Turkish Kazandibi Recipe
Kazandibi is a Turkish milk dessert. It was traditionally made using chicken breast. Today, it is often replicated without the meat and consists of milk,…
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Turkish Tantuni Recipe
Tantuni is a Turkish street food consisting of marinated beef or lamb, fresh vegetables, and a sauce served in a savory, crispy flatbread. Using onions,…
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Turkish Mercimek Köftesi Recipe
Mercimek Köftesi is a traditional lentil dish from Turkey consisting of red lentils, fine bulgur wheat, onions, tomato paste, red pepper paste, spices and herbs….
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Egyptian Molokhia Recipe
Molokhia is a traditional Egyptian soup made with molokhia leaves. The soup also contains seasonings like garlic and cilantro, spices and a protein source which…
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Egyptian Hawawshi Recipe
Hawawshi is a hearty Egyptian dish consisting of ground meat flavored with herbs and spices, served between two layers of golden, crispy pita bread. Traditionally…
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Turkish Lokma Recipe
Lokma is a fried dessert from Turkey made using flour, water, yeast and salt. They are mixed into a runny dough, resembling a batter. The…
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Iranian Adas Polo Recipe
Adas Polo, also known as Persian lentil rice, is an aromatic Iranian dish that combines fragrant basmati rice with lentils and a blend of spices. …
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Ghraybeh (Middle Eastern Cookie) Recipe
Ghraybeh is a traditional shortbread cookie that originated in Lebanon and is popular throughout the Middle East. The word ‘Ghraybeh’ translates as swooning” or melting…
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Emirati Cuisine: 13 Must-Try Traditional Dishes from the UAE
The United Arab Emirates, also known as the UAE, is a small country on the Persian Gulf bordered by Saudi Arabia and Oman. With its…
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Iranian Khoresh Gheymeh Recipe
Khoresh Gheymeh is a stew from Iran made with a tangy broth, cubes of lamb or beef, split peas, tomato, onion and dried lime. This…
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Qatari Food: 14 Traditional Dishes of Qatar
Qatar is a small desert country located on a peninsula that extends into the Persian Gulf. Besides its short shared border with Saudi Arabia, it…
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Turkish Mucver Recipe
Mucver is a Turkish dish of vegetable fritters that consist of shredded vegetables, eggs, flour and flavorings like parsley, dill, mint and green onions. The…
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Persian Zeytoon Parvardeh Recipe
Zeytoon Parvardeh is dish of marinated olives popular in Iran. It almost always contains mint, walnuts, garlic and pomegranate molasses. All the ingredients, with the…
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Revani Cake Recipe
Revani is a traditional cake which is popular throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean. It usually contains, flour, yogurt, eggs, sugar, baking powder and…
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Bamia Recipe (Middle Eastern Okra & Beef Stew)
Bamia is an okra and beef stew popular throughout the Middle East. The meat and okra are cooked together with tomato paste, spices, water and…
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Turkish Dondurma (Stretchy Ice Cream) Recipe
Dondurma, also called Maraş ice cream, refers to all types of Turkish ice cream that include ingredients such as salep (ground-up tuber of an orchid),…
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Turkish Sigara Böreği
Sigara böreği is a crispy Turkish pastry made with a fried phyllo dough crust and stuffed with crumbled Turkish white cheese and parsley. It is…
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Traditional Börek/Burek Recipe
Börek (also known as Burek, Byrek or Boureki) covers a range of pastry dishes made by layering thin phyllo dough, with fillings such as cheese,…
