Middle Eastern cuisine Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Middle Eastern cuisine
North African cuisine,Greek cuisine, Balkan cuisines andCentral Asiancuisines are similar, influenced by a commonTurkishheritage from long-termOttomanrule on the one hand (Balkans, Middle East, North Africa) and Turkic culture on the other (much of Central Asia). Iranianfood, with its common use in savory dishes of pomegranate molasses, cherries, plums, almond paste and various distinctive herbs and spices, has some commonalities with Levantine food but is in many ways quite a distinct cuisine, and it's also different though somewhat related to the cuisines of theIndian Subcontinent. Yemenicuisine also has much in common with the cuisines of the Indian Subcontinent as well as the Levant, reflecting its long history of maritime trade. Many dishes include a spice mixture related to Indian ma
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