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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 okra is washed, dried thoroughly and trimmed, then cut into 2 cm pieces

Bombay Potatoes is comfort food at its finest

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

Cooked chickpeas (tinned for speed, OR overnight-soaked and home-cooked for the best texture) toss with diced red onion…

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

Spinach is wilted briefly with salt, drained, squeezed dry

Pita breads are torn into pieces and toasted (or fried) until crisp and crunchy

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

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

Day-old crusty bread is torn into rough pieces and briefly moistened with water-and-vinegar, just enough to soften without making mush

Taamiya is the Egyptian falafel, made with fava beans instead of chickpeas (the Levantine version), giving a paler…

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