Simple, quick and easy, perfect couscous. From this basic recipe, you can go anywhere with the flavours and how to serve your couscous. Perfect with tagines of course but also great served with curries and amazing as a salad anytime of…
Zhug (variantly spelled as zhoug, zhoog, skhug and schug), is a hot chilli sauce or chilli paste from Yemen. To me, Zhug is the Middle Eastern pesto. After all, the word zhoug means “ground”, much like pesto comes from the…
This Persian roast lamb is a juicy, aromatic leg of lamb marinated with pomegranate molasses, saffron, lemon and garlic. It is an easy but impressive roast for Nowruz, Easter, Christmas or any meal where you want something a little bit…
What is Pomegranate Molasses? Well for starters, it is not molasses at all but is instead pomegranate juice that’s been cooked and reduced to a thick, syrup like consistency. I simply adore it! Let me see if I can describe it…
In Arabic, the word medina (مدينة) means town or city and refers to the walled off part of the old town in North African countries that are characterised by narrow streets. See that very high brick wall in the image…
Salad Shirazi is one of my favourite salads, its simple ingredients of cucumber, tomato and red onions play together so well, they literally shake your tastebuds alive with every tingling mouthful. An invigorating salad, especially on a hot summer’s day. It’s a…