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Tandoor

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Tandoor

Flatbread baked in tandoor clay ovens, several varieties

Tarator

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Tarator

Cucumber, garlic, dill and yogurt dip or soup

Tarhana

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Tarhana

A dried mixture of grains (semolina, cracked wheat, bulgur) and yogurt or fermented milk, used in soups, hot liquids, served with cheese, tarhana is also the name of the soup made with tarhana powder

Torshi

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Torshi

Mixed pickled vegetables, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, radishes, eggplant

Vegetables

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Vegetables

Carrots, cucumbers, eggplant, fava beans, garlic, green beans, onions, pumpkins, spinach, squash, tomatoes, zucchini

Yogurt

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Yogurt

Zaatar

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Zaatar

A blend of spices and herbs, commonly includes thyme and sesame seeds, oregano, marjoram, sage, sumac, salt, used in many dishes, dips, on bread, vegetables

Zeytoon parvardeh

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Zeytoon parvardeh

Pomegranate, olive and walnut dip, serve with lavash flatbread, crackers, bread

Bagila bil dihin

Bagila bil dihin

Broad beans (fava beans) and eggs over flatbread soaked in boiled broad bean water

Bread

Bread

Serve with jam, honey, cheese, butter

Cheese

Cheese

Dates

Dates

Fruit from the date palm. A common snack, dessert.

Fattet hummus

Fattet hummus

A dip made with bread that is soaked in broth, hummus, tahini and lemon juice

Ful medames

Ful medames

Stewed fava beans with vegetables, spices

Geymar

Geymar

Clotted cream, serve with bread, honey, syrup

Kahi

Kahi

Layered and baked phyllo soaked in syrup or honey

Laban

Laban

Fermented milk or yogurt

Makhlama

Makhlama

Fried eggs with tomatoes, onions, herbs and spices, may also include lamb, beef, serve with flatbread

Manakish

Manakish

Flatbread, commonly topped with za'atar spice mix and olive oil, halloumi, eggs, ground meat, thyme, cheese or ground meat

Pastry

Pastry

Many different kinds, for example, buns, cinnamon rolls, danishes, croissants, breads, muffins, scones, coffee cake, tarts

Tea

Tea

Black tea sweetened with sugar

Yogurt

Yogurt

Baklava

Baklava

Layered phyllo pastry with nuts and syrup or honey

Basbousa

Basbousa

Semolina or farina cake soaked in syrup

Blancmange

Blancmange

A sweet molded milk or cream dessert, often flavored with almonds and thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss

Crepe

Crepe

Thin pancake, topped or filled with a variety of fillings, sweet or savory

Daheen

Daheen

Caramel-like dessert made with date syrup and topped with coconut, a popular dessert in Iraq. It is famous in the city of Najaf as this city is considered as its origin.

Dates

Dates

Fruit from the date palm. A common snack, dessert.

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Hininy

Hininy

Hininy is a traditional food in Saudi Arabia, especially in Najd. It is a mixture of date paste, wheat flour, milk, ghee, sugar and cardamom, and is common during Ramadan

Jalebi

Jalebi

Deep-fried flour noodles soaked in syrup

Kanafeh

Kanafeh

Noodle pastry, or semolina dough, soaked in sugar syrup and topped with cheese, nuts, clotted cream

Kleicha

Kleicha

Cookies, commonly filled with dates, sugar and walnuts

Lokma

Lokma

Deep-fried dough balls soaked in syrup, honey, chocolate sauce

Meghli

Meghli

Rice pudding with nuts, raisins, spices, sugar, anise

Mushabak

Mushabak

Deep-fried dough soaked in syrup, commonly coiled or shaped into small balls

Om ali

Om ali

Baked dessert made with pastry, coconut, pistachios, raisins, sugar, milk/cream and cinnamon

Qatayef

Qatayef

Sweet pancakes, filled with a ricotta cream and topped with crushed pistachios, serve with rose water syrup

Qurabiya

Qurabiya

Shortbread cookie made with ground almonds

Tulumba

Tulumba

Deep-fried cylinder-shaped choux pastry fritters, soaked in syrup or honey

Zerde

Zerde

Sweet rice pudding with almonds, raisins, and colored yellow with saffron

Znoud el sit

Znoud el sit

Deep-fried cream filled phyllo pastries

Arak

Arak

Bedouin tea

Bedouin tea

Coffee

Coffee

Doogh

Doogh

A cold, salted yogurt drink

Dried lime tea

Dried lime tea

Tea made from dried limes

Laban

Laban

Fermented milk or yogurt

Ouzo

Ouzo

Qamar al din

Qamar al din

Apricot paste or apricot beverage

Raki

Raki

Raisin and aniseed alcohol

Salep

Salep

A warm beverage made from the tubers of a rare orchid, hot milk, sugar and cinnamon, also used to make dondurma, a type of Turkish ice cream

Tamr hindi

Tamr hindi

Sweet tamarind beverage

Tea

Tea

Black tea sweetened with sugar

Wine

Wine

Bamia

Bamia

Stewed okra or okra stew with meat and vegetables, made with beef, lamb, also refers to stewed okra

Beef

Beef

Biryani

Biryani

Mixed rice with mutton, chicken, beef, fish, vegetables

Brik

Brik

Savory pastry or pie filled with egg, onion, mashed potatoes, tuna, harissa, parsley, many different types

Chicken

Chicken

Couscous

Couscous

Small balls made of semolina, commonly served with stewed meats, vegetables

Dajaj mashwi

Dajaj mashwi

Grilled chicken

Djaj mahshi

Djaj mahshi

Whole chicken stuffed with a rice, vegetable and spice filling

Dolma

Dolma

Grape leaves stuffed with a spiced rice mixture

Eggah

Eggah

An omelette or frittata made with vegetables, meat, tomatoes, potatoes, spices, herbs, chili peppers

Falafel

Falafel

Deep-fried balls made of chickpea or fava bean flour, or a sandwich made with them

Fasolada

Fasolada

Bean, a soup of white beans, vegetables, olive oil

Fasoulia

Fasoulia

Bean stew with lamb or beef, made with green beans, haricot beans, kidney beans

Fatat batinjan

Fatat batinjan

Minced meat and eggplant casserole

Fish

Fish

Freekeh

Freekeh

Roasted green durum wheat, commonly used in soups and stews, though used in many other dishes as well

Goat

Goat

Habeet

Habeet

Stewed lamb, serve with rice

Haneeth

Haneeth

Spiced meat and rice dish commonly made with lamb

Kebab

Kebab

Skewered and grilled meat, seafood, fish, offal, vegetables, fruit, many different types and variations

Khash

Khash

Stew made of cow or sheep trotters, head, tripe, vegetables, vinegar, spices

Kibbeh bi laban

Kibbeh bi laban

Meatballs cooked in a laban yogurt sauce

Kofta

Kofta

Seasoned meatballs

Kubba hamouth

Kubba hamouth

Meat dumpling soup with vegetables, turnips, swiss chard

Kubba Mosul

Kubba Mosul

Meat pie, made with a thin layer of spiced minced meat between layers of bulgur dough

Lahmajoun

Lahmajoun

Flatbread or dough topped with minced meat, vegetables, spices, herbs

Lamb

Lamb

Mahshi

Mahshi

Vegetables, grape leaves, stuffed with a seasoned rice mixture

Makhlama

Makhlama

Fried eggs with tomatoes, onions, herbs and spices, may also include lamb, beef, serve with flatbread

Malleh

Malleh

Preserved fish, fish such as kingfish and tuna are salted and dried for preservation, then rehydrated, stewed, cooked in a biryani (mixed rice dish) with spices, preserved black limes

Manakish

Manakish

Flatbread topped with, for example, za'atar spice mix and olive oil, halloumi, eggs, ground meat, thyme, cheese or ground meat

Mandi

Mandi

Meat and rice dish seasoned with baharat spice blend, made with lamb, goat, camel, chicken

Maqluba

Maqluba

Upside-down mixed rice, meat and vegetables

Marak kubbeh adom

Marak kubbeh adom

Meat dumplings in a beet and root vegetable broth, a dish from Iraqi Jews

Maraq

Maraq

Stewed meat and vegetables, for example, meat, chicken, fish, vegetables, may be served as an appetizer

Masgouf

Masgouf

Seasoned and grilled carp, typically standing sideways

Moussaka

Moussaka

Eggplant casserole

Mutabbaq samak

Mutabbaq samak

Fried fish such as zubaidi (pomfret) served over rice that has been cooked in fish stock

Pacha

Pacha

Stewed lamb head, trotters, tripe and/or offal with rice, served at special celebrations

Parda pulao

Parda pulao

Mixed rice made with vegetables and meat enclosed in sheets of dough, then baked

Pomegranate soup

Pomegranate soup

Soup made with pomegranates, vegetables, split peas, lamb, beef, may also be vegetarian

Quzi

Quzi

Lamb and mixed rice dish with nuts, raisins

Roast lamb

Roast lamb

Samak mashwi

Samak mashwi

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