Saffron and Lemons

An epicurean Aladdin's cave, this blog is an eclectic mix of food from the Middle East, Africa and other destinations of an adventurous homecook with incurable culinary wanderlust.

Monday, 1 September 2008

Mualle: Turkish eggplant, tomato and lentil stew with pomegranate

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I was searching for the source of a spicy Turkish tomato dip recipe I'd printed out but not got round to making (soon, though, as the to...
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Cooking class 3: Karaage, cold miso and 2 vegetable side dishes

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Photo courtesy of Malaka at Aloha Mahalo As you know, I often moan about the length of time it takes to cook Japanese food (hence its gener...

Khoresh-e gheimeh

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Back in June, I said I'd make my dear Iranian friend Hw his favourite food as a birthday treat, thinking that would be ghormeh sabzi ,...
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Thursday, 21 August 2008

Bombay potatoes

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Years back, my dear Friend H made a spicy potato concoction she called Bombay potatoes. Growing up in the UK, such Indian treats were common...
Sunday, 10 August 2008

A Middle Eastern afternoon 2: Gulf prawn balls in tomato & tamarind sauce

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I've never tried to hide the fact that I am a cook book junkie. My collection, which once was confined to the cupboard under the phone, ...
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A Middle Eastern afternoon 1: Quail eggs with fresh herbs and hazelnut dukkah

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For the longest time I've been meaning to make dukkah , the chickpea or hazelnut, sesame and spice mix originally from Egypt that has en...
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Thursday, 7 August 2008

Thai tom yum noodles

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Photo courtesy of Malaka at Aloha Mahalo I went out for lunch with my dear friend Malaka from Aloha Mahalo a couple of weeks back. We'd ...
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Saffron
Yokohama, Japan
Sometime in the late 1990s, a friend visiting from Australia brought me a jar of preserved lemons. I'd never heard of them, so they stared out dolefully from the fridge for a year until a desperate Net search for what to do with the things opened the gateway to a world of cooking. That is how exotic scents of the world began to emanate from one shoebox-sized kitchen in downtown Yokohama. These blogs are for N who brought me salty lemons, for G who thinks I should write a cookbook instead of reading them, and for Zanmei, who suggested blogging to begin with.
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