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Rosamond Man introduces a recipe for a dish of rice and broad beans ("Riz bil Ful") with an evocation of the aroma of coriander seed and garlic being gently heated.

Staying for the first time with my grandfather in Cairo, the smell of garlic frying drew me to the kitchen. It was in fact garlic and coriander, the much loved Egyptian combination, that was on the stove. Added to the fresh broad beans, and then stirred into rice, the cook was preparing his family's lunch. Thereafter, I celebrated trips to Cairo with a bowl of this delicious mix.

from The Complete Meze Table: Delicious food from Greece and the Middle East.