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"Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe. These are amazing on their own as a side dish or with pasta."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, dried thyme...

""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 one of my mother's recipe, she was born in Cyprus and this recipe has been passed on to her by her mother. It's a quick side dish. My mother has a few recipes using bulgur, but she prepared this one regularly when I was living at home. You could serve it with a scope of plain yoghurt."

Ingredients: vermicelli, olive oil, onions...

"Its red, its good, and you will want more! This recipe is a time saver. It uses chicken, but if you like you can use beef or lamb. I suggest making it double. Its that good."

Ingredients: cinnamon, brown lentils...

"Healthy and delicious middle eastern salad. Tabouli is a very simple salad that call for very little ingredients, but amazingly big on flavor.This salad is a delicious companion for everything from barbeques to baked chicken e.t.c.These measurements are to taste and may modified to suit your personal preference."

Ingredients: bulgur wheat, sumaq...

"This recipe goes well with just about every middle eastern dish. Its very flavorful, one of my favorites. I make this at home, but I am not good at keeping measurements, so I snagged it off of the web and tweaked it, to the way I make it at home.*To spice it up you can also add chopped hot pepper to it as well*."

Ingredients: cucumbers, dried mint...

"Chicken Tajine with preserved lemon is known to be Morocco’s second most popular dish after couscous and considered to be the national dish. Tajine is a pot which is made from heavy clay that has been glazed. The shape of the pot is designed to promote the return of all condensate to the bottom. The base of the pot is flat and circular with low sides,..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh cilantro...

"My friend Barbara introduced me to this salad. It is very tasty and easy to make."

Ingredients: gorgonzola, mixed greens...

"This is a classic Algerian 'salad' dish. You can either grill the tomatoes & peppers over an open flame, deep fry them or roast them. My family loves this recipe & we always mop it up with fresh bread! You can also serve this as part of a mezze selection. The vinegar is of course optional but it acts as a flavour enhancer so I do recommend..."

Ingredients: green bell peppers, olive oil...

""It’s called samak tibsi in Iraq, samak meaning fish and a tibs being the kind of pot it is usually baked in. Despite the long oven time, the fish remains moist thanks to the syrup and the insulation of the vegetables." This is wonderful served over Bahraini Sweet Rice (Muhammar) along with a fresh salad masha Allah. Both dried limes and pomegranate..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cumin...

"This is an easy delicious sauce to have with Gulf Arabian dishes, particularly common served with fish or chicken. Basically my SIL's style daqoos."

Ingredients: cilantro leaves, oil...

"This recipe is my own fusion of middle eastern dishes. Enjoy with a side of rice or pita bread.Seasonings are to taste."

Ingredients: corn oil, diced tomatoes...

"This is a recipe from the Sultan's Tent restarurant in Calgary, Canada. This spicy soup is a Moroccan favorite, eaten every day during Ramadan to break the daytime fast. UPDATE:
I have made this, and adjusted the flour amounts. It's really good!"

Ingredients: cilantro, thin egg noodles...

"This is a very traditional dish from Yemen and is made with Oxtail - hence it's name 'Akwa (this is the Yemeni word for Oxtail or literally "the thickest part of the tail". It has one of the lengthiest cooking times I've encountered, but really is worth the wait (& you can get on with your chores whilst it's cooking as..."

Ingredients: ground fenugreek, garlic cloves...