Middle East Cuisine

Mediterranean Food: 30 Iconic Dishes You Should Try

If you’ve ever looked into diets promoting healthy lifestyles, you’ve likely come across the Mediterranean diet. It’s linked to longevity, decreased risk of heart problems, and other health benefits. More...

Julie Zawadzki

August 1, 2022

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8 Famous Desserts of Arabic Cuisine

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The history of desserts in Arabic culinary culture goes back hundreds of years, before Islam to nomadic tribes. However, the faith of Islam has had an undeniable influence on Arabic...

Feyza Kirmaci

July 25, 2022

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Top 10 Most Popular Cypriot Desserts

Sweets and desserts have a special place in Cypriot cuisine. They don’t only follow meals but also accompany a Cypriot coffee. Traditional sweets in Cyprus have a long history dating...

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July 18, 2022

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16 Most Popular Arabic Foods

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Arabia is home to dozens of regional cultures and thousands of different dishes originating from Maghreb to Makresh. Think of Arabian cuisine and we usually think of the Middle East....

Feyza Kirmaci

July 16, 2022

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Top 20 Most Popular Cypriot Foods

For Cypriots, food has always been at the center of celebrations, holidays, and family meet ups. Over good food, people in Cyprus connect with one another, share the good and...

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July 15, 2022

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7 Iconic Palestinian Desserts You Need to Try

No catalog of Middle Eastern desserts is complete without devoting a special chapter to the desserts of Palestine. Many of today’s Palestinian desserts are given the overgeneralized label “Middle Eastern desserts”. While...

Azhar Amayreh

May 2, 2022

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Turkish Salads: From the Tables of Sultans to your Home

This article introduces you to Turkish Salads, which are one of the building blocks of Turkish cuisine. To explain the significance of salads in this rich and diverse cuisine, we...

Feyza Kirmaci

April 30, 2022

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Piyaz with Tahini/ White Bean Salad

Legume salads, such as white beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, broad beans, and black-eyed peas, are a must-have if you want to familiarize yourself with Turkish Salads. When seasoned with olive...

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April 29, 2022

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Çoban Salata (Sheperd’s Salad)

The most popular of Turkish salads is shepherd’s salad, randomly chopped tomatoes, cucumber, onion, pepper, and parsley, served with olive oil, lemon, and salt.

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April 29, 2022

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Purslane Salad with Yoghurt

Salads made with greens are not only limited to lettuce, arugula, curly cress, and sorrel. Making salads with fresh purslane collected from the garden, especially in summer, is as common...

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April 29, 2022

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Turkish Style Potato Salad

Of course, it is impossible to imagine Turkey’s most popular root vegetables not being consumed as salads. Carrots, celery, potatoes all have different roles in salads, as do cooking and...

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April 29, 2022

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Manca/ Roasted Eggplant and Pepper Salad

Everyone in Turkey would agree that roasted vegetable salads are more delicious with vegetables cooked over an open fire. Roasted vegetable salads are the favorite of large picnics and weekend...

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April 29, 2022

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The 10 Top Notch Traditional Palestinian Foods

Food is crucial to our sense of identity. It is very difficult to present one’s own identity and culture with an exclusion of the way any given group eats and...

Khalid Amayreh

April 18, 2022

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The Turkish Breakfast: 8 Delicious Dishes to Start your Day

Since their settlement in Anatolia, the eating habits of the Turks have changed dramatically, even breakfast. The Selçuk Turks and then the Ottomans ate two meals, mid-morning and evening. From...

Feyza Kirmaci

April 15, 2022

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Top 20 Israeli Desserts and Sweets

Israel is famed across the world for its rich, diverse, multi-ethnic cuisine that draws inspiration from many different cultures to form a lush culinary tapestry. Situated alongside the Mediterranean coast,...

Matan Maslawi

March 28, 2022

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All About Shawarma (Types, Seasoning, Marinades and Sauces)

Let’s embark on a journey exploring this Middle Eastern specialty that is cherrished around the globe. We dig into its roots, document its journey through different cultures, and find out...

Feyza Kirmaci

March 24, 2022

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23 Popular Syrian Desserts & Sweets

Syrian sweets are some of the most famous throughout the Levant. They are known for their high quality and distinct taste, which is because craftsmen introduced nuts, natural cream, and...

Mohammad Ayash

February 21, 2022

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Top 15 Irresistible Persian Desserts & Sweets

As Persians say, at the end of a tasty Persian main course, such as chelo kabab (barbeque with rice) or a feast of khoreshts (stews), it’s time to enjoy something...

Lorik Keshish Hartoun

February 14, 2022

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Top 15 Most Popular Iraqi Foods

Iraqi cuisine is one of the oldest in the world. Some tablets found in ancient Iraqi monuments that date back to the Babylonians show recipes for preparing food in temples...

Saif Haider

January 18, 2022

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Shorbat Adas (Arabic Red Lentil Soup)

Shorbat Adas is a traditional Middle Eastern soup that is incredibly easy to make but also nutrient dense and full of flavor. In Persian culture, this dish is used to...

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January 6, 2022

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Top 25 Most Popular Middle Eastern Desserts

Desserts are an indispensable part of the rich and diverse Middle Eastern cuisine. There is always at least one kind of dessert ready to be consumed after a meal or...

Feyza Kirmaci

December 14, 2021

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35 Popular Middle Eastern Foods

The Middle East is a region that connects the East and the West, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Russia, and the warm seas. All the commercial and cultural connections...

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