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"Middle Eastern style spread for Pita bread. This recipe is very tasty and easy to make. This is a very popular dish in this region. The base is usually Chickpeas and Tahini, but the flavor added to the base vary widely from one chef to the next. Tahini is a sesame paste, you can usually find it in the Mediterranean section of your grocery store."

Ingredients: ground cumin, feta cheese...

"There's a large Middle Eastern population in Bayridge Brooklyn and amazing restaurants line the avenues...hummus is served with every dish on the menu...it's one of my favorite things in the whole wide world...if you haven't tried it, please do. I think you'll love it!"

Ingredients: ground cumin, tahini paste...

"We travel to Turkey every year in April for a holiday. This recipe is as close as we can get to the hummus we enjoy each year during our stay there."

Ingredients: ground red chili pepper, salt & fresh ground pepper...

"A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers."

Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...

"I learned this refreshing salad in a Turkish cooking class. Preparation time does not include optional marinating time, but marinating is recommended for full flavor."

Ingredients: feta cheese, green onions...

"This recipe for falafel and cuts down on preparation time. Perfect for those who want an easier version of falafel."

Ingredients: coriander, cumin...

"From turkishcookbook.com. Serve with pita. This makes a delicious sandwich spread with red onion slices, and baby spinach leaves, few slices of cucumbers, (maybe some Turkish feta, too!) I was out of currants the first time I tested the recipe and substituted barberries (zereshk). Best prepared several hours in advance. This'll be an acquired taste..."

Ingredients: currants, extra virgin olive oil...

Ingredients: dried garbanzo beans, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"This is a snack served in middle eastern markets. It is known as the dukkah, the poor man's dinner, and perfect travel food. You can serve this as described or instead of the pitas you can serve with balls of soft cheese, sliced tomatoes, or cucumbers. Keeps well also unrefridgerated."

Ingredients: coriander seeds, cumin seeds...

"A delicious and hearty soup from Faye Levy's cookbook, "Feast From the Mideast: 250 Sun-Drenched Recipes from the Lands of the Bible". Makes 6 first-course or 3 or 4 main-course servings."

Ingredients: vermicelli, ground cumin...

"This salad is light and refreshing, and tastes better the second day!"

Ingredients: cumin powder, extra virgin olive oil...