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"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...

""Salata is always light and crunchy, making it a perfect counterpoint to Afghan cuisine’s heavier dishes. Some Afghan cooks consider it a point of pride when the diced vegetables are small and uniform in size. The result reminds a little of a colorful bowl of confetti. For those in Afghanistan who can afford fresh vegetables, salata is a..."

Ingredients: cilantro, cucumbers...

"This is a traditional fruit salad that we always serve in the summer. It is traditionally served on the holiday of Tu Be'Shvat, but we love to eat it all summer long."

Ingredients: coconut, pitted dates...

"I got this recipe from my upstairs neighbor who is Persian and always has the most wonderful smells coming out of her house."

Ingredients: cinnamon, margarine, oil...

"This is an authentic recipe for the traditional style of coffee that is drunk in Bahrain. The key to a great cup of coffee is the ground coffee - if you can get Gulf Coffee then do so. Gulf Coffee is light / medium roasted beans which are then ground with cardamom & saffron. If you can't get Gulf Coffee then use a coffee which is as lightly..."

Ingredients: coffee, ground cardamom...

"This beautiful traditional Persian dessert is now a favorite of ours. This version is not overly sweet. Saffron, one of the most precious and most expensive spices in the world gives this pudding it's beautiful golden colour and rewarding flavour. Recipe by Nahal Lovessert, modified from http://www.lovescool.com. I never would have imagined a rice..."

Ingredients: pistachios, rose water, water...

"These are lovely little 'short' cookies that melt in your mouth."

Ingredients: ground cardamom, egg yolks...

"Nice light flavoured naturally-wheat free cookies from Iran. They are similar to ghorabeyeh, an Arabian Gulf shortbread cookie. The addition of eggs in this results in a fluffy, delicate texture. If rice flour is unavailable, grind raw rice or cream of rice to a fine powder in a coffee or spice grinder. This is a really light, fragrant cookie and is..."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, ground cardamom...

"How to make ground loomi powder called for in some recipes."

Ingredients: coffee, dried limes...

"This is mostly greens and very little egg.

This recipes makes a lot extra so you can have greens kept in the freezer to pull out and add egg to make in a jiffy.

Half a mixing bowl of greens will yield one Kuku omelette for 2 people or slice like pizza and serve for appetizers with pita bread."

Ingredients: cilantro, pepper...

"Delicious with recipe#254525. Persian like I believe though this was inspired by a modification of recipe#233347 which I don't believe is actually Iraqi."

Ingredients: garlic cloves, potatoes...

"A completely delicious dish of fish baked in a sweet-sour sauce flavored with pomegranate & citrus. Perfect served over Bahraini Sweet Rice (Muhammar). Modified from a recipe found on http://desertcandy.blogspot.com"

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cardamom...

Ingredients: cinnamon, dried prunes, onions...

"THere seem to be several different versions of this cake. This one is used by Chef Gerard Yaxley at Qom’s restaurant in Coolum, Queensland..
This recipe will be gluten-free suitable if a gf yogurt is used"

Ingredients: raw sugar, almond meal, eggs...