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Jul 2024
9m 53s

Bonus: Fadi Kattan’s Molokhia Handroll

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Chef, hotelier and author Fadi Kattan shares a special recipe to help Hashem reuse his leftover Molokhia. Listen to the full episode with Fadi in your podcast apps right before this one, or on our website: https://thelighthouse.ae/podcast/fadi-kattan/ 
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