Layered hummus & griddled vegetable salad

A healthy, light salad with a hummus base, sumac seasoning and griddled courgette and aubergine

Honeyed nut & pomegranate pots

Create a cheat’s baklava by soaking shredded wheat in honey. Top with creamy yogurt, pistachios and citrus

Persian pudding with whipped rose & honey butter

Orange and rose flavours are incorporated into this alternative steamed pudding. Sweet spiced butter makes the perfect accompaniment

Lebanese poussin with spiced aubergine pilaf

This Middle Eastern-style meal makes a decadent supper for two- serve your young chickens with a spicy and aromatic rice accompaniment

Tabbouleh

This fresh and healthy salad uses mostly herbs with a little bulgur wheat

Braised lamb shank biryani

Recipe from Andrew Fletcher, Executive chef at Mövenpick Hotel Jumeirah Lakes Towers

Farni (Rice pudding)

Recipes from Maitha Al Shamsi, co-owner of Mama Tani café.

Lamb ouzi

Recipes from Chef Ludovic Garnier, chef de cuisine at One & Only Royal Mirage Dubai

Balaleet (sweet vermicelli noodle snack)

Recipe from Shaikha Al Ali, a Marketing major student at Zayed University Dubai, and founder of the cookery blog,
www.whenshaikhacooks.com.

Lugaimat (deep fried sugar coated dough balls infused with cardamon and saffron)

Recipe from Faisal Nasser, an environmental engineer from Abu Dhabi, who has always had an interest in food and culinary arts, and enjoys spending his weekends cooking for family and friends.