The Levant
- Shawarma Similar to a doner kebab but made with whole pieces of meat rather than mince.
- Kebab Halabi A kind of kebab served with a spicy tomato sauce and Aleppo pepper, very common in Syria and Lebanon, named after the city of Aleppo (Halab). Kebab halabi has around 26 variants including:
- Kebab karaz for cherry kebab in Arabic - meatballs (lamb) along with cherries and cherry paste, pine nuts, sugar and pomegranate molasses. It is considered one of Aleppo's main dishes especially among Armenians.
- Kebab kashkhash - rolled lamb or beef with chili pepper paste, parsley, garlic and pine nuts.
- Kebab hindi - rolled meat with tomato paste, onion, capsicum and pomegranate molasses.
- Kebab kamayeh - soft meat with truffle pices, onion and various nuts.
- Kebab siniyye for tray kebab in Arabic - lean minced lamb in a tray added with chili pepper, onion and tomato.
Among other levantine kebabs is the Kebab tuhal - lamb rounds stuffed with parsley, hot green peppers and pine kernels.
Read more about this topic: List Of Kebabs
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