Type: Breakfast
Warm hummus with toasted bread and pine nuts
Fatteh roughly translates as ‘crushed’ or ‘crumbled’. It refers to a group of dishes where chunks of flatbread (either stale bread in…
Hummus: two ways
If anything is going to keep you going until lunch it’s a dish of hummus to start the day. It’s filling and…
Warm chickpeas with green chilli sauce and toasted pita
The word musabaha means ‘swimming’ or ‘floating’, here describing the chickpeas floating around in the tahini sauce. It’s essentially hummus a step…
Hassan’s easy eggs with za’atar and lemon
These eggs will always remind Sami of his father, Hassan, who used to make them at the weekend for Sami and his…
Fresh herb omelette with caramelised onions
Palestinian omelettes have a little bit of flour and baking powder added to the mix. This (along with the fact that they…
Fruit and yoghurt with sesame crumble and tahini-date syrup
For those who like yoghurt and fruit in the morning, rather than a more hearty chickpea-based breakfast, this is a great (though…
Scrambled red shakshuka
Shakshuka: the signature breakfast of the Middle East. It’s a wonderfully informal dish, brought to the table in the pan it’s cooked…
Green shakshuka
Getting ahead: As with the red shakshuka opposite, the base can be prepared a day or two in advance if you want…
Ful medames
Ful medames is best known as an Egyptian staple. It’s just as popular in Palestine, though, particularly during Ramadan where it’s often…