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Ingredients:
2 onions sliced
1 carrot grated
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
pinch of turkish dried chilli flakes
3 tbsp flour
1 egg beaten
sunflower oil

Method:
In a bowl mix the onions, carrot, salt, spices and chilli flakes. Add flour and mix thoroughly, add the egg and stir well. Heat a small about of oil in a frying pan and add with two spoons small amounts of the bhaji mixture. This is be enough for about 10 small bhajis. Serve hot as a starter or side dish. Enjoy!
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Noicer pasta: very thin, small squares of pasta made with semolina and all-purpose flour, flavoured with cinnamon and rosebuds. via: experiencetunisia.info

Note, you will need a couscous pan for steaming the noicer above the noicer sauce!

Ingredients
3 tbsp olive oil
4 onions finely chopped
3 carrots cut into 3 and halved
3 chicken breasts halved
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp tabil
1 1/5 litre water
1 tbsp ground turmeric
1 cup frozen peas
1/2 tin chickpeas
1 tsp salt
ground black pepper
450 gr Noicer
olive oil
1/4 tsp ground rosebuds & cinnamon mix

Method:
Saute onions in olive oil, add carrots, chicken and tomato paste and stir, cook for 3 minutes. Add spices, cook for 2 minutes. Add water, peas, chickpeas and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to the boil, and then simmer for 40 minutes or until carrots are cooked.

Place noicer in a big bowl, adding about 1 tbsp olive oil. Rub in the olive oil making sure to coat all of the small pasta squares. Place noicer in the steam section of the couscous pan and steam for 30 minutes, stir now and then.

Place steamed noicer in a pan, add about 3 big soup ladles and the mix of rosebuds and cinnamon. Let the noicer absorb the sauce for 2 minutes. Serve the noicer in a big bowl with the sauce on top. If there is extra sauce you can serve it on the side. Bon appetit!

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Garlic is one of my favourite ingredients. I think that the first time I actually had garlic sauce was when I was teenager and ate my first Lahmacun, a Turkish pizza filled with salad, garlic sauce and if you dare a splash of sambal. But garlic sauce is even better served with any barbecue meat on hot summers day, try it!

2 tbsp Mayonnaise
1 small Garlic clove crushed
Salt and pepper to taste
Pinch of dried mint (the best is the Turkish dried mint)
1 tbsp Water

Put all of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix together with a fork for about 2 minutes. You can add more water or mayonnaise to get the right consistency. You can use the sauce straight away but it does taste better if you set it aside for a couple of hours.

Handy Links:
How to make your own dried mint
Mint recipes
Origin and Histroy of Mint

2 tins tuna with olive oil
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 small onion finely chopped
1 granny smith apple chopped
salt and pepper

Drain tuna and place in a bowl, add onion, apple and salt and pepper to taste and mix well. Make the tuna in advance and it will only taste better. Serve on a brown bread roll with iceberg lettuce.