5 arabic dip Recipes

low-fat sour cream or 1 cup well drained nonfat yogurt or 1 cup low-fat yogurt (i use my yogurt cheese, yogurt cheese - labanee , in arabic for a thicker consistency), good quality mayonnaise (best foods or hellman s works best, or miracle whip if you re really hard up), fresh lemon juice, cider vinegar, sugar, curry powder, salt , to taste

sour cream or 1 cup drained nonfat plain yogurt (i use my yogurt cheese, yogurt cheese - labanee , in arabic for a thicker consistency), mayonnaise, dried instant onion (preferably the toasted ones , if you can find them), dried parsley flakes, worcestershire sauce, salt & freshly ground black pepper

burghul (fine cracked wheat) #2 will work but not traditional., red onion chopped fine, ground cinnamon, fresh ground pepper, salt, chopped flat leaf parsley, chopped scallions, chopped tomatoes, orange lentils (soaked overnight)** optional, chopped mint leaves (preferably mediterranean), lemon juice, good extra virgin olive oil, young fresh grape leaves for dipping (in season ), romaine leaves for dipping, fresh arabic bread (pita) cut into quarters or eighths

uncooked chickpeas , picked over for rocks and bad beans,and rinsed (garbanzo beans), baking soda, garlic, crushed, salt, tahini (arabic sesame paste), water, lemons , juice of, extra virgin olive oil, salt, fresh ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, extra virgin olive oil (to garnish ), parsley, for garnish (optional), pomegranate seeds, for garnish (optional)