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Dried beans (chickpeas + kidney beans + green lentils, OR the popular cheat of mixing all dried into one pot) soak overnight
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Dried beans (chickpeas + kidney beans + green lentils, OR the popular cheat of mixing all dried into one pot) soak overnight

Buss-up-shut, also called paratha roti, is the flaky-layered Trinidadian roti that takes its English name from "burst-up…

Falafel is the Levantine deep-fried chickpea-and-herb croquette, the snack stall and street-corner staple from Cairo to…

Dried chickpeas soak overnight (never cooked, chickpeas must remain raw)

Dried chickpeas (or a chickpea-fava blend) soak overnight

The Saudi take on foul medames, somewhere between the Egyptian original and the Yemeni daal-like versions

Hummus is the great Levantine chickpea-tahini dip, smoothed silky-pale-gold, swirled with the back of a spoon, pooled…

Iraqi falafel is the version with cardamom and dill, distinct from the Levantine green-coriander variety, made with…

Kachalou pakora are Afghan-style battered potato slices, fried crisp and dusted with chaat masala while they are still hot from the oil

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

Dried chickpeas soak overnight with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda

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

Ta'amia is the Egyptian falafel, made with split dried fava beans rather than the chickpeas the Levantine version uses…

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