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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...

"A refreshing dish that usually takes place of a plate of salad. Very refreshing on hot summer days. Can be used as an appetizer or as a dip."

Ingredients: cucumbers, dried mint...

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

Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...

"From turkishcooking.com. The website indicates this sauce is used for a condiment on shish kebabs but I served it as a salsa with slices of toasted French bread. Be sure the tomatoes you use are top quality! If you cannot find good quality tomatoes, go ahead and used diced canned. Try different chili peppers such as Thai, habanero, etc. DO NOT omit..."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, red jalapeno chiles...

"Recipe found in Toronto Star.
Gokhan Gokyilmaz and Su Goral made this three-ingredient dip during an olive oil tasting and lunch at their Toronto home. They served it with fresh bread, arbequina olives, an avocado and tomato salad, and a spicy walnut and feta dip called muhammara.

Their Turkish olive oil, Zei, is being sold in Toronto..."

Ingredients: feta cheese, olive oil...

"This is my Turkish mother in law's recipe. It can be made in advance and kept in the fridge prior to serving."

Ingredients: cucumbers, garlic cloves, salt...

"This is not my recipe - I just changed the words 'wine sludge' to the more appetizing (and correct) 'wine must'. But it tells me this recipe needs a description for it to take the correction, so this is it. - evelyn/athens"

Ingredients: mousto, wood ash, sugar...

"A Turkish variation on a much-loved Middle Eastern dish said to have been invented by the ladies of the Sultan's harem - to win his favours!From one of my favourite cookbooks The Complete Meze Table."

Ingredients: tahini paste, aubergines...

"A traditional Turkish spread/dip. This has been referrred to as the 'peanut butter and jelly sandwich of Turkey'. I don't know how valid that statement is, but a PB&J sandwich-even if it's a Turkish version sounds good to me! Depending on the recipe source, sometimes the ratio of grape molasses to tahini is 1:1. Experiment."

Ingredients: molasses, tahini...

"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...

"Turkish Beetroot salad from "Turkish Cooking"
Drained yoghurt is basically yoghurt put into a muslin cloth and let to drip away some of the liquid (or whey) giving a thicker yoghurt. Hang the yoghurt for about 4 hours."

Ingredients: mint, salt & pepper, yoghurt...

"I brought this recipe back from Turkey; it's good as a starter or as a side dish for grilled meat and pilav."

Ingredients: olive oil, garlic cloves...