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"Leshakshek means to shake in Hebrew. This is an egg and tomato dish that would be something different for brunch. Add garlic, basil, the possibilities are endless! Enjoy.."

Ingredients: cooking oil, eggs, onions...

"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...

"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...

"this recipe is real easy. My mother in law came to visit once from jordan and ever since my husband refuses to eat toast.
but hey! i usually do the dough at night and bake it in the morning. but you dont need to leave it so much. just make sure the oven is real hot and dont open it too much."

Ingredients: dry active yeast, warm 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...

"Serve with Salad, pitta bread and hummous. This is a wonderful Middle Eastern dish."

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, garlic...

"This is that magical white garlic sauce served all over the Middle East in one form or another. Thousands of my felow ex-expats know it as it comes with wonderful Saudi broasted chicken (like Al-Baik).
In some countries this sauce is almost mayonaissey, and in others it is a more flow-ey sauce. I like the stiff version, but it is more time consuming..."

Ingredients: egg whites, garlic...

"These delicious, low-fat Middle Eastern almond sweetmeats are from 'The Best of Lebanese and Middle Eastern Cooking', and have been posted for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. The "resting" time for the paste has not been included in the preparation time below."

Ingredients: orange blossom water, icing sugar...

"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...

"A vegetarian pilaff made with bulgar wheat - or if you prefer rice - which makes a great accompaniment for kebabs or any BBQd or grilled meat or fish. This recipe is one I found on an International Masters '1001 recipes for pan or wok' recipe card, and have posted for the 2005 Zaar World Tour."

Ingredients: coriander, bulgur wheat, cumin...

"A marak is a vegetable version of a tagine. Adapt this recipe to whatever root vegetables you prefer."

Ingredients: dried cherries, sugar pumpkin...