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"This is a way to make pomegranate molasses if you do not have access to a middle eastern grocery store, but can get pomegranate juice."

Ingredients: pomegranate juice, lemon juice...

"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 great salad for potlucks. Substitutions can be made to the vegetables. While in Mexico I used cilantro instead of parsley and added poblanos and created a southwestern tabbouleh. Very refreshing!"

Ingredients: cucumbers, dried mint flakes...

"Steamed carrots with garlic-spice."

Ingredients: cumin, fresh garlic...

"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...

"This Libyan dish has been posted in response to a Round the World game. Looks tasty and a candidate for the crockpot as well. This could readily be made vegetarian by substituting dried bean curd or tempeh for the meat."

Ingredients: cilantro, fresh spinach...

"Safra is a traditional cake from Libya. It is rich & aromatic with the flavours of cloves, cinnaomn & dates. To finish this delicious cake you drench it in syrup & leave it to soak for around 6 hours... then you can enjoy! Time to make doesn't include the syrup soaking time! Safra is eaten throughout the year but is very commonly eaten..."

Ingredients: pitted dates, granulated sugar...

"This is another hararat recipe. I found this online as well (http://morselsandmusings.blogspot.com/2008/03/sharba-libiya.html - this website has a lovely looking soup recipe accompanying the spice blend). This one is easier to make than version 1, because the spices are already ground, thus you don't need a spice or coffee grinder. The spices are..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground allspice...

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

Ingredients: dried cherries, sugar pumpkin...

"This is a good way to use leftover lemons, can also be done with limes. They're sweet and sour and salty all at once. Make an interesting garnish for a margarita. You can eat
these rind and all. Cook time is pickling in refrigerator time."

Ingredients: lemon juice, lemons, salt...

"Basboosa are thin semolina squares covered in a honey and lemon syrup. Very Middle Eastern, this goes great with some sweet Turkish coffee or some mint tea."

Ingredients: honey, lemons, milk...

"I don't know if this is Libyan or Tunisian, but its a delicious North African way of cooking fish. This is also great cold. I used to cook this a lot on Sundays and bring the leftovers to work on Monday. People's mouths would water when I heated it up in the microwave."

Ingredients: cumin, fish fillets...

"Impress everyone with this great version, and you'll never want to settle for store-bought again"

Ingredients: lemons, olive oil, paprika...

"A hearty soup/stew from the desert region of Tunisia. Adapted from "Tunisia: Mediterranean Cuisine" published by Konemann. Note: there are a number of good recipes for harissa on Food.com, or you can just purchase it if your local store carries it. Also note: I listed this as "Libyan" in the recipe sifter because there's not..."

Ingredients: harissa, lemons, olive oil...