Recipe - Dukka (Mid East Spice)

125 g (4 oz) sesame seeds
75 g (3 oz) hazelnuts or roasted
chick peas
50 g (2 oz) coriander seeds
25 g (1 oz) cumin seeds
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Black peppercorns
1 teaspoon Dried wild thyme or mint

This blend of spices with ground hazelnuts or roasted chick peas (available
from Middle Eastern shops) comes from Egypt. Serve with bread: dip this in
olive oil and then into the dukka.

Dry roast the sesame seeds until lightly browned. Remove from the pan.
Roast the hazelnuts for about 5 minutes and remove their skins (chick peas
do not need roasting further), then roast the coriander and cumin seeds
until they darken. When everything has cooled, combine all the ingredients
and pound or process to a coarse powder. The mixture will keep for 3 months
stored in an airtight jar in a cool place.

Source: Jill Norman "The Complete Book of Spices" Viking Studio Books, 1991
ISBN 0670834378 The book is lavishly illustrated with full color
photographs of the herbs and spices whole, mixed, ground.

Recipe by: Jill Norman * Web File 4/97 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #632
by "Mary Spyridakis" MSpork@msn.com on Jun 2, 97