Bahrain’s food is a best combination of Arabic, Persian, Indian and African flavours. The food here is full of spicy flavours and depth of culture. Below are given 10 popular traditional dishes which every Bahrain resident and traveller visiting Bahrain must try to enjoy the food there.
top10 popular dishes you must try in bahrain
Machboos
Machboos is the national food of Bahrain. This Macboos may look like biryani to you but its taste is much different from biryani. Long grain rice is used in this dish along with its spices (like cinnamon, bay leaf and cardamom). Apart from this, chicken, peas or fish is also added to it. Soaked lemon is also added to it so that it gets sourness. It is always cooked on low flame. The spices used in it are captivating and this is its biggest specialty. It is special, that is why it has got the status of national dish
samboosa
This dish is the most commonly eaten food during the Islamic month of Ramzan. It is like Indian samosa but it is not filled with potatoes like Indian samosa. Instead it is filled with lamb meat, cheese & spicy vegetables. After that it is served hot. It has a crunchy flavor from the outside and an amazing spicy taste from the inside.
balaleet
This is a very amazing dish to be eaten in breakfast. It is sweet and savoury in which cardamom, sugar and rose water are mixed and prepared well and on top omelette is also kept in it. By doing this both sweet and salty tastes are felt together.
harees
Harees is a food to be eaten on Ramzan or special occasions. This is a dish which is cooked for hours by mixing broken wheat and meat together. By doing this it starts looking like daliya. It tastes very light and pleasant. Yes, it looks very tasty
thareed
This is a traditional dish. It is cooked by mixing pieces of patli roti in chicken or beet gravy. It is like the dalroti of Arab world. As soon as you eat it, you get the mixture of roti and gravy in your mouth easily.
Muhammar
A sweet rice dish made from the soil of dates. It is mainly found in Bahrain and Gulf countries. It is a sweet dish made from Basmati rice.
It is seasoned with caramelized sugar, date syrup or honey along with aromatic spices like cardamom, saffron, rose water and sometimes cinnamon or cloves. It is served with fried or grilled fish.
Khubz
Khubz is an Arabic bread which is very popular in Gulf countries, especially in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria. It is similar to Indian tandoori roti. In Arabic, roti or bread is called Khubz. It is cooked almost like tandoori roti. It is also made of wheat. It is round and fluffy from inside.
Hamour machhli
Hamour machhli is very famous in Gulf countries. It is grilled with spices and served with rice or eaten as salad.
Bahraini Halwa
This is a specialty sweet dish which is made on special occasions during festivals. It is a jelly-like sweet dish. Corn flour, rose water, saffron, cardamom and nuts are used in making it. It tastes very delicious. It is served almost like a toffee.
gabout
This is like momos. It is a flour ball filled with meat. It is cooked in tomato gravy. It is a stew-like dish.
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