The Arab Kitchen Cookbook

118 Arab dishes, made at home.

Hummus, flatbreads, shawarma, rice pots and sweets, written in US cups and °F with grams beside them.

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663 pages, 118 entries, PDF + EPUB. Tap a page to read it full size.

A page from inside the book — Page 74: Smooth Hummus from Dried Chickpeas. What it makes, how long it takes, the equipment and how long it keeps, before the first step.

Another page from inside the book — Page 276: Chicken Shawarma in a Home Oven. Thighs on a sheet pan, finished under the broiler, cooked to 165 °F.

A third page from inside the book — Page 338: Chicken Kabsa. Chicken in a spiced tomato broth, then the rice cooked in that same broth, in one large pot.

Read the first pages

Who it is for: Home cooks who love the hummus, shawarma and baklava they buy, and want to make them at home without guessing.

The opening of the first chapter, “Measuring, Units and Swaps for an American Kitchen”, as it reads in the book.

What's inside

Twelve parts, 118 entries

Every entry stands on its own and points to the ones beside it, so you can open the book anywhere and cook from that page.

Hummus, Dips and Mezze. 11 entries: smooth hummus from dried chickpeas, creamy hummus from a can, baba ghanoush, muhammara, tahini sauce, ful, fatteh, stuffed grape leaves and how to build a mezze platter.73
Breads and Flatbreads. 12 entries from a ten-minute skillet flatbread to pocket pita in a home oven, manakish with za'atar, spinach fatayer, saj on an upturned wok and a round pot bread in a Dutch oven.216
Shawarma, Kebabs and Street Food. 12 entries on the takeout you crave, done in a home oven or on a backyard grill: chicken and beef shawarma, shish tawook, kofta and why kebabs dry out, falafel, and street-cart chicken and rice.275
Rice and One-Pot Meals. 12 entries on the big rice pots of the Gulf and the Levant, scaled for an American stove: kabsa, mandi-style chicken, maqluba, mujaddara, machboos and whole chicken and rice in one pot.337
Sweets, Syrups and Pastries. 12 entries starting with the scented syrup that soaks them: baklava, kunafa in a skillet, basbousa, maamoul, atayef, milk puddings, and a plain answer on how long each one keeps.524
The Mezze Table. 6 entries that put it together: a mezze party for eight with its shopping list and timeline, a holiday table, an iftar table, Arabic coffee with cardamom, mint tea and weeknight menus.587

Find a dish

Find a dish from the videos

Cooked along on the channel and want the page? These are the video dishes that are in the book, with the entry and the page number.

HummusSmooth Hummus from Dried Chickpeas · Creamy Hummus from a Can of ChickpeasPages 74, 81
Lebanese flatbread (instead of pizza)Manakish with Za'atar, and Cheese Manakish · Ten-Minute Skillet FlatbreadPages 233, 229
Uzbek pot breadPot Bread in a Dutch OvenPage 270
Uzbek flatbreadUzbek Non: Stamped Round BreadPage 266
BaklavaBaklavaPage 532
Kunafa in a panKunafa in a SkilletPage 539
The batter that rises on its ownLahoh: The Spongy Batter Bread That Rises on Its OwnPage 514
Kebabs that don't dry outKofta Kebab, and Why Kebabs Dry OutPage 292
Lebanese chicken that never comes out dryLebanese-Style Garlic ChickenPage 314
Beef shawarmaBeef ShawarmaPage 283
Street-cart chickenStreet-Cart Chicken and Rice with White Sauce · Chicken Shawarma in a Home OvenPages 323, 276
Whole chicken and rice in one potWhole Chicken and Rice in One Pot · Mandi-Style Chicken and Rice, and the SmokePages 385, 345
SamsaSamsa: Baked Meat Pastries (Uzbek-Style)Page 328
Rice the Arab wayRice the Arab Way: Washing, Soaking and the Absorption MethodPage 57

Only dishes that are in the book are listed. A few videos cover dishes that are not in this edition, so check this list before you buy.

Sliced sheet-pan chicken shawarma with flatbread, pink pickles and garlic sauce

A platter of chicken kabsa on spiced rice with almonds and raisins

A tray of baklava diamonds topped with pistachios, with tea and syrup

From the channel

What people say under the videos

absolutely the best explanation of how to make great hummus!!!!!

Judy P.YouTube comment

Great to learn a new trick or two- never knew about skin removal and whipping the lemon and tahini first is a new to me.

A viewerYouTube comment

I love that you're sharing living traditions!

Lisa Q.YouTube comment

Thank you...My best friends Mom use to make this wonderful bread...They are from Jordan.

LaurenYouTube comment

Comments left under Zayn's Kitchen's YouTube videos, quoted as they were written. Nobody quoted here has read the book.

What you get

Everything you get

One payment, and all of it downloads at once. Beside each part is what that part costs when you learn it the usual way, from a class.

The full cookbook, as a PDF. Every part, every table and every chart, searchable on a phone and printable at home.663 pages
The same book as an EPUB. The text reflows for a phone or an e-reader, so it stays readable one-handed at the stove. No extra charge and no second download to hunt for.EPUB included
The mezze, the dips and the sweets. Hummus two ways, baba ghanoush, muhammara, labneh, baklava and kunafa. A 3-hour Lebanese cooking class with a Cozymeal chef in Marina del Rey runs $129 a person and covers one menu.$12931 entries
Shawarma, kebabs and the rice pots. Shawarma, shish tawook, kofta, falafel, kabsa, maqluba and the one-pot chicken and rice. A Cozymeal Middle Eastern class in Kansas City (hummus, shawarma, baklava) is $99 a person.$9924 entries
The breads and flatbreads. Pita, manakish, saj, fatayer and pot bread. One online pita class from BLVD. Kitchen on CourseHorse costs $20.$2012 entries

Bought as classes, that is $248

$129 for a 3-hour Lebanese class with a Cozymeal chef, $99 for a Cozymeal Middle Eastern class, and $20 for an online pita class on CourseHorse. Real prices, checked November 2026. The EPUB and the add-on are not counted.

You pay $27one-time payment

663 pages and 118 dishes and methods for $27. That is about 23 cents each, paid once.

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Nobody has to drive to a class, and nothing here expires. $27 once, about the price of one takeout shawarma plate for two, and there is no subscription and nothing else you have to buy.

How it works

From paying to cooking

You payOnce, through Stripe, the same checkout the big stores use. I never see your card number.
The book opensOn the very next screen, about thirty seconds later. Phone, tablet or computer, PDF and EPUB both.
It stays in your emailThe same link goes to your inbox, so you can open it again whenever you cook. Nothing ships, and there is no account to make.

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Thirty days, my word on it. Read it, cook from it, and if it is not what you hoped, use the Refunds, privacy and terms page and every dollar comes back. No forms, no questions. You keep the files either way.

Questions

Questions, answered honestly

Is this a printed book you mail me?

No, nothing ships. It is a file in two formats: PDF for the charts and for printing, EPUB for a phone or e-reader. Both open about thirty seconds after you pay, and the same link goes to your email so you can never lose it.

Can I find the ingredients in an American supermarket?

Mostly, yes. Part 1 has an entry on shopping for this food in a US supermarket, which aisle to look in and what to buy instead when a store is out of something. Tahini, za'atar, seven-spice and the pink pickles all have make-it-yourself entries.

Is this a subscription? Will you charge my card again?

No. It is $27, one payment, and there is no account to make. On the payment page you can add the $10 Arab Kitchen Cheat Sheets if you want them. Nothing is added unless you add it.

My family makes it differently. Is the book going to tell me I am wrong?

No. These dishes are made across many countries and every home has its own way. Each entry names the region the recipe follows and says where the finish varies, so you can keep doing it the way you know.

What if I don't like it?

Use the Refunds, privacy and terms page within 30 days and every dollar comes back. You keep the files. There is nothing to send back and no form to fill in.

Who wrote it

A note from Zayn's Kitchen

People under the videos kept asking for the recipe in writing, so here it is, all of it, in one place. Every entry gives US cups and °F first with grams and °C beside them, and every number that matters for safety, from the 165 °F for chicken to how long garlic sauce, labneh and syrup keep, comes from USDA FSIS and the other sources listed in the back of the book. Where a method is kitchen practice rather than a tested figure, the entry says so. It is 118 entries across 12 parts, and there was never a product on this channel before this one.

Arab home cooking for an American kitchen: hummus, flatbreads, shawarma, the big rice pots and the sweets. The YouTube channel this book was written from.

Zayn's Kitchen on YouTube

The Arab Kitchen Cookbook · 663 pages · $27, one-time payment

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