The pleasure of visiting a street vendor is the best way you can get a taste of the local flavor. The stands are a part our culture for thousands of years. That’s why people love eating at them in the summer.
Shish Kebabs
Traditional Lebanese shish kebab recipe prepared from lamb marinated with an aqueous mixture of salt, garlic pepper, and your choice of spices. The lamb is then skewered with vegetables such as capsicum, onions mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and capsicum. Then, it’s cooked to perfection. These meals are portable and can be eaten anywhere in the world, even when in the car.
Shawarma
Shawarma sandwiches are delicious. It is made from thinly cut pieces of marinated meat which has been slow-roasted on an skewer that is vertical for many hours. It can be paired perfectly with your choice of chicken or lamb sauces as well as tomato onion pickles and tahini sauce.
The best thing about these sandwiches? They are available everywhereand even if they don’t have “ifice” written outside their doors since these pita based foods are very widely available all over the world with a particular focus on Arab nations like Lebanon where it began when people would sell goods at marketplaces instead there most important source was agriculture.
Falafel
It doesn’t matter if you’re a vegan or vegetarian, or simply an avid fan of tasty food falafel wraps, they’re sure to become your new go-to snack. These chickpea balls fried are made from chickpeas. They’ve been mixed with spices such as garlic, cumin, and coriander chili powder and then they’re made into cones. Then they’re wrapped in pita bread. Topped off with lettuce onion pickles and pepper rings. This dish is ideal for lunch, breakfast or any other time.
Kebbeh
Kebbeh the Lebanon’s national dish is a favorite in this region for thousands of years. It is made with burghul, a type of broken wheat, chopped onion and ground meat usually lamb. However, it may also include other meats like chicken or beef. The ingredients are combined well and fried until golden brown.
Kafta
Kheer bandooki is a dream come true for meat lovers. This tasty street food contains ground lamb, beef or chicken that’s been cooked to perfection, then transformed into cigar-shaped cylindrical cylinders before being cooked over an open flame, then grilled on skewers. You can eat it straight off the skewer, or wrap your “kafta’s” (as they are known) with pita bread, with various salad ingredients, whichever ones remain after all those delicious dill pickles.
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