This is a middle eastern inspired dish. It is also known as lamb fesenjan, and is an Iranian specialty. I looked up a few different recipes, most that I could find were made with pomegranate syrup, but this is high in sugar, so I replaced this with juice and simplified the cooking stages slightly. Pomegranates [...]
Middle Eastern recipes
Lamb chop with zucchini ragout & minted burghul
August 29th, 2009
Enjoy these soft melt-in-the-mouth lamb chops in contrast with the slight crunch of the burghul interspersed with fresh bursts of mint. Burghul is also known as bulgur or cracked wheat. It is easily purchased in your health food store and very cheap; it’s a lower-GI alternative to cous cous. Allow the burghul to remain a [...]
Adzuki bean hummus/ hommous
August 8th, 2009
Chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, salt, olive oil are the typical ingredients of hommus. Some people, my husband included are sensitive to chickpeas, and get abdominal discomfort when eating it. Adzuki beans have a delicious nutty taste not unlike chickpeas, so we thought we would give it a go. The result was superb! var linkwithin_site_id = [...]
