Middle eastern recipes

Sholeh Zard _ Saffron Rice Pudding

This is a saffron rose water rice pudding. It is served as desert in room temperature or cold. It is Yummy…

5 minute Cauliflower

Very delicious and healthy vegetable side dish that I really love. It also has turmeric, which, is supposedly has natural anti-inflammatory…

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.…

Chickpea Salad

This is a wonderful salad to serve with Roast Chicken, or Roast Beef.

Eggplant Salad

This can be served as an appetizer with crackers or pita bread.

Falafel Encrusted Salmon with Green Tahini Sauce

Great and healthy. The fish is baked intead of fried.

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Brown Mujadarrah with Tangy Yogurt

After undergoing phase two of what will hopefully be my only root canal ever, I wanted something comforting,…

Spiced Potatoes

Spiced Potatoes

Chicken Flat Bread Salad with Lavash, Asparagus, Chickpeas & Feta

I posted a recipe on CES a couple of years ago for a Fattoush salad. This…

Six-Spice Lamb Burgers with Garlic-Mint Aioli on Brioche

Even non-lamb lovers will love this!

Pomegranate Chicken

You may use cornish hens or duck for this recipe as well

Warm Chickpea and Greens Salad

This was also a big hit at our weekend getaway. The combination of greens, chickpeas, and sumac with lemon and fresh mint is really to die for.…

Carrot Kurma

A simple and a delicious kurma.

Yogurt with cucumber Baz

Yogurt with cucumber Baz