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Pita (Greek: πίτα, romanized:pita / ˈpɪtə / or US: / ˈpiːtə /) [ 2 ] or pitta (British English) is a family of yeast- leavened round flatbreads baked from wheat flour, common in the Mediterranean, Levant, and neighboring areas. It includes the widely known version with an interior pocket, also known as Arabic bread (Arabic: خبز ...
Maqluba —upside-down eggplant, rice, meat and cauliflower casserole. Qidra —rice and meat pieces cooked with cloves, garlic and cardamom. Rummaniyya —a mix of eggplant, pomegranate seeds, tahina, red peppers and garlic [3] Sumaghiyyeh —beef and chickpea stew flavored with sumac, tahina and red peppers. Zibdieh —a clay-pot dish of ...
Kaymak, sarshir, or qashta / ashta (Persian: سَرشیرsaršir; Arabic: قشطةqeshta or قيمرgeymar), is a creamy dairy food similar to clotted cream, made from the milk of water buffalo, cows, sheep, or goats in Central Asia, some Balkan countries, some Caucasus countries, the countries of the Levant, Turkic regions, Iran and Iraq.
Khubz. Khubz, alternatively transliterated as khoubz, khobez, khubez, or khubooz, [clarification needed] is the usual word for "bread" in Standard Arabic and in many of the vernaculars. Among the breads popular in Middle Eastern countries are "pocket" pita bread in the Levant and Egypt, and the flat tannur bread in Iraq.
Hawawshi (sometimes spelled hawwaoshi; Egyptian Arabic: حواوشي; IPA: [ħæˈwæwʃi]) is a traditional Egyptian dish. It is a pita stuffed with minced meat and spiced with onions, pepper, parsley, and occasionally chilies. The major variants of hawawshi are "baladi" (standard) and Alexandrian. [1] In most of Egypt, it is baked by filling ...
Paratha (pronounced [pəˈɾɑːtʰɑː], also parantha/parontah) is a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, [ 1 ][ 4 ] with earliest reference mentioned in early medieval Sanskrit, India; [ 1 ] prevalent throughout the modern-day nations of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Afghanistan, Myanmar, [ 3 ] Malaysia, Singapore ...
Gyros, sometimes anglicized as a gyro [2] [3] [4] (/ ˈ j ɪər oʊ, ˈ dʒ ɪər-, ˈ dʒ aɪ r-/; Greek: γύρος, romanized: yíros/gyros, lit. 'turn', pronounced) in some regions, is meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced and served wrapped or stuffed in pita bread, along with other ingredients such as tomato, onion, fried potatoes, and tzatziki.
Falafel (/ fəˈlɑːfəl /; Arabic: فلافل, [fæˈlæːfɪl] ⓘ) is a deep-fried ball or patty-shaped fritter of Egyptian origin, featuring in Middle Eastern cuisine, particularly Levantine cuisines, and is made from broad beans, ground chickpeas, or both. Falafel is often served in a flatbread such as pita, samoon, laffa, or taboon ...