The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
Our batata harra recipe makes Lebanese spicy potatoes with garlic sauce and fresh coriander. These super crunchy twice-cooked potatoes are boiled, left to cool, pan-fried, then tossed in Aleppo pepper, coriander and toum, a garlic sauce. This recipe by chef Joseph Abboud of Rumi restaurant in Melbourne is quick and easy and the potatoes are … Read more
This easy tzatziki recipe makes an authentic creamy Greek yoghurt cucumber dip that has cousins in other Mediterranean cuisines, from Turkish cuisine to the cuisines of the Levant of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine, and Indian cuisine. Traditionally served as a meze and eaten as a dip with pita, tzatziki is also served as a … Read more
Our Caprese salad recipe makes a classic Italian tomato, buffalo mozzarella and basil starter from Italy’s Capri and Campania region – with two tweaks: we use vine-ripened cherry tomatoes, which are sweeter, and bocconcini, which are smaller balls of buffalo mozzarella. Better for feeding a crowd and a better side if serving with a main … Read more
Our chicken shawarma recipe will make you richly spiced succulent chicken thigh pieces pan-fried in minutes to replicate the flavour of traditional chicken shawarma. A shawarma is a sandwich in the Middle East, made to order and prepared by the shawarma guy who slices the chicken or beef off vertical spits. Typically rolled in flat … Read more
Our farmers salad recipe for salata falahiyeh makes a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, capsicums, shallots, and fresh herbs with a simple dressing of extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. Eaten throughout the Middle East, with provenance in Palestine, it’s also called a Palestinian salad, Arabic salad, village salad, or chopped salad, salata na’ameh. It’s … Read more