
Bessara
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…

The Azerbaijani version of the shepherd's salad that turns up in some form on every table from the Balkans to Persia…

A delicate, aromatic poaching liquid balancing vegetable sweetness with wine acidity and subtle herb notes

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

Herb salsa is the slightly misleadingly-named French warm sauce, a textural side built on freshly cooked potato and…

Israeli salad is the small-diced raw vegetable salad that lives on every Israeli breakfast table beside the eggs, cheese…

Vegetables dice into 5 mm cubes, uniform size matters for both look and dressing

Red onion is sliced as thin as possible (mandoline is ideal)