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Lamb mince mixes with grated onion, parsley, allspice, baharat, pine nuts (optional) and salt
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Lamb mince mixes with grated onion, parsley, allspice, baharat, pine nuts (optional) and salt

Chicken poaches in a heavily spiced broth (saffron, ginger, cinnamon, lemon)

Bread is soaked in milk; mince is browned with onions; curry powder, turmeric and Cape Malay spices bloom

Chicken poaches with onion, cardamom and bay 35 minutes; shredded off the bone

Saudi Arabia's national dish, the one platter you'll meet at almost every gathering from family lunch through wedding banquet

Fesenjan is the Persian walnut-and-pomegranate stew, a deep mahogany sauce of ground toasted walnuts, sour pomegranate…

Two preparations: the bulgur-and-mince shell paste and the spiced cooked filling

Same technique as Jordan kibbeh-nayyeh-balls (these snacks are siblings across the Levant)

A fine-bulgur-and-lean-mince dough is blitzed smooth with onion, baharat, salt and a touch of ice water

A soft yeasted bread dough rises for 1 hour

Lamb shoulder is rubbed with a Yemeni spice mix (hawaij), browned, then steam-roasted at low heat for two hours until it shreds

The Saudi gathering platter built for the night when one cut of meat isn't enough

Beef is browned and simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, tomato and a touch of curry powder

A whole chicken or chicken pieces marinate in olive oil, sumac, allspice and lemon

The musakhan filling: red onions (LOTS, for the dish to work, you need 4-5 large onions) slowly caramelise in olive oil…

Quzi is the Iraqi celebration dish, a whole slow-roasted lamb shoulder served on a platter of saffron rice with toasted…