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Season 1
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Chef May Yacoubi introduces Moroccan cuisine beginning with a tomato and lentil based soup called harira, followed by Morocco's famous olive tajine.
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Chef May Yacoubi introduces the cuisine of the land of jasmine trees starting with tisiyeh - a simple Syrian breakfast dish, a spice infused casserole called fattet makdous, and for dessert - al ma-munetteh - Syria's version of baklava.
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Chef May Yacoubi prepares dishes from Jordan, including sajyyeh - a dish typically cooked in the mountainous region of the country's desert. She also makes mansaf - a rich lamb and rice dish.
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Chef May Yacoubi introduces Turkish cuisine, starting with a simple spiced vegetable dish called bulgur pilaf, followed by gozleme - a savoury flatbread filled with feta cheese. For dessert, it's irmik helvasi - known as the magic dessert.
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May Yacoubi visits Persian cuisine starting with an herb infused kookoo sabzi - similar to a frittata - followed by a tangy meat dish of koofteh peste, and gluten-free cookies with a surprise twist.
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May introduces the bold spices and flavours of Indian cuisine. She shares her recipes for potato samosas and butter chicken followed by India's famous syrupy sweet dessert - gulab jamun.
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May introduces Libyan cuisine and its Italian influences, with three quintessentially Libyan dishes - mbakbka - a Libyan-style pasta, mbattan - a fried potato dish, and asida - a simple wheat flour and honey dessert.
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Chef May Yacoubi shares the cuisine of The Arabian gulf including Saudi jareesh, a chicken and basmati rice dish from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait's unique version of mutabbaq featuring fish, and Bahrain's khanfaroosh - a fried dessert also popular for breakfast.
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Chef May Yacoubi highlights the melting pot of flavours found in South African cuisine starting with the country's national dish - bobotie - followed by the famous peri peri sauce, and for dessert it's malva pudding.
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Chef May Yacoubi explores the cuisine of Yemen as she prepares the famous Yemeni spiced meat and rice dish known as mandi, and for dessert it's a light and sweet ravani cake - popular during Ramadan.
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Chef May Yacoubi creates an Egyptian favourite - the Alexandrian city dish of kebda iskandaranii made from offal, an okra-based bamia, and for the dessert - om ali - Egypt's version of bread pudding.
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Chef May Yacoubi presents the fresh goodness, and tradition of Lebanese cuisine, starting with a mezze table - a table of colourful appetizers including batata harra, fatoush, and tabbouleh, leading up to fried kibbeh, and for the dessert - meghli - a sweet rice pudding.
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Chef May Yacoubi cooks an authentic Palestinian breakfast that gathers the whole family around the table. She also prepares maklouba and for dessert - kunafa nabulsi - a gooey, hot, and rich pastry with a generous drizzle of orange blossom.
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