DISH RESEARCH · Street food
Arayes
Also known as: عرايس, עראיס
Crisp pita pockets filled with spiced lamb and served with tahini yogurt.
About Arayes
Nagi presents this arayes as a Lebanese-style version of Middle Eastern stuffed pita. Thin pita pockets surround seasoned lamb, with a whipped tahini-and-yogurt dipping sauce accompanying the crisp bread.
Grated onion and garlic flavour the filling with coriander, cumin, smoked paprika and allspice. Cayenne and parsley are optional additions, while olive oil coats the pita surface.
The pita becomes golden and crisp around its thin layer of meat. The separate sauce combines yogurt, hulled tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt, giving the filled pockets a creamy dipping companion.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Sesame.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Arayes
Nagi’s Lebanese-style lamb arayes with whipped tahini yogurt.
- Thin pita pocketsBase · Bread
- Olive oilCooking medium · Surface brushing
- Brown onionAromatic · Lamb filling
- Ground lambProtein · Lamb filling
- GarlicAromatic · Lamb filling
- ParsleyAromatic · Lamb filling · Optional
- Ground corianderSeasoning · Lamb filling
- Ground cuminSeasoning · Lamb filling
- Smoked paprikaSeasoning · Lamb filling
- Ground allspiceSeasoning · Lamb filling
- Cayenne pepperSeasoning · Lamb filling · Optional
- Kosher saltSeasoning · Lamb filling and sauce
- Plain yogurtLiquid · Whipped tahini sauce
- Hulled tahiniBase · Whipped tahini sauce
- Lemon juiceSeasoning · Whipped tahini sauce
- GarlicAromatic · Whipped tahini sauce
- Side saladAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Thin pita pockets: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Exact thin-pocket form; full bread formula unknown.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected offered brushing option instead of spray.
- Brown onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader onion link; source brown form.
- Ground lamb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected lamb alternative.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Parsley (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional.
- Ground coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Smoked paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected original spice, not plain substitute.
- Ground allspice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader allspice candidate.
- Cayenne pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicitly may reduce or omit.
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both distinct listed uses retained.
- Plain yogurt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Hulled tahini: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Explicit hulled sesame paste, not Chinese alternative.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate sauce portion.
- Side salad (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named meal suggestion, full formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Lebanese Cuisine
- Middle Eastern Cuisine
- Jordanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Lebanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Israeli CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.