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Israel

6 recipes

Photograph of Pilpelchuma (chilli-garlic paste).

Pilpelchuma (chilli-garlic paste)

A chilli and garlic paste from the Libyan Jewish community, built on steamed dried peppers, garlic and cumin, now a common condiment in Israel.

Libya · Traditional method
Condiments
Photograph of Zhug / zhoug.

Zhug / zhoug

A Yemeni hot sauce of fresh chilli, coriander and garlic bound with olive oil, the base of sahawiq and a common condiment in Israel. It is made by crushing, not cooking, and keeps only briefly in the refrigerator.

Yemen
· Condiments
Coarse green coriander-and-chilli zhug-inspired sauce in an ivory bowl with fresh herbs and ingredients nearby.
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Coriander-and-green-chilli zhug-inspired sauce

Yemeni zhug inspires this fresh sauce of coriander, parsley and green chilli. Its weighed mild-chilli formula is one contemporary variation, not a canonical household recipe.

Yemen · Modern method
· Condiments
A shallow ceramic bowl of thick golden-orange cooked ripe-mango amba with fine spice flecks.

Amba (ripe mango)

This cooked amba follows a Jewish Food Society recipe that simmers ripe mango with onion, garlic, mustard seed and warm spices into a tangy Middle Eastern condiment.

Iraq
· Condiments
Deeply golden, butter-layered jachnun rolls with a cut spiral end, served with grated tomato and schug.

Jachnun (Yemenite Jewish overnight pastry)

Jachnun is a rolled, butter-layered wheat pastry baked covered for hours at very low oven heat and served warm, often with grated tomato and schug.

Yemen · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
Pale green whipped hilbeh with cilantro, green onion, lemon and lahoh in the background

Hilbeh (fenugreek foam)

A whipped condiment of soaked ground fenugreek seed, aerated until foamy and finished with herbs, chilli and lemon. It comes from Yemen.

Yemen
Condiments