
Kuku Sabzi
Kuku sabzi is the Persian herb frittata of Nowruz (Persian New Year), a deep-green baked-egg dish packed with chopped…
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Kuku sabzi is the Persian herb frittata of Nowruz (Persian New Year), a deep-green baked-egg dish packed with chopped…

Whole chickpeas are soaked overnight and simmered until tender (or pressure-cooked)

Split yellow moong dal (or chana dal, or a mix) is rinsed and pressure-cooked or simmered with turmeric until completely soft

A thick batter of gram (chickpea) flour, rice flour, ajwain, turmeric, chilli powder and salt mixes with cold water to a…

Dried chickpeas soak overnight with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda

A Cambodian banana flower salad, the kind of bright herby starter that opens a Khmer meal

Potatoes, cauliflower, peas boil until tender

Potato cubes are par-boiled separately so the dish comes together quickly in the pan

Sabich is the Iraqi-Jewish breakfast pita, fried aubergine, hard-boiled egg and amba pickled-mango sauce stuffed into…

Sambusak are the small Iraqi savoury pastries, dough rounds filled with sumac-and-cumin chickpea, fried or baked golden…

Tameya is the Cairo version of Egyptian falafel, sold by every street vendor across the city, stuffed into pita with…

Diced onion and garlic sweat in sunflower oil

Hummus is the simplest and most elegant of Middle Eastern dips: cooked chickpeas reduced to silky purée through long…

Onions are softened with garlic and ras el hanout