Middle Eastern food and drink
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How to make the perfect borani – recipeA delicious but varied Persian dip or side dish of aubergine, garlic, yoghurt and onion tested and bested by the expert hands of a perfectionist
Waste not
How to turn the dregs of a tahini jar into a delectable dressing – recipeAdd lemon juice and a bit of garlic to the near-empty jar of tahini and shake for a superb dressing – it’s lovely on this Palestinian cooked salad
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Ask Ottolenghi: how do you make your own ras el hanout?Recipes for this aromatic spice mix vary wildly, but here’s how to blend your own to use in so many different ways
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One-pot chicken mujadara recipe by Molly BazLamb kofta, sea bream puttanesca, potato cakes – 20-minute recipes from Anna Haugh
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Ask Ottolenghi: easy sauces to perk up midweek mealsYotam Ottolenghi recipes
Savoury lamb pies and yoghurty flatbreads: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Lebanese-inspired recipes
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for lentils with pomegranate molasses and lemon tahini‘We are disappearing’: chef Fadi Kattan aims to keep Palestinian heritage alive through food
Herbs and spices galore: Fadi Kattan’s recipes for Palestinian-style vegetables
Quick and easy
Honey & Co’s quick and easy air fryer lamb koftas with tahini sauce – recipeIt’s high time you accepted the air fryer into your life – Honey & Co have, and can attest to these lamb koftas with peppers, cabbage and tahini sauce
Devilled eggs, lamb skewers and hot cross bun pudding: Ravinder Bhogal’s Easter recipes
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for mushroom shawarma with sumac cucumbersMaqluba, spicy salad and pickles: Sami Tamimi’s Palestinian recipes for iftar
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Egg-drop udon and Persian noodle soup: Yotam Ottolenghi’s comfort food bowls – recipes
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Chicken and celery stew and aubergine kuku: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Persian recipesA chicken, herb and celery stew with almonds and a return visit to an old friend: the Persian frittata known as kuku, made with aubergine and onions and studded with lemony currants
Real deal: 14 ambitious, delicious packed-lunch recipes you’ll want to try right now
Top chefs pick their favourite on-the-go dishes, from Indian spiced rolls to the ultimate Italian sandwich
Quick and easy
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy spiced roast carrots with feta, dates, bulgur and beans – recipeAny tin of beans in your cupboard will work wonders in this warm winter salad with roast carrots, moreishly chewy bulgur, sticky dates, sharp feta and lemon
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Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for roast aubergines, chickpeas and pomegranateObserver Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Gill Meller’s recipe for aubergine on toast with basil, pumpkin seeds and chilli
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