Spice Cuisine: Middle Eastern Spices and Seasonings
Middle Eastern cooking traditionally uses a vast array of spices. Arab spice traders once controlled nearly all movement of spices between Asia (including the famous Spice Islands!), India, Africa, and Europe, so almost every spice in existence has found a place in Middle Eastern Cuisine! The list below includes those spices that are particularly common in Middle Eastern recipes, or particularly uncommon anywhere else.
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