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"This was one of my favorite dishes when we were stationed in Iran. My children still request this often. It's simple & very tasty. Ground lamb is hard to get where I live so I use hamburger."

Ingredients: eggs, garlic, hamburger...

"Amazing recipe if you love Middle Eastern cooking like me. This dish is Iraqi (in my case, Iraqi-Israeli). It wouldn't surprise me if there was a Persian variant on this dish, because it combines stuffing vegetables with spiced ground meat, and simmering it deliciously in a tasty sauce. It can be served over any type of rice, and has a lot of..."

Ingredients: pepper, spices, eggplants...

"Enjoy with a red or white wine."

Ingredients: clarified butter, oranges...

"A good five stars with the sauce. This is DH's favorite meal and mine too right now. Modified from The Complete Middle East Cookbook by Tess Mallos (She is Greek). This is well worth the effort. Serve this dish with mashed potatoes or it tastes excellent served with Hashweh ("rice Stuffing") Middle East, Palestine used as a bed of rice for laying the zucchini on. Along with a fresh..."

Ingredients: rice flour, fresh ground black pepper...

"Ground beef mixture encased in a potato mixture and fried to a golden brown. An Iraqi snack, appetizer or as part of a meal. They are scarily addictive and delicious. Also, really ideal if you have some extra boiled potatoes you are looking to use up."

Ingredients: pepper, eggs, fresh parsley...

"This is my husband's favorite dish! Most of the recipes call for pan frying before baking but I find that the meatballs soak up the tomato sauce better and are juicer this method. Serve as an appetizer or as a main course with pasta. Delicious!!!"

Ingredients: cloves, Greek oregano, cumin...

"This is really nice Middle Eastern dish not from one particular country. It looks very nice presented. The taste develops more over time so make the dish up to a day in advance for best flavour. If you can not find a tool made especially for coring vegetables an apple corer will work just as well. I used a knife but just be careful the direction you..."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, baharat...

"These Afghani flaky meat pies are eaten to break the Muslim fast every evening during the month of Ramadan."

Ingredients: cumin, egg whites...

"I wanted to make something quick and easy for dinner and threw a whole lot of middle eastern/indian ingredients together and came up with a meatball and veggie "thing." The B/F thinks I am kind of a freak because I am able to eyeball ingredients, throw things together, and more often than not it will be edible. However in this case he said..."

Ingredients: corn, cumin, curry powder...

"Cinnamon, nutmeg and cumin swirl about you like an aromatic market in the sultry mediterranean sun. Your mouth waters...mmm, what is that heavenly smell? Dinner! A sumptuous Moussaka recipe with ingredients you can find in any kitchen."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground allspice...

"This is an Iranian version of Stuffed cabbage leaves"

Ingredients: cider vinegar, coriander...

"Modified from the recipe, recipe#53676 to make it halal and tweak to our taste. It would not let me add the correct cooking time which is more like 70 minutes."

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, dried mint...

"An eggplant stew that can be prepared with or without meat. It can be served as a main dish topped with plain yogurt or over rice. Posted by request."

Ingredients: eggplants, onions...