Turkish cornbread (Misir Ekmegi)
I have a Turkish colleague and a few weeks ago, she was relishing some cornbread that her mother had made for her …
Fattoush or crispy bread salad by Ottlenghi
This recipe if from Jerusalem and is Sami’s (one of the authors) mother’s recipe. I’ve always liked little radishes but my partner …
Fetteh or chickpea and tahini yoghurt with crispy pita
1. Fetteh (Vegetarian; Gluten-free potential) This amazing chickpea dish is rather famous in Melbourne because of a restaurant called the Moroccan Soup …
Burnt aubergine with pomegranate molasses
I pinched this recipe from Ottolenghi’s cookbook. It was part of a bigger dish involving roasted butternut squash. As in the case …
Jerusalem, Moro and Ottolenghi and inspired dinner
I have recently become addicted to three cookbooks I acquired from Amazon and our local library. They are, in order of favouritism, …
Bulgur wheat salad
This salad started off being a butternut squash and couscous salad with apricots. Unfortunately, the supermarket didn’t have apricots or butternut squash …
Aubergine and red pepper salad
This dish was my favourite of all the things I cooked for our board-games evening. It is by Sam and Sam Clarke …
Spiced labneh
This one is my own recipe. A friend of mine came up with it about a month ago when she was over …
Helbeh or Semolina & Fenugreek cake
This word sounds a lot like the Indian word “halva” which refers to a sweet, sticky cake. Sure enough, it is a …
Watermelon and kefir cooler
I didn’t know what “kefir” was until recently. When I read the ingredients of it, it sounded very much like yoghurt or …