Bahraini cuisine
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The cuisine of Bahrain consists of dishes such as biryani, harees, khabeesa, machboos, mahyawa, quzi and zalabia. Arabic coffee (qahwah) is the national beverage.
Bahrain is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. Much of the cuisine of Bahrain is a mixture of Arabic, Iranian (National, Balochi, and Achomi cuisine), Indian, African, Far East and European food due to the influence of the various communities present, as Bahrain was an important seaport and trading junction since ancient times.
Dishes
Some of the common dishes prepared in Bahraini households are:
- Masli (Template:Langx) – rice cooked with chicken, meat, fish or shrimp with the ingredients cooked directly in the pot
- Biryani (Template:Langx) – a very common dish, consisting of heavily seasoned rice cooked with chicken or lamb, originally from the Indian sub-continent[1]
- Fi ga'atah (Template:Langx) or Template:Not a typo (Template:Langx) – white rice cooked with tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant in the bottom of the pan
- Harees (Template:Langx) – wheat cooked with meat, then mashed; usually topped with cinnamon sugar
- Jireesh (Yireesh) (Template:Langx) – a mash of cooked spelt with chicken or lamb, tomatoes and some spices
- Machboos (Template:Langx) – a dish made with mutton, chicken or fish served over fragrant rice that has been cooked in a well-spiced chicken/mutton broth[1]
- Mahyawa (Template:Langx) – a tangy fish sauce
- Mumawwash, (Template:Langx) – rice cooked with green lentils; can be topped with dry shrimp
- Muhammar (Template:Langx) – rice dish made from local rice with dates or sugar and one of the most distinctive rice dishes in Bahrain, always served with fried fish, especially the net fish of Bahrain
- Quzi (Ghoozi) (Template:Langx) – Bahraini dish consisting of a roasted lamb stuffed with rice, meat, eggs and other ingredients
- Falafel (Template:Langx) – a dish consisting of fried fava beans served as fried balls in sandwiches with vegetables
- Al-Mudalal (Template:Langx) – rice cooked with herbs and mixed with small pieces of chicken, and then a special kind of butter, which is specially prepared for this dish, is added
- Malgoum – a dish of shawarma served inside chapati or paratha bread with cheese, French fries, and a variety of sauces
- Fūl (Template:Langx) – a stew of cooked fava beans served with olive oil, cumin, and optionally with chopped parsley, garlic, onion, lemon juice, chili pepper and other vegetables, herbs, and spices
Desserts
- Ghuraiba (Template:Langx) – brittle cookies made from flour, butter, powdered sugar and cardamom, usually served with Arabic coffee
- Qirs altaabi - dish made of flour, eggs and ground cardamom to make a paste that is heated on a hot surface.
- Khabeesa (Template:Langx) – Sweet dish made of flour and oil.
- Gaimat, (Template:Langx) or luqaimat – Sweet fried yeast dumplings soaked in saffron syrup (sugar, lemon and saffron) or honey or date molasses
- Khanfaroosh, (Template:Langx) – popular fried dessert prepared using molasses or milk, usually served at breakfast with tea or coffee
- Zalabia (Template:Langx) – fried dough soaked in syrup (sugar, lemon and saffron) with a distinctive swirly shape
Typical Bahraini beverages
Qahwah is the national beverage while tea, particularly karak, is drunk for hospitality. Other popular beverages include laban (a kind of salty buttermilk), yoghurt drinks, sharbat (sweet drinks) like rose sharbat or rose with milk, and soft drinks.
Bahrain produces only a small amount of its food requirements due to limited land space and imports much of its food.[2]
See also
References
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