Kuwaiti cuisine

kuwait cuisine is very important to the culture of Kuwait. A very significant part of the Kuwaiti diet is fish and other seafood,^[1] the main fish eaten by Kuwaitis is the Zobaidi. Another fish is the Hamou

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(grouper), typically served grilled, fried, best for Biryani, it has thick flesh and a distinctive taste. Other popular local fish include Safi (rabbitfish), Chanad, and Sobaity (see bream). Most of the time, fish is eaten with rice.

Kuwaiti cuisine is an infusion of Mediterranean, Persian, Arabian and Indian cuisines. A prominent dish in Kuwait is known as Machboos, a rice-based dish made with spices, rice (usually basmati) and chicken, mutton, fish, eggs, or vegetables. There are many other available cuisines due to the international workforce in Kuwait.

Kuwait's traditional flatbread is called Khubz. It is a large flatbread baked in a special oven. Numerous Khubz bakeries dot the country. It is often served with mahyawa fish sauce.

Dishes

Biryani with chicken

Balaleet, (Arabic: بلاليط‎) – sweet saffron noodles served with a savory omelet on top
Bayt elgitta, (Arabic: بيض القطا‎) – a fried cookie filled with a mixture of ground nuts and tossed in powdered sugar. It was named after the egg of the Crowned Sandgrouse (common to the area) due to its similar shape.
Biryani, (Arabic: برياني‎) – a very common dish, which consists of heavily seasoned rice cooked with chicken or lamb. Originally from the Indian sub-continent.^[2]
Gabout(Arabic: قبوط‎), – stuffed flour dumplings in a thick meat stew
Gers ogaily, (Arabic: قرص عقيلي‎) – a traditional cake made with eggs, flour, sugar, cardamom, and saffron. Traditionally served with tea.
Ghuraiba – brittle cookies made from flour, butter, powdered sugar and cardamom. It's usually served with Arabic coffee.
Harees, (Arabic: هريس‎) – wheat cooked with meat then mashed, usually topped with cinnamon sugar
Jireesh (Yireesh) (Arabic: يريش‎), – a mash of cooked spelt with chicken or lamb, tomatoes, and some spices
Khabees – sweet dish made of flour and oil
Lugaimat, (Arabic: لقيمات‎) – fried yeast dumplings soaked in saffron syrup (sugar, lemon, and saffron)
Machboos, (Arabic: مجبوس‎) – a dish made with mutton, chicken, or fish accompanied over fragrant rice that has been cooked in chicken/mutton well spiced broth.^[2]
Mahyawa – a tangy fish sauce
Margoog, (Arabic: مرقوق‎) – vegetable stew, usually containing squash and eggplant, cooked with thin pieces of rolled out dough
Mumawwash, (Arabic: مموش‎) – rice cooked with black lentils and topped with dry shrimp
Mutabbaq samak, (Arabic: مطبق سمك‎) – fish served over rice. Rice is cooked in well-spiced fish stock.
Qouzi, (Arabic: قوزي‎) – Kuwaiti dish consisting of a roasted lamb stuffed with rice, meat, eggs, and other ingredients
Zalabia – fried dough soaked in syrup (sugar, lemon, and saffron, it has a distinctive swirly shape

Beverages

Laban (Arabic: لبن‎) (yogurt milk)^[3]

References

↑ "Consumption of fish and shellfish and the regional markets". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Riolo, 2007, p.23 - 24
↑ DiPiazza (2006) p.57

Bibliography

DiPiazza, Francesca Davis, 2006 Kuwait in Pictures, Twenty-First Century Books, p. 56- 57, ISBN 0-8225-6589-7
Riolo, Amy, 2007, Arabian Delights: Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula, Capital Books, p. 23- 24, ISBN 1-933102-55-1

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