For
vegetarians, Mediterranean food is truly a delight. In my travels across the
world, especially around UK and Europe, Good vegetarian food is hard to find,
especially if one doesn’t want potatoes. Although I am not a vegetarian, I don’t
particularly enjoy seafood and on the contrary, am an extremely happy
vegetarian. Very rarely do I complain about being served vegetarian food and
quite often, I end up ordering a vegetarian dish for myself. It was during my
stay in the UK that I discovered my obsession and love for ‘the mezze food world’
and oh! What a wonderful world it is! A lot of meals outside would end up in
Edgware road (the famous place for all mezze food), and even when eating at
home, the many varieties of hummus and tahini would always be found in the
fridge. Time being a constraint then, cooking from scratch would be difficult.
But since the time I have been back, Hummus at home is an easy go. Quite often,
if I am eating out, and if there is a mezze platter on the starter menu, I
usually cannot resist ordering it.
It
had been playing on my mind for a while to try hummus @261, knowing that it
would be a wonderful meal or an accompaniment, but since Ak is not a Chickpeas
person, I was skeptical. However, since it was the 2 of us for dinner for a
couple of months, I decided to go ahead and experiment with Ak’s taste buds. And
I was willing to bribe him a bit with a tempting supplement. The menu for the
night was Lebanese bread, Hummus, Taboulleh salad and Kebabs as the bribe for
Ak. This meant that even if he didn’t like anything, he would at least enjoy
the kebabs for the meal. Initially I had planned to make minced meat kebabs at
home, but with work at its peak, I decided to go with some readymade
shammi-kebabs from the local butcher; they are as fresh as ever and Ak actually
loved them, along with the salad.
