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The Iraqi capital city Baghdad prides itself on making the best masgouf, with the Abu Nawas district on the shores of the Tigris river, "dedicated" to this dish. [2] Nonetheless, one can find masgouf all over Iraq, especially near the Tigris-Euphrates Basin .
Iraqi cuisine is a Middle Eastern cuisine that has its origins in the ancient Near East culture of the fertile crescent. [1] [2] [3] Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals—the first cookbooks in the world. [3] [4] Ancient Iraq's cultural sophistication extended to the culinary ...
Quzi (Arabic: قوزي), also spelled as qoozi or ghoozi, is a popular rice-based dish and is considered one of Iraq's national dishes. It is served with very slowly cooked lamb, roasted nuts, and raisins served over rice. [1] The dish was introduced into Turkey by Syrian immigrants.
Maqluba (also attested by a variety of other spellings in English; Arabic: مَقْلُوبَة, romanized: maqlūba, lit. 'upside-down') is a traditional Levantine dish, a variety of Pilaf [1] that is popular across Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Tepsi baytinijan (Arabic: تبسي بيتنجان, lit. 'eggplant platter') is a popular Iraqi casserole dish [1] consisting of eggplants, which are sliced and fried before placing in a baking dish, accompanied with meatballs, tomatoes, onions and garlic. [2]
Although the name is somewhat similar, Klēja in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia (Qassim and Haʼil provinces) differs in taste, shape and ingredients from Iraqi kleicha. It is made with yeasted dough that has been enriched with spices, such as cardamom and cinnamon, and filled with a mixture of either date, sugar, or honey molasses and spices ...
Arook (Hebrew:ערוק, Arabic: عروق) is a traditional Iraqi dish, resembling a fritter or croquette, and is common among Iraqi Jews. [1]The dish is composed of potatoes, parsley, salt, onion, egg, flour, black pepper, and green onions, which are chopped, mixed together, and fried.
Mutabbaq Samak (also mutabbak, or im'tabbag simach (Arabic مطبق سمك)) a rice-based dish popular in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and in some southern cities in Iraq. It is basically spiced fried fish, usually Stromateus and caramelized onions served over rice that is cooked in well-spiced fish stock. Fish can be whole fish or fish ...