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"My most favorite Sweet and Sour Sauce. I often add pineapple, sliced green pepper and maraschino cherries. You can use it as a dipping sauce or add it to cooked meat or poultry."

Ingredients: cornstarch, ketchup, oil...

"This recipe is adapted from "What to Cook" cookbook. Other than slicing the onions, it doesn't take a lot of prep time. This is what I make when I come home from work hungry and exhausted and want something yummy and filling for dinner."

Ingredients: cumin, lentils, olive oil...

"For me, this is comfort food. It only take about a half hour to make, and with some fresh pitas, it's a fantastic meal by itself."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground turmeric...

"This is a regular family favourite that we serve with Moroccan or Lebanese style meals. Or Greek or Italian-whatever we feel like I guess! And we love these so much, 2 spuds each is almost not enough!"

Ingredients: cumin, fresh ground black pepper...

"You won't even bother ordering this soup from a Chinese restaurant anymore, this is so easy to make and very good! For a thicker soup use more cornstarch, I like to add in some sesame oil also and if I am serving this to guests I also add in a few drops of yellow food colouring for a nicer presentation."

Ingredients: corn kernels, cornstarch, eggs...

"Truly, a wonderful soup!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, fresh cilantro...

"This is my version on how to cook perfect rice....every grain will cooked to perfection...not one will stick together and you can make fried rice dishes right away with no problems!!
Note: you will need a saucepan with clear glass lid...as there is to be no peeking!
Can easily be doubled....cooking time a guesstimate."

Ingredients: water, basmati rice...

"This tasty soup is very popular in Greece and Cyprus. I remember my father making it on chilly winter days, especially when there were colds and flu in the household! Sometimes he would add chopped, cooked chicken to the soup, and other times he would serve it plain. This is a taste of my childhood."

Ingredients: eggs, rice, lemons, juice of...

"Serve with falafel or kebabs in pita or other favorite Middle Eastern foods."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground fenugreek...

"This is an adaptation of a recipe originally published in "I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands". It's a delicious curried lentil and cauliflower soup that's filling and incredibly nutritious, and it keeps beautifully for days! You can even make it ahead and freeze it.

WARNING: IF YOU..."

Ingredients: dry lentils, cumin...

"This recipe is adapted from the book Traditional Korean Cooking by Chung Hea Han. Also included in Zaar World Tours 2005 swap, asian tour."

Ingredients: garlic, potatoes, scallions...

"Soft, light, sweet and floral. Goes well with Asian dishes."

Ingredients: salt, water, jasmine rice...

"Just as South and Central American countries have their fried plantains, the Vietnamese have fried bananas, usually sold on the streets by women in front of their houses. The firmer the bananas, the better."

Ingredients: eggs, milk, peanut oil...

"These patties may remind you of Tempura but are really quite different. Serve them with a nice spicy sauce or with soy sauce. Some like to put butter on them. It depends on your meal or if you are eating them as a snack. They are very tasty. The number of srvings will depend on how you are using them. They make excellent appetizers if you make tiny..."

Ingredients: eggs, evaporated milk, onions...