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Homemade yogurt

One of my grandmother’s weekly tasks at home was making a fresh batch of yogurt every week; I could still see her, stirring the pot with the long wooden spoon and wrapping it with a blue wool blanket. If you care about your health and want a long life, switch to yogurt and eat it [...]
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Yogurt salad Persian-style

Yogurt salad is always a fixture on the Lebanese table. Yogurt or laban, is consumed plain, unsweetened, usually flavored with a bit of garlic, some dried mint and lots of crunchy cucumbers. This version of yogurt salad is inspired by the Persian tradition which includes dried fruits such as golden raisins, herbs, nuts (usually walnuts), [...]
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Eggplant chips with yogurt sauce

Normally, this dish is made up of thick slices of eggplant, fried in olive oil and smothered in a garlicky yogurt sauce. This version used extra thin slices (I finally got the hang of the mandoline), fried in olive oil then dried up in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute; the microwave crisps [...]
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