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Atchara is the Filipino pickle that lives in every refrigerator, sweet-sour shreds of green papaya and carrot that cut…
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Atchara is the Filipino pickle that lives in every refrigerator, sweet-sour shreds of green papaya and carrot that cut…

The brightest barszcz uses fermented beetroot kvas, beetroot, garlic and rye bread crust steeped in salted water for…

Bessara is the Egyptian fava-bean dip the colour of pale green, a thicker, smoother cousin to ful medames eaten across…

Whole fresh anchovies butterfly: pinch the head, pull, the spine and head come away with the guts

Aubergine cubes are salted to weep, fried hard in olive oil to deep gold, and reserved

Onion is softened in oil; garlic, ginger and curry powder bloom

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

A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp

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

Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper and stale bread soak in red wine vinegar with garlic, then blitz with olive oil…

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

Yellow split peas (chana dal) simmer with onion, turmeric and tomato until very soft

Matbucha is the North African-Israeli slow-cooked tomato-and-pepper salad, a thick, jammy spread of charred peppers and…

Dried chickpeas soak overnight with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda