Think of it as the Lebanese version of tapas. These small plates usually include staple salads like fattoush or tabouli and ...

Skip chhole chawal and try falafel, or replace baingan bharta with baba ganoush! With a similar set of basic ingredients, here is how you can cook Middle Eastern food in your desi kitchen.

Lebanese families forge a strong allegiance ... This should be done just before you are about to cook and never earlier. While baba ghanoush is popular for its smokiness, it is an acquired taste ...

Thievery’s baba ganoush with sheep’s milk yoghurt ... olive oil and other seasonings. At Sydney’s Thievery, a Lebanese eatery which has closed since we first published this recipe, the dip was given ...