Middle Eastern Recipes
In the summer of 2018 , ARSIS social intervention team in Diavata Open Centre of Temporary Reception , motivated by the hosted population carried out a series of cooking – pastry workshops with the active participation of the PoCs hosted of Diavata camp .
Groups of women and men have cooked traditional recipes , representative of their own region and culture , in the hospitable facilities of the Youth Support Centres of ARSIS ( 42 , Ptolemeon str . and 9 , Spartis str .).
Cooking workshops were also organised by ARSIS social intervention teams at the Open Accommodation Facilities in Epirus ( Doliana , Filipiada , Katsikas – Ioannina , Konitsa ).
The preparations of each workshop were beginning with the groups discussing and co-deciding on recipes to cook , recording ingredients , kitchen utensils , cooking pots and all additional required details .
Through the impeccable collaboration and teamwork of all the participants from various Middle Eastern countries , we got to know about new ingredients and recipes ; we travelled to flavours , aromas , textures , even stories . We also had the opportunity to participate in the cooking procedure under the guidance of the participants , to be introduced with new cooking techniques , to learn about very interesting information about each cuisine , to discover common elements with the Greek cuisine in regard to tastes and techniques , as well as to eat all together - men and women - at the same table .
This recipe booklet is a proof of this beautiful cooperation , but also a result of a group , intercultural and creative coexistence .
This recipe booklet constitutes an outcome and a souvenir of this beautiful collaboration . It contains all the recipes , necessary ingredients , detailed directions , as well as a rich photographic collection . Each recipe contains a short introduction , including the exact information that the participants delivered to us concerning each dish . It was attempted to record recipes as accurate as possible ( ingredients , quantities , instructions ) without any intervention or change .
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