Middle eastern appetizers & snacks recipes

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Persian Style Baked Herb Omelet - "Healing Foods for Special Diets"

This omelet will rock your world! I found this recipe in a fantastic book…

Recipe for cake

Lemon cheese how to make

Silky Smooth Hummus with Edemame

Tips for Making Silky Smooth Hummus: For extra flavor and nutrition, make your hummus with chickpeas that…

foul mudammas

Maamouls

Maamouls are stuffed cookies very popular in the Middle eastern Regions.I have used a date and ginger candy filling, but there are a whole array of…

Falafel Recipe

Falafel recipe consists of fried balls or patty (something like fritters) made from spiced chickpeas and / or fava beans. Falafel is a traditional…

Eggplant Dip Recipe - Baba Ganoush

Baba Ganoush, a Middle Eastern eggplant dip, is very similar to hummus, except it is made with eggplant. If you…

Forget the Tahini Baba Ganoush

I like to make baba this time of year with the wonderful selection of eggplants, but I don't keep tahini on hand, it can be hard to find & is…

Toasted Pita with Black Sesame Seeds and Sumac

From Fine Cooking This recipe makes more than you need for our summer picnic menu, but you won’t regret it.…

Medhu vadai-Ulundhu vadai(urad dal)

No festival is complete with out a feast and here in South India no feast is complete with out vadai-payasam…

Pasta with Yogurt, Peas, and Chile

from orangette.com and Jerusalem, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi

Hummus

This is a refreshing middle-eastern dip or spread using fresh lemon and garnishing with garden herbs.

Fancy Burekas stuffed with mushrooms

I grew up eating borekas with so many different stuffings. But the Mushrooms are by far my favorite. I…

Delishes Lebanese fried baby doughnuts

you won't stop eating it!!! Sweet!