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Fruits grown in Israel include avocados, bananas, apples, cherries, plums, lychees, nectarines, grapes, dates, strawberries, prickly pear (tzabbar), persimmon, loquat (shesek) and pomegranates, and are eaten on a regular basis. Israelis consume an average of nearly 160 kg (350 lb) of fruit per person a year.
Merguez — a spicy sausage originating in North Africa, mainly eaten grilled in Israel. Moussaka — oven-baked layered ground-meat and eggplant casserole. Schnitzel — fried chicken breast with breadcrumb or spice-flavored flour coating. Shashlik — skewered and grilled cubes of meat. Skewered goose liver—flavored with spices.
Description. Israeli salad is made of chopped raw tomato, onion and cucumber, and can also include pepper, carrot, scallion, leafy greens and parsley. The salad is dressed with either fresh lemon juice or olive oil, or both. Za'atar and yogurt are very common dressings at breakfast while sumac and tahini are common the rest of the day.
The cuisine of Jerusalem reflects the long history of Jerusalem as a crossroads of cultures and religions. Millennia of trade, conquest, and migration have resulted in a unique fusion of culinary traditions, with significant influences from Jewish (predominantly Sephardic, [1] but also Kurdish, Ashkenazi, and other communities) and Levantine Arab cuisine (especially Palestinian).
Sabich. Sabich or sabih (Hebrew: סביח [saˈbiχ]; Arabic: صبيح) is a sandwich of pita or laffa bread stuffed with fried eggplants, hard boiled eggs, chopped salad, parsley, amba and tahini sauce. [1] It is a staple of Israeli cuisine.Its ingredients are based on a traditional quick breakfast of Sephardic Jews.
Bourekas or burekas (Hebrew: בורקס) are a popular baked pastry in Sephardic Jewish cuisine and Israeli cuisine.A variation of the burek, a popular pastry throughout southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Israeli bourekas are made in a wide variety of shapes and a vast selection of fillings, and are typically made with either puff pastry, filo dough, or brik pastry ...
Kugel (Yiddish: קוגל kugl, pronounced [ˈkʊɡl̩]) is a baked casserole, most commonly made from lokshen (לאָקשן קוגל lokshen kugel) or potato. It is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish, often served on Shabbos and Jewish holidays. [1] American Jews also serve it for Thanksgiving dinner. [2][3]
Ptitim was created in 1953, [3] during the austerity period in Israel. [4] Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, asked Eugen Proper, one of the founders of the Osem food company, to devise a wheat-based substitute for rice. [5] The company took up the challenge and developed ptitim, which is made of hard wheat flour and toasted in an ...