Spiceology 101 Middle East

What you'll learn
Identify the main spices of middle eastern cuisine
Learn about general aroma and blending
The recipes and approaches to classic middle eastern dishes
Formulate your own spice blends
Requirements
Very basic cooking skills, but this course is tailored towards beginners aswell.
Description
This class is an introduction to the world of middle eastern spices. After this course, you'll be able to identify a broad range of middle eastern spices, aswell as knowing the theory about making your own spice blendsWe'll go through the basic tools and ingredients you'll need and we'll take a look at a couple of different middle eastern recipes and general approaches to combining spices.First we'll look into the different categories of spices and what they have in common. There's a little bit of aroma theory involved here, but fear not, we'll approach this very beginner friendly.After we've had our first contact with these spices, I'll teach you how we can build a spice blend. You'll not just learn what goes good together, but how you can identify possible spice combinations.Along the way, I'll show you a couple of different recipes where we can put your new knowledge to the test and create a nicely spiced dish.In the end, there's a little exercise where you can build your own blend of baharat, a classic middle eastern spice blend. I'll teach you my version of it afterwards, but the goal is to take your first steps alone. And I'm pretty sure yours will be at least as tasty as mine :)
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Tools
Section 2: Spices
Lecture 3 Warming Spices
Lecture 4 Warming Spices 2
Lecture 5 Fragrant Spices
Lecture 6 Roasting
Lecture 7 Recipe: Baba Ganoush
Lecture 8 Allstar Spices
Lecture 9 Combining Spices
Section 3: Recipes
Lecture 10 Recipe: Za'atar
Lecture 11 Recipe: Zhug
Lecture 12 Your Turn!
Lecture 13 Recipe: Baharat
Home cooks and middle eastern food enthusiasts

Homepage

https://www.udemy.com/course/spiceology-101-middle-east/