An Arabian Feast 7 dishes prepared in just 1 hour.

Stress free, crowd pleasing, exotic, super cost efficient and make ahead.

Oh, and incidentally gluten free.

Table filled with dishes for an Arabian Feast / Middle Eastern Menu, with dishes including Chicken Shawarma, lamb kaftas, hummus, chickpea salad.

An Arabian Feast 7 dishes, 1 hour of preparation, cost efficient, easy and make ahead.

My favourite menu for feeding a crowd!

Plus there are common ingredients across all the dishes.

Arabian Feast Menu (1 hr prep): Classic Hummus

Its quite modern too.

I think youll be surprised how many of the spices you already have in your pantry.

You will be amazed how fast and easy it is to prepare this feast!

Arabian Feast Menu (1 hr prep): Chargrilled Vegetable Platter

Make ahead (day before) or on the day.

Serve drizzled with olive oil and Yoghurt Sauce on the side.

Make ahead (day before) or on the day.

Arabian Feast Menu (1 hr prep): Herb Chili Marinated Feta

Serve with pita / lebanese bread.

The spice mix marinade will only take you minutes to make.

Then on the day, grill, rest then slice to serve on pita bread with salad.

Arabian Feast Menu (1 hr prep): Chicken Sharwarma

5.Lamb Koftas(10 minutes prep) mix ground lamb (mince), spices and breadcrumbs.

Shape into sausages and thread onto skewers.

Can be prepared ahead.

Arabian Feast Menu (1 hr prep): Lamb Koftas

BECAUSE WE MUST HAVE GREENS

….and cater for Vegetarians….

Both these salads are great for stuffing into pita breads with the grilled meat.

The chickpea salad is a great meat free alternative for stuffing into pita breads.

Arabian Feast Menu (1 hr prep): Spiced Chickpea Salad

The dressing and chickpeas can be made the day before but the salad is best chopped on the day.

I have made it up to 12 hours before serving and it was fine.

The tip to make ahead is to scoop out the watery centre of the tomatoes before chopping them.

Arabian Feast (1 hr prep): Shredded Red Cabbage, Carrot and Mint Salad

This helps keep the salad fresh for longer.

Notes

  • All the savoury recipes are entirely gluten free.

Use gluten free flatbreads.

Desserts for Arabian Middle Eastern Meal - Baklava and Semolina Cake

  • The same Yoghurt Sauce recipe is used for the Chargrilled Vegetable Platter, Chicken Sharwarma and Lamb Koftas.

So just make one big batch.

This also saves on preparation time.

Table filled with dishes for an Arabian Feast / Middle Eastern Menu, with dishes including Chicken Shawarma, lamb kaftas, hummus, chickpea salad.

Happy chopping, marinating and grilling!