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"Here is a super simple salad that will be a great accompaniment to any North African main dish. You can enjoy it on its own too."

Ingredients: cucumbers, fresh ground black pepper...

"A wonderfully earthy salad that is great for a picnic or with BBQd meats, that improves with standing and that is better served at room temperature rather than chilled. I am posting this Middle Eastern-style salad for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. I found it in English chef Brian Glover's fabulous book 'The Onion Cookbook': a real culinary..."

Ingredients: cumin seeds, Dijon mustard...

"Middle Eastern Lemonade is something I've often drunk - and loved - in Middle Eastern restaurants, but this is the first recipe for it I've come across. The lemonade I've been served in Middle Eastern restaurants - and this recipe - are NOT at all sweet, which is actually exactly how I like it (!) so I've left the recipe as I found..."

Ingredients: orange blossom water, ice...

"A simple Middle Eastern salad which provides a refreshing complement to Middle Eastern dishes or which can be served as one of a range of dishes in a mezze spread; or be used with falafel and hummus in pita bread."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, lebanese cucumbers...

"A Middle East treat. This is a delicious nighttime beverage and can also be served over ice for a cool beverage."

Ingredients: milk, sugar, saffron threads...

"My husband brought this delightful recipe with him from Egypt. It is a quick and easy sandwich spread or it can also be used as a dip mix. We make this often since we both enjoy cheese."

Ingredients: cucumbers, feta cheese...

"3 ingredients in this simple dessert recipe! It is sweet, tastes a little like a simple bread pudding, and is pretty rich so a small slice is plenty. Posted for Zaar World Tour III. Cook time includes chilling time."

Ingredients: heavy cream, honey...

"A delicious Middle-Eastern influenced Australian recipe, one of several recipes featured as low-fat and budget-smart, in the November 2005 issue of the magazine 'Super Food Ideas'."

Ingredients: lean ground lamb, ground cumin...

"A wonderfully refreshing drink popular throughout the Middle East. This particular version of it is from Iran, and is from the Bay Books' publication: 'The Best of Lebanese and Middle Eastern Cooking'. It is impossible to provide "accurate" freezing times for this recipe, as it's really up to you - and also of course to..."

Ingredients: orange blossom water, lemon juice...

"Pide is a wonderful Turkish bread. These filled pides are sold at our local bread store and are so yummy!! Use your favourite pizza dough for this recipe."

Ingredients: feta cheese, fresh breadcrumbs...

"A classic Middle Eastern, Greek and Turkish dessert, adapted from a recipe in the Bay Books' publication: 'The Best of Lebanese and Middle Eastern Cooking' and posted for the 2005 Zaar World. This recipe uses ghee in the preparation of the pastry. When making this recipe, I've used Rita L's How To Prepare Ghee How to Prepare Ghee...."

Ingredients: cinnamon, orange blossom water...

"A classic Middle Eastern dessert, which I have often eaten in Middle Eastern restaurants, so I was pleased to find it in Christine Osborne's 'Middle Eastern Food and Drink'. I have not yet tried this recipe. I am posting it for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. When I've eaten this dish, it has been garnished with chopped pistachio nuts...."

Ingredients: cornflour, rice flour...

"A Middle-Eastern-influenced Greek salad which is great served with warm pita bread or crusty rolls as a starter or as one of several mezze dishes, or to accompany grilled meats or pilaf. I have adapted this recipe from one I found in 'The Taste of Greece' and I am posting it for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. When I've made this, I just haven't..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, cucumbers...

"A popular Middle Eastern pastry, especially as popular at Easter. From 'The Best of Lebanese and Middle Eastern Cooking', posted here for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. Serve with coffee, after a Middle Eastern banquet. Orange-blossom water and rose water can be purchased from Greek and Middle Eastern grocers. The preparation and cooking times..."

Ingredients: dates, rose water...