Middle Eastern & North African cooking
Cook the food of the Eastern Mediterranean, done right.
Tested recipes from Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Morocco — plus free tools for scaling, converting and planning what you cook.
Recipes
Step-by-step regional dishes — mains, soups, breads, desserts — written with real quantities and real timing, not vague approximations.
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Scale a recipe up for guests, convert cups to grams, or count down to Iftar — free calculators that run entirely in your browser.
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Moroccan Mint Tea
Sweet, strong green tea steeped with fresh mint and poured from height to build a light foam — the everyday drink of Moroccan hospitality.
Palestinian Kunafa
Shredded kataifi pastry baked over sweet cheese until golden and crisp, soaked in orange blossom syrup and finished with crushed pistachios.
Za'atar Manakish
Levantine flatbread topped with za'atar and olive oil, baked until the edges crisp and the topping turns fragrant — a Lebanese breakfast staple.
Cooking tools
View all tools →Recipe Cost Calculator
Estimate the total cost and cost per serving of any recipe from your grocery prices.
Recipe Yield & Ingredient Scaler
Scale any recipe up or down — enter the original servings and how many you need, and every ingredient amount adjusts automatically.
Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert between cups, tablespoons, grams and millilitres for common cooking ingredients like flour, sugar, rice and butter.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of recipes will I find on EasternEatsHub?
Authentic, tested dishes from the Levant, the Gulf, Iraq, Egypt and North Africa — home-cooking recipes, not restaurant approximations, written so they actually work in a Western kitchen.
Are the calculators and converters free to use?
Yes, every tool on the site is free, runs in your browser, and requires no sign-up or account.
I can't find an ingredient a recipe calls for — what do I do?
Most Middle Eastern pantry staples like tahini, sumac, za'atar and pomegranate molasses are available at Middle Eastern or international grocers, and increasingly in the international aisle of larger supermarkets. Our ingredient substitution finder tool also covers common stand-ins.