Middle Eastern Flavors

[Attjack]

I'm having my sister and her family over for the Super Bowl and am smoking a lamb shoulder raised by my other sister in California. My sister has tipped me off to a good middle eastern market and she dropped off these supplies she picked up yesterday. I'm looking forward to trying them out.



I asked her to pick up the paneer and I'll use some of that for an Indian dish maybe tomorrow. She suggested the Za'tar for the rub on the lamb served with the pita and tzatziki she's going to make. I'm sure she will bring some other delicious stuff to go with it. Both of my sisters are good cooks, and so is my Brother in law who is from France. Lots of interesting ethnic foods of all types. My nephew is like me and gravitates towards Asian flavors. He's bringing some sort of Turkish bulgar salad. My girlfriend plans on baking something within the general theme of the day. But she really wants something orange and black for the Bengals. We'll see if she can achieve all of that in one or 2 dishes.

The rest of the supplies I'll have to experiment with.

[Huskee]

YUM! I love Indian food, I recognize it's not really Middle Eastern but close enough from the perspective of the dirt I live on. I wish I was in your sister's family!

[Attjack]

Yeah, I look at it that way too. They are certainly neighboring cuisines with some overlap as are probably most all regional foods.

[Stuey1515]

Sounds like your taste buds can look forward to a sensational day, wish I was there!!

[Steve R.]

I'm always down for some good Indian food. A client that I work with locally is based in India, and one of the perks of going over there is home cooked lunch prepared by an Indian chef employed by the company and who lives in a guest house they own near the plant.

[bbqLuv]

1. Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was white as snow.
2. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
3. It followed her to shed one day, that ends the show

[Jim White]

I love za'tar chicken. When I use it, I usually mix the spice mix with olive oil, lemon juice and chopped fresh garlic and marinate for a couple of hours. Could work on the lamb, too, I think.

I bought quite a few ingredients off the Sadaf website when I wanted to stock up on Persian ingredients. So far, I've enjoyed all of their stuff I've used.

[Attjack]

Sounds really good. I'll keep that advice in mind for the lamb.

[FireMan]

What time should I be there?

[Attjack]

The weather was amazing for the middle of winter and the food was good.

[Troutman]

If you'd be so kind, love to have your recipe for the Za'tar based rub. I have a leg o lamb in my freezer, bought it just after Christmas on a clearance sale at the store. Been looking for something different to do with it. This might just be the ticket. Appreciate you.

[Bkhuna]

I haven't used on lamb, but this is great with chicken:

https://leitesculinaria.com/289625/recipes-roast-zaatar-chicken.html

[Attjack]

Bkhuna thanks, I saved that recipe to Paprika for later.

[Troutman]

Attjack Very cool, and easy, I'm there !! Thanks bud !!

[FireMan]

What a wonderful dish! The tabouleh really caught my eye. It is something that I long for. I can eat tons of that. 👍