school, the native language of the inhabitants, and the one they commonly use, is Aramean - supposedly the language spoken by Jesus. And it's quite a musical languahe to listen to.
Written Jan 18, 2003
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Deir Mar Takla, Santa Tecla monastery - a place where there's a well containing healing waters. I've heard two different sides of the story: the first is that this water helps healing illnesses, and the second says that drinking this water has the power to make woman pregnant and to "remove" sterility from men. The great thing about it is that place is "sacred" both for Christians and Muslims - very refreshing - and when I went there, there were many young couples making their pilgrimage to the "holy" well.
Updated Jan 18, 2003
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The little old church inside the deir mar sarkis (saint sergius and bacchus) monastery is quite asotnishing. First of all there was a temple dedicated to the god Apollo, then a church was built onto it, incorporating elements of the temple (look out for the columns). The beautiful altar icons come from Greece, but the saints are portrayed holding books written in aramean. As for the faith of the church, it's both Catholic and Orthodox. How more confusing can it get?
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Written Jan 18, 2003
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a small fascinating mountain village where "miracles" do happen. Mixed denomination monasteries and Christians and Muslims praying together in the same places. Show us the way, Ma'alula. .
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Hidden in a breathtaking deep narrow valley at the foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, Maaloula has served as a refuge to smaller Christian communities since Roman times. The town's isolation has...
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Ma'loula is the only place on earth where the western branch of the aramaic language is still spoken. I'ts JC's language for Christ's sake! Interesting place and the catch is -- it's only an hour away...
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Ma'lula is very different from most other Syrian towns because it is a majority Christian town. There is only one mosque here. The sights here are worth seeing, though it is not exactly the type of......
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