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Baklava cake squares lined up on a white surface
If You Like Baklava, You’ll Love This Fragrant Persian Cake
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These Sweet Stuffed Pancakes Are an Iconic Ramadan Dessert
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Lamb Haleem
Overhead of Khoresh E Ghormeh Sabzi surrounded with rice, dips, and vegetables
Khoresh-é-Ghormeh-Sabzi (Persian Braised Meat)
Overhead view of Freekeh
Freekeh Pilaf
Platter of sliced kookoo, flatbread, and rice on a floral tablecloth
Kookoo-Sabzi (Persian Eggs With Green Herbs)
A smash falafel pita dressed with toppings next to more smash falafel pitas, a bowl of tahini sauce, and a bowl of zhug.
Smash Falafel Pitas Recipe
Side view of Sharma
Yalanchi Sarma (Armenian Rice Stuffed Grape Leaves)
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A Guide to the Wide World of Hummus
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Hummus Fatteh (Hummus With Crisp Pita, Fried Meat, and Pine Nuts)
Overhead view of Qudsiyeh
Qudsiyeh (Hummus Topped With Fava Beans)
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Makhloota (Chickpeas and Fava Beans With Tahini)
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Baleela (Creamy Chickpeas With Cumin and Pine Nuts)
Overhead view of Fattoush
Fattoush (Chopped Vegetable and Pita Salad)
Side view of Faloodeh
Fāloodeh (Persian Frozen Noodle and Rose Water Sorbet)
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Fesenjān (Persian Pomegranate and Walnut Meat Braise)
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Kashk-o-Bādemjān (Persian Braised Eggplant With Kashk)
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Māst-o-Khiār (Persian Yogurt with Cucumber)
Overhead view of finished eggplant stew
Khoresh-é-Bādemjan (Persian Meat and Eggplant Stew)
Overhead view of intricately decorated Sholeh Zard
Sholeh-Zard (Persian Saffron Rice Pudding)
Overhead view of kotlets with tomatoes and french fries
Kotlet (Persian Ground Meat and Potato Patties)
Overhead view of Shirazi salad with bread
Sālād-é-Shirāzi (Persian Cucumber and Tomato Salad)
Overhead view of labaneh on a plate drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and served with pita bread.
Homemade Labaneh (Labneh)
Overhead view of Basbousa Bel Ashta
Basbousa Bel Ashta (Semolina Cake With Ashta Cream Filling)
Overhead view of a half of dish of Egyptian fatta
Egyptian Fatta
Egyptian Bissara
Egyptian Bissara (Split Fava Bean Dip)
Halal cart-style chicken and rice
Serious Eats' Halal Cart-Style Chicken and Rice With White Sauce 
A small bowl of toum, Lebanese garlic sauce, with a spoon next to it.
Traditional Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)
Dipping pita bread into baba ganoush in a small bowl, drizzled with olive oil.
The Best Baba Ganoush
A stack of pitas on a wooden surface
Homemade Pita Bread
Overhead shot of a bowl of chicken and lentil stew topped with fried onions and tomatoes
Chicken and Lentil Stew With Tomatoes and Onions Recipe
Maqlubeh plated on a white dish with a bowl of sauce and a small salad next to it
Maqlubeh (Palestinian "Upside Down" Meat, Vegetables, and Rice)
Plated msakhan.
Msakhan (Palestinian Flatbreads With Onion, Sumac, and Spiced Roast Chicken)
Taboon breads in a cast-iron skillet on river pebbles and spread out across a white linen.
Taboon (Palestinian Flatbread)
Shurabet el eid in a white bowl
Shurabet el Eid (Holiday Soup) Recipe
North African Tuna Rice Salad
North African Tuna and Rice Salad
Overhead view of Qidreh with a side plate of yogurt
Qidreh (Palestinian Bone-In Lamb With Spiced Rice)
Overhead view of kafta in baking dish next to a bowl of rice.
Kafta bi Bandora (Palestinian Ground Meat Patties in Tomato Sauce)
Overhead view of finished dawali
Dawali (Palestinian Stuffed Grape Leaves)
Hashweh with chicken served with a bowl of yogurt and farmers salad.
Hashweh (Palestinian Spiced Rice and Meat)
Overhead shot of Salata falahiyeh in a patterned blue bowl with crisp pita
Salata Falahiyeh (Palestinian or Farmers Salad)
Plated pita bread stuffed with falafels, tahini, tomatoes, cucumber, pickles, and shredded cabbage
Homemade Falafel
Overhead closeup of a square bowl of hummus, garnished with a large parsley sprig.
8 Ways to Use Tahini
Side view of holding Sabich
Sabich Sandwiches (Pitas With Eggplant, Eggs, Hummus, and Tahini)
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Zhug (Yemenite Hot Sauce With Cilantro and Parsley) Recipe
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Kanafeh (Middle Eastern Cheese and Phyllo Dessert) Recipe
A pile of mejadra topped with freshly fried onions.
Mejadra From 'Jerusalem'
An overhead view of three dishes of hummus in colorful plates, topped with pine nuts, fresh parsley, and lamb.
Basic Hummus Recipe from Ottolenghi's Jerusalem
Tahini hummus in a black bowl with a spoonful being taken out
Tahini Sauce With Garlic and Lemon
The best smooth hummus in a white round dish, with a piece of pita bread on the right hand side of the plate.
The Food Lab's Science of Great Hummus
bowl of hummus masbacha with pita bread
Hummus Masabacha (Hummus With Whole Chickpeas)
Lemons layered with salt for preserving in clamp-lid glass jar
Preserved Lemons
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Spicy Ful Medames (Fava Beans) With Olive Oil and Chile Recipe
Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts from 'Jerusalem'
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Tabbouleh Salad Recipe
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Einat Admony's Chicken Soup With Gondi (Iranian Chicken and Chickpea Dumplings) Recipe
Turmeric Chicken with Sumac and Lime from 'The New Persian Kitchen'
Diamond-shaped slices of tishpishti, served on small dessert plates.
Apple-Ginger Tishpishti (Gluten-Free Almond and Walnut Cake)