Turkish Pogača Recipe
Pogača is a yeast free bread, popular throughout Turkey, which usually contains some sort of savory filling. The dough which is made from wheat flour,…
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Authentic Turkish Delight (Lokum) Recipe
Turkish Delight is a type of soft, chewy sweet made from syrup and cornflour, flavored with rosewater and dusted with confectioners’ sugar. Turkish delight may…
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Middle Eastern Qatayef (Katayef) Recipe
Qatayef, also spelled katayef, is a kind of sweet dumpling that is stuffed with cream or nuts (typically a mixture of hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios…
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Palestinian Knafeh Recipe
Knafeh is a Palestinian dessert made of phyllo pastry filled with cream cheese and topped with a sweet syrup. Akawi cheese is traditionally used to…
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Persian Gondi Recipe (Chicken & Chickpea Dumplings)
Gondi is a Persian stew consisting of dumplings made from chicken and chickpeas which are served in chicken broth or soup. To make the dumplings,…
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Turkish Sahlab Recipe
Sahlab, also spelled sahlep or salep, is a flour prepared using the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis (including species Orchis mascula and Orchis militaris)….
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Bahraini Food: 10 Traditional Dishes of Bahrain
Bahrain is an island country situated in Western Asia (on the Persian Gulf) located between Qatar and the north-eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. The country…
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Yemenite Malawach Recipe (Jewish Flatbread)
Malawach, also known as Melawwaḥ, is a traditional Yemenite Jewish flatbread. This bread is similar to a thick pancake but contains thin layers of puff…
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Tulumba (Pomba/Bamiyeh) Recipe
Tulumba, also known as bamiyeh, is a deep-fried dessert prepared using an unleavened dough lump, which is shaped as a small ovoid and includes ridges…
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Lebanese Ashta (Clotted Cream) Recipe
Ashta is a sweet cream product often compared to clotted cream that is popular in Lebanon and many other countries in the Middle East. The…
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Lebanese Arayes Recipe (Meat Stuffed Pita)
Arayes are a Lebanese dish of grilled pitas stuffed with meat. Meat choices are typically lamb or beef, flavored with herbs and spices. The pita…
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Omani Food: 17 Traditional Dishes of Oman
Oman is an Arab country located in Western Asia on the Arabian Peninsula. The country is bordered by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and…
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Kuwaiti Food: 11 Traditional Dishes of Kuwait
Kuwait is a small Middle Eastern country wedged between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. On the eastern side of the country is the Persian Gulf, which…
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Palestinian Musakhan Recipe
Musakhan is a chicken and onion dish served on a flat bread. Traditionally an entire chicken would be roasted then broken down to make Mushakan….
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Iranian Zereshk Polo Recipe
Zereshk Polo (or Zereshk Polow) is a saffron flavored rice dish topped with barberries, popular in Iran. The rice is cooked in a pot, letting…
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Authentic Lebanese Toum (Garlic Sauce) Recipe
Toum is a garlic sauce condiment from Lebanon made by mixing garlic, oil, lemon and salt together. The texture of toum is not very saucy,…
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Traditional Hamine Eggs Recipe (Beid Hamine)
Hamine, also known as beid hamine or beid haouzi in Egypt, are long-simmered eggs that belong to the Sephardic Jewish cuisine. The eggs are allowed…
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Amba Sauce Recipe
Amba is a fermented mango condiment made from firm unripe mangoes, spices and peppers placed in a jar. A salty brine is poured over the…
