The food of Aleppo
8 dishes tied to Aleppo, Syria: born there, or made its own.
Kebabكَبَاب
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreGrilled or roasted meat, often on skewers, found across the Middle East and beyond
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
HummusVegan
🇸🇾 Syria and 5 moreMashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon, and garlic, served as a dip or spread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Lunch
Kibbehكبة
🇸🇾 Syria and 5 moreSpiced ground meat and bulgur shaped, stuffed, and fried, baked or served raw
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
LahmacunMeat
🇸🇾 Syria and 3 moreThin flatbread baked with a topping of minced meat, vegetables and herbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ma'amoulVegetarianمعمول
🇸🇾 Syria and 4 moreSemolina cookies filled with dates or nuts, shaped in moulds for festive occasions
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
MuhammaraVeganمحمرة
🇸🇾 Syria and 2 moreSyrian red pepper and walnut dip with pomegranate molasses
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
Adana kebabıMeat
🇹🇷 Turkey and 2 moreHand-minced lamb kebab grilled on skewers, named for the city of Adana
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kibbeh nayyehMeatكبّه نيّه
🇱🇧 Lebanon and 2 moreRaw lamb or beef mixed with bulgur and spices, served as a Levantine mezze
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hummus: Paul Goyette, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kebab: Lesya Dolyk, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kibbeh: Bazel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Muhammara: Krista, CC BY 2.0, source
- Adana kebabı: Garrett Ziegler, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lahmacun: No machine-readable author provided. Rainer Zenz assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ma'amoul: fugzu, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kibbeh nayyeh: منال شحادة, CC BY-SA 4.0, source