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Kufta
Shashlik
(Central Asian grilled skewered lamb)
Shashlik, or shashlyk, is essential picnic food in the countries of the former USSR. Succulent lamb is marinated, then skewered and cooked until tender on an outdoor grill.
Manti
(Central Asian steamed meat dumplings)
Uzbeks, Turmen, Tadjiks and Kazakhs all enjoy these large, dense and chewy dumplings filled with a simple seasoned meat and onion mixture.
Lavash
(Southwest Asian thin flatbread)
Authentic lavash isn’t the soft, doughy version used for wraps that is found in most American markets. While freshly baked lavash has a soft, flexible texture, it quickly becomes crisp and crunchy.
Ghapama
(Armenian rice-stuffed and baked whole pumpkin)
In this celebratory Armenian dish, whole pumpkin gets filled with a sweetened rice pilaf and baked until the pumpkin is tender and the rice steamed to fluffy perfection.
Baklava
(Eastern Mediterranean nut and phyllo sweet pastry)
An ancient treat, baklava was first cooked up in its current form by Ottoman cooks in present-day Turkey. Sticky and sweet, it is the iconic Middle Eastern pastry.
Zaatar
(Middle Eastern spice blend)
Homemade spice mixtures have flavored the food of the Middle East for millenia. Foremost among these is the blend called zaatar, a mix of local herbs, sumac berries and sesame seeds.