6 eastern pasta Recipes

spaghetti or penne pasta, corn oil, ground beef or ground lean lamb, pine nuts or slivered almonds, salt and pepper to taste, garlic, plain yogurt

olive oil, onions, minced, garlic, crushed or minced, chopped fresh cilantro or 1 tbsp dried, hot pepper, minced or 1 tsp ground cayenne, fresh or canned tomatoes, chopped with the juice or canning liquid, well-cooked chickpeas, raw macaroni or small shell pasta (wholewheat is fine), water, salt, black ground pepper, ground allspice, ground cumin

orzo pasta, tomatoes, seeded and chopped, cucumber, seeded and chopped (about 2 cups), scallions , including green tops, chopped, flat leaf parsley, chopped, fresh mint, chopped, lemon juice (about 2 lemons), salt, black pepper, olive oil

brown lentils or 1/2 lb green lentil, washed and picked over, water, bay leaf, salt, olive oil, onions, chopped, garlic, minced, ground coriander, ground cumin, cayenne pepper, fresh ground black pepper, spaghetti or 12 oz tagliatelle pasta noodles, plain low-fat yogurt