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30 min · serves 4
Chinese Sesame Oil White Pea Stir-Fry
Pre-cooked white field peas stir-fried hard and fast, finished with sesame oil off the heat so the aroma survives.
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70 min · serves 4
Chinese-Style Red Lentil and Rice Congee
A slow rice porridge with red lentils folded in for body, cooked low enough that it thickens without ever catching.
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55 min · serves 6
Chinese-Style Sesame Filled Sweet Dumplings
Glutinous rice dumplings filled with a sesame and sugar paste, sealed carefully so the molten centre does not burst in the water.
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45 min · serves 6
Colombian-Style Lentil and Sesame Filling
A well-spiced, well-drained lentil filling in the Colombian tradition, dry enough to hold inside pastry without leaking.
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25 min · serves 4
Cracked Wheat Tabbouleh
A herb salad that happens to contain grain, using soaked Kathiya daliya rather than cooking it soft.
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75 min · serves 12
Danish-Style Seeded Sesame Loaf
A dense, heavily seeded loaf in the Danish style, baked in a lidded tin so it stays moist through a long, slow bake.
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10 min · serves 8
Egyptian Sesame Tahini and Honey Dip
A two-ingredient breakfast dip that separates into swirls rather than blending smooth, which is exactly how it should look.
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65 min · serves 5
Egyptian-Style Koshari Lentil Pasta
Pasta, rice and lentils layered under a sharp tomato sauce and a mountain of crisp fried onion, cooked as three separate components.
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25 min · serves 2
Emmer Pasta Aglio e Olio
Kathiya emmer pasta with slow-gilded garlic and chilli, loosened with starchy pasta water into a glossy sauce.
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20 min · serves 2
Emmer Pasta Cacio e Pepe
Three ingredients and one hazard: cheese that seizes into strings the moment the pan is too hot.
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60 min · serves 5
Ethiopian Misir Wot Red Lentil Stew
A deep red, chilli-forward lentil stew built on a long-cooked onion base, the way Ethiopian cooking usually starts.
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35 min · serves 6
Ethiopian-Inspired Fermented Daliya Flatbread
A three-day fermented batter using ground daliya in place of teff, spongy enough to scoop stew with.
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