Spices of Middle East
Sumac, za'atar, baharat, saffron and dried lime: the old crossroads where Asian spices met the Mediterranean. 30 spices on EveryMasala so far.
Spice cities, markets and growing areas
Aden 1Aleppo 1Ashkelon 1Atlit-Yam 1Basra 1รeลme peninsula 1Chios 1Diamante 1Judaean Mountains 1Mount Carmel 1Nahal Hemar Cave 1north-central Portugal 1northern Morocco 1northern Syria 1Pylos 1Rajasthan 1Samaria 1southern Spain 1southern Turkey 1Tell Halal 1Upper Galilee 1Urfa 1AmmanDamascusDiyarbakฤฑrDubai Spice SoukGaziantepIsfahanIstanbul Spice BazaarJerusalem
Blends of the region
Countries
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Fenugreek: Yak, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
