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COUSKOUS - Maftool

2 medium onions
1 can garbanzo beans (2 cups)
1 cup couskous
1 cup hot water
1/4 tsp. pepper
Heaping Tblsp. Butter
1/4 tsp. Cumin

Cut the onions into pieces and fry in vegetable oil until brown. Add the garbanzo beans and stir with the onions. Add the couskous and the hot water, the pepper, butter, and cumin and cook at low heat until there is no more water left. Cover an serve with chicken stew.

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LENTILS AND BURGOL - Burgol Ma Adace

1 cup lentils
1/2 cup Burgol
1/8 tsp. salt
Greben or grated cheese
1 onion, diced
3 Tblsp. chicken fat or butter
3 cups boiling water

Brown the diced onion in hot melted shortening while the other ingredients are cooking till tender over moderate heat. Turn into a casserole dish and add a generous sprinkling of gregen or cheese - then bake covered for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Uncover and brown slightly under broiler flame. Serves 6.

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AVOCADO SALAD - Salatat El Avocato

2 avocados
1 cup diced apple
1 Tblsp. lemon juice
1 cup cubed orange, seeded or seedless
Dash of salt
2 bananas, peeled, sliced
1 head shredded lettuce

Cut avacados into 6 rounds before removing skins. A slight twist with a knife-edge will loosen the seed and separate the rounds. Remove skins. Cut small openings in the solid ends. Cut the rounds across to make crescents. Sprinkle with lemon juice and a little salt. Sprinkle lemon juice on apples and bananas. Marinate in French dressings. Arrange shredded lettuce on a large serving plate. Mound the apple and banana mixture in center. Serves 4.

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CHEESE AND CARROT SALAD - Salatat Jazar

3/4 pound cottage cheese
8 walnut halves, chopped
1/2 pint sour cream
3 med. carrots, shredded
1/4 tsp. salt
lettuce

Mix cheese with a tablespoon of sour cream and salt to taste. Form into 4 balls and role in chopped walnuts or press halves into cheese balls. Place the shredded raw carrot on a nest of lettuce and arrange the cheese balls in center. Serve with sour cream heaped on top of each cheese ball. Serves 2.

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This Week’s Recipes by Jodette - To order her Middle Eastern Recipes Cookbook, E-mail her at ZainJordan@aol.com or telephone her at (916) 447-3793. The Cookbook sells for \$15 plus shipping and handling costs (\$5.00 in U.S. $8.00 International). Proceeds go to help feed and clothe the hungry and homeless people in Sacramento, California!

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