Type: Veggie sides and salads
Buttery rice with toasted vermicelli
There’s an old wives’ tale that a woman used to add pasta to rice only if she was an unconfident cook or…
Bulgur, tomato and aubergine pilaf
This makes either a simple lunch, served with some thick Greek yoghurt, or a side to all sorts of things. Grilled chicken,…
Turnip mash with greens, caramelised onions and feta
This started off as a way to use up all the turnip and potato flesh we’d generated from recipes in which turnips…
Spicy roasted new potatoes with lemon and herbs
Sometimes – oftentimes! – all a dish needs alongside it is some roasted new potatoes. This is the side for the job….
Sautéed tomatoes
This is somewhere between a tomato dip and stewed tomatoes. Either way, it’s rich, silky and really versatile. Serve it either as…
Lentils with tahini and crispy onion
This is a really useful and completely addictive side to all sorts of grilled vegetables, meat or fish dishes. It’s nutty and…
Spiced chickpeas
As a kid, Sami used to snack on balilah on the way home from school in East Jerusalem. Traditionally, it’s a street-food…
Chunky courgette and tomato salad
Mafghoussa, meaning ‘mashed’ in Arabic, is more of a spread than a salad. We’ve kept our version nice and chunky but, if…
Braised broad beans with olive oil and lemon
This is a simple dish but, thanks to the generous amount of lemon juice and the even more generous olive oil, wonderfully…