Tag Archives: Middle Eastern

Recipe: Schug Yemenite Green Sauce

Try our schug recipe on your next falafel pita: a dollop of yoghurt sauce or Halal Guys White sauce, a schmear of schug and you’re in heaven. We concocted our schug recipe based on a version from Adeena Sussman, then … Continue reading

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Recipe: Persian Cucumber Salad

Persian Cucumber Salad has a flavor profile similar to tabbouleh, but with cucumbers providing bulk instead of bulgur wheat. That makes it a good choice for paleos, ketos and other carb-avoiders. Plus it’s a nice change of pace in any … Continue reading

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Recipe: Halal Guys White Sauce

After all the speculation (and intentional misdirection) Halal Guys White Sauce proved surprisingly easy to copycat. It’s just mayonnaise with a bit of extra tartness and ground black pepper. Makes 1 cup. Ingredients: 1 c mayonnaise (I use Hellman’s/Best Foods) … Continue reading

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The Halal Guys white sauce mystery… SOLVED!

SPOILER ALERT: this post is going to reveal exactly what is in the Halal Guys White Sauce. If you aren’t ready to know that, continue reading all the fanciful hoo-hah on the internet. You have been warned. We assembled quite … Continue reading

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Shenanigans on the Halal Guys White Sauce circuit

I’m calling shenanigans on the conspirators putting up silly versions of the white sauce served at Halal Guys and similar food carts, including the beloved Kenji Lopez-Alt. As discussed back in January, 2018 will be the year we achieve a … Continue reading

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Take the white sauce challenge!

The other night I made shish kabob and wanted some white sauce to drizzle on the accompanying pilaf. You know, like the Halal Guys white sauce dished out from their truck in Manhattan. But not exactly. I also wanted it … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: Ottolenghi on Kindle

The other day I discovered that Yotam Ottolenghi’s eponymous first book is just $2.99 in the Kindle edition. What a great deal! This book did not get the attention of his two subsequent books, Jerusalem and Plenty, but it’s loaded … Continue reading

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Recipe: Pickled Turnips Mediterranean-style

The pickled turnips at Falafel’s Drive-In in Cupertino, CA were so good I’d order extras on the side. Here’s my re-creation, with help from the Jerusalem cookbook. (I’ve tweaked Ottolenghi’s recipe which I feel is not sour enough.) A good … Continue reading

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Recipe: Fermented Beet Pickles

Fermented beet pickles are similar to sauerkraut in texture and flavor profile, but made with beets. (If you’re looking for the traditional sweet beet pickles, here they are.) Toss them in a salad, or serve on a mezze plate with … Continue reading

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Recipe: Middle Eastern Lentil Salad with Cilantro

Christopher Kimball of Cook’s Illustrated came up with a novel cooking technique for this Middle Eastern Lentil Salad. The lentils are soaked, then cooked in the oven so they maintain their individual identity. This goes well on a mezze platter … Continue reading

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