Pregnancy-friendly Middle Eastern recipes

Middle Eastern cooking brings warm spices, generous herbs and comforting dishes to the table. Try Chicken Marak or Bulgur Pilaf with Peppers. With 83 recipes, you can explore the region’s flavours while avoiding raw fish, raw meat, unpasteurised cheese and alcohol.

Traditional Labneh

10 min · 247 calories

Middle Eastern Lentil Loaf

1 h 10 min · 640 calories

Middle Eastern Stuffed Eggs with Tahini and Pomegranate

30 min · 325 calories

Chicken Bulgur Pilaf

55 min · 790 calories

Baked Kofta

1 h 20 min · 658 calories

Karak Tea

20 min · 132 calories

Broad Beans with Tahini

30 min · 465 calories

Spiced Lamb Kofta

30 min · 477 calories

Rose and Cardamom Cake

1 h 5 min · 549 calories

Lemon Tahini Sauce

10 min · 202 calories

Beef Kofta

30 min · 426 calories

Zaatar Man'oushe

13 min · 535 calories

Lebanese Lentils and Rice

55 min · 659 calories

Mahalabia

25 min · 356 calories

Middle Eastern Spiced Lamb Steak

30 min · 437 calories

Lamb Stuffed Pita Bread

25 min · 693 calories

Qatayef with Cream and Pistachios

50 min · 702 calories

Orange and Semolina Cake

1 h 20 min · 587 calories

Sweet Date and Nut Kofta

30 min · 505 calories

Meat Sambousek

1 h · 1,304 calories

Lamb and Eggplant Maqluba

2 h 10 min · 1,258 calories

Cumin Broad Beans

35 min · 309 calories

Smooth Hummus and Pita

20 min · 655 calories

Chicken Chikh Stew

1 h 5 min · 756 calories