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Appetizers

From crisp savouries to gentle, sweet treats, these appetisers are made for sharing, snacking, and spontaneous hosting. Explore ideas for tea time, potlucks, or those in-between hunger moments. Serve them with steaming Indian chai or your favourite main dish.

Middle Eastern & Mediterranean Savoury Bites

  • baked falafel recipe
    Lebanese Falafel Recipe - Baked or Fried
  • sambousek
    Sambousek
  • mutabbaq
    Saudi Mutabbaq | Meat Parcels
  • A plate with baked musakhan rolls stacked and served with salad.
    Musakhan Rolls (Sumac Chicken)

South Asian / Indian-Style Snacks & Street Food

  • Tuna cutlets with ketchup
    Tuna Cutlet Recipe (Kerala Style)
  • Fried shami kababs with onions and lime on a blue plate.
    Beef Shami Kabab Recipe (Instant Pot)
  • crispy onion pakoda recipe
    Crispy Onion Pakoda Recipe with Rice Flour
  • fried chicken cutlets served with ketchup and chai
    Chicken Cutlets

Vegetarian & Light Bites

  • loubieh bi zeit in a platter
    Loubieh bi Zeit | Lebanese Green Beans
  • chickpea sundal recipe
    Chickpea Sundal
  • Algerian mahjouba recipe for semolina crepes
    Mahjouba | Algerian Semolina Crepes
  • Garden Rocket Fritters
    Arugula Pakora | Crispy Garden Rocket Indian Fritters

Sweet / Dessert-Style Snacks & Treats

  • a bowl of balaleet
    Balaleet | Sweet Vermicelli and Eggs
  • ela ada served in a round plate.
    Ela Ada | Sweet Coconut Parcels
  • batheeth recipe
    Batheeth | Emirati Sweet Date Balls
  • kaipola recipe
    Kaipola | Ripe Plantain Egg Cake

  • A platter of fried keema samosa served with a bowl of ketchup.
    Keema Samosas
  • Fried chicken shami kababs with onions and lime on a blue plate.
    Chicken Shami Kabab Recipe
  • arayes stacked
    Arayes
  • Ripe Plantains and Eggs | Pazham Vatiyathu
  • tabbouleh salad recipe
    Tabbouleh Salad
  • A plate of beef momos with a small bowl of sweet chilli sauce served.
    Beef Momos with Sweet Chilli Sauce
  • A bowl of roasted capsicum dip garnished with walnuts, pomegranate arils, mint leaf and olive oil.
    Mhammara (Roasted Capsicum Dip)
  • tunisian bril with egg yolk spill
    Tunisian Brik
  • four skewers of chicken tikka with bell peppers on a cast iron pan
    Homemade Chicken Tikka Skewers Recipe for Stovetop and Oven
  • A basket of mini batbout
    Batbout | Moroccan Pita bread
  • An open jar of Indian lime pickle.
    Lime Pickle without Water
  • harak osbao recipe
    Harak Osbao | Horaa Osbao
  • arabic chicken samosa recipe
    Lebanese Chicken Samosas
  • three puff pastry afghan samosas on a blue plate.
    Afghan Sambosa with Meat and Peas
  • avocado labneh dip
    Avocado Labneh Dip
  • Lebanese baba ganoush recipe with tahini
    Baba Ganoush | Lebanese Eggplant Dip
  • baked samosas
    Baked Samosas
  • chapati omelette
    Chapathi Omelette | An Easy Egg Paratha
Mr.F and Famidha

Hey, I'm Famidha

As a passionate food blogger, I share a diverse collection of recipes spanning the Middle East and South Asia. With each dish, I aim to spark your culinary curiosity and encourage you to try new flavours and cooking methods. He is Mr F, my unpaid taste-tester.

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