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Roasted salted almonds in a small bowl, seen from eye level

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Simple roasted salted almonds

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Vegetarian & vegan recipes

The cuisines of Turkey and the Middle East offer some of the best naturally vegetarian and vegan food.

Turkish vegetarian recipes

Ezogelin soup in a white bowl on a traditionally patterned background

Ezogelin soup (Turkish lentil soup with rice & bulgur)

Pogaca with cheese on a patterned blue Turkish plate

Poğaça with feta cheese (Turkish breakfast pastry)

Cooked and sliced gözleme on a serving plate on a wooden board, seen up close

Gözleme with potato (Turkish potato flatbread)

Turkish carrot salad on a rectangular plate, seen from above

Turkish carrot salad with yoghurt

Vegan Turkish recipes

Turkish braised leeks in bowl, seen from above

Turkish braised leeks (Zeytinyağlı pırasa)

Turkish braised celeriac in a colourful bowl, seen from eye level

Turkish braised celeriac (Zeytinyağlı kereviz)

Turkish sumac onions on a plate, seen from eye level

Turkish sumac onions

Ready saksuka seen from eye level

Şakşuka (Turkish fried vegetables)

Vegetarian Middle Eastern recipes

Stirred labneh in its filter

How to make labneh

Shakshuka

Plated dish seen from above

Spiced beetroot and chickpeas with harissa yoghurt

Vegan Middle Eastern recipes

Jar with red shatta, with a teaspoon lifting some shatta out of it, seen from above

Red shatta (Palestinian chili condiment)

Tahini tarator in a circular bowl on a light, textured textile. The photo is taken from above, and there is a large amount of bright green parsley in the middle of the dish.

Tahini tarator (Tahini sauce)

Pot of Lebanese moussaka seen from above

Lebanese moussaka (Maghmour)

Hand squeezing lemon juice over nearly ready msabbaha

Musabaha / Masabacha (Warm chickpeas in tahini sauce)

More vegetarian recipes

White bean, tomato & avocado salad in white bowl, seen from above

Cannellini bean salad with tomato & avocado

Vegetarian shepherd's pie with golden crust and a spoon having taken out a portion, making the ragu visible, seen from above

Vegetarian “shepherd’s pie” with Middle Eastern flavours

Muhallebi (Mahalabia)

Roast carrots, warm chickpeas and caraway up-close seen from side

Warm chickpeas with roast carrot & caraway

More vegan recipes

Roasted salted almonds in a small bowl, seen from eye level

Simple roasted salted almonds

Greek peas & potato stew in white bowl, seen up close

Greek pea and potato stew

Georgian aubergine rolls on a wooden plate seen from eye level

Georgian aubergine rolls with walnuts (Badrizhan nigzvit)

Turkish sumac onions on a plate, seen from eye level

Turkish sumac onions

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