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Middle Eastern, Saturday 15th June 3pm – 6pm
June 15, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Middle Eastern cuisine encompasses a variety of flavours characterised by fragrant spices, nuts, and olive oil.
21 Nile Street, Woollongabba, 3pm – 6pm
Whilst there can be a lot of meat dishes in the Middle East, there are actually loads of incredible, flavoursome plant-based dishes.
The cuisine comes from countries such as Lebanon, Persia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia just to name a few.
The most well know plant-based dish are the incredible falafels. And we’ll be definitely learning how to make these from scratch.
THE MENU
- Traditional falafels with creamy tahini dressing
- Fattoush salad
- Iranian jewelled rice
- Shaksuka with tofu egg
- Smoky baba ganoush
- Borek flat breads filled with potato and spring onion
- Orange and almond syrup cake
Your Teacher
Our founder, Fiona Anchal will lead this class. A passionate plant-based foodie and expert home cook Fiona’s approach is friendly and inclusive. Having grown up in a family restaurant with her mum as the head chef, her experience around cooking and making the most tasty, simple dishes comes purely from experience and heart-felt lessons. For Fiona eating a balanced, healthy plant-based diet is one of her most important values. Plant-based for over 14 years and raising two children plant-based her personal journey is inspiring. Learn first hand from our very own founder. You can find out more about Fi HERE