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

Bombay Potatoes is comfort food at its finest

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

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

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

Spinach is wilted briefly with salt, drained, squeezed dry

A soft yeasted olive-oil dough rises for 45 minutes

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

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

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

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