Middle Eastern Stewed Tomatoes

[Guest guest]

I am exploring " Classic Vegetarian Cookfor from the Middle East and North

Africa " by Habeeb Salloum. A number of the recipes call for stewed tomatoes and

I can't find any references in the book as to what the author is calling for.

As for stewed tomatoes, I am only familiar with the canned stuff from American

grocery stores, filled with sugar and all kinds of other ingredients.

 

Is anybody here familiar with Middle Eastern cooking, and if so, what kind of

stewed tomatoes might be called for? The recipes in the book appear to be

authentic, so I doubt a Syrian/Lebanese/Palestinian etc. would go to the market

for Del Monte Stewed tomatoes!

 

Thanks.