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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Middle East Cuisine
Middle Eastern foods are some of the most delicious out there. Shawarma, falafel, baklava, hummus, dolma, and börek are simply to die for and are now enjoyed worldwide.
The Middle East spans across three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa and its cuisine is as varied as its regional and cultural composition. Turkish foods, Syrian, Lebanese dishes, Persian, Egyptian, and Yemeni can all be described as Middle Eastern.
Did we mention that Middle Eastern desserts are also to die for?
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Traditional 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
15 Popular Lebanese Desserts
Middle eastern people know their desserts well. Very well. Lebanese desserts are typically a combination of concentrated syrup and fried dough. Although most of them don’t use chocolate, you can...
Top 25 Most Popular Persian Foods (Top Dishes of Iran)
If you have ever spoken with a Persian, you will have definitely talked about Persian food, and probably been invited to try it. It’s not easy to ignore the most...
Top 25 Most Popular Israeli Foods
When speaking of Israeli food, it’s interesting to consider what’s actually meant by that. As Israel itself is a relatively young state, with most of its population being second- or...
Top 25 Most Popular Foods in Oman
Oman is a land that has stood the test of time, from when the first human crossed the Red Sea’s Bab Al-Mandab strait into Asia to when an ancient empire...
Top 20 Most Popular Yemeni Foods & Dishes
Yemeni cuisine is one of the most important, richest and diverse Arab cuisines, as it combines a large number of foods and meals that represent the cultural heritage of this...
Top 20 Most Popular Foods in Kuwait
Kuwait is a melting pot of people from across the globe and boasts remarkable architecture and historical landmarks, such as the Kuwait Towers and Souq Al-Mubarakiyah (Mubarakiyah Market). Seated on...
20 Top Turkish Desserts, Sweets, and Things
Turks do wonderful things with sugar. And not just because they have a sweet tooth. Sweetness actually has spiritual importance going back way before the Ottoman Empire. In 8th century...
Top 25 Most Popular Foods in Jordan
Jordanians love each other and show appreciation to visitors with food, this is the conclusion you arrive to after couple of weeks in Jordan. The extra weight you gained in...
Top 20 Most Popular Foods in Qatar & Doha
Welcome to Qatar, a land of incomparable generosity and hospitality! What makes Qatar so special is its seamless ability to balance the preservation and respect of its history and culture...
30 Best Lebanese Foods (with Pictures!)
If there’s one thing everyone should know about the Lebanese, it is that they like to party, and eat! Lebanese people are family-oriented and value every meal as time spent...