The Taste of Kuwait
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
The delicacy we ordered at a restaurant looked like biriyani. But the flavor and the taste was completely different. They called it machboos. It is a is a rice-based specialty usually prepared with basmati rice seasoned with chicken, species and mutton. Machboos is a Kuwaiti variant of biriyani. A tray full of flat bread, which looked like roti, with grilled chicken were also served. They were called khubz. It is banked in a special oven, often topped with sesame seeds. The Kuwaiti cuisine is an infusion of Arabian, Persian , indian and Mediterranean cuisines. And finally we ordered a harees. It is an arab dish of wheat which is cooked with meat then mashed, usually topped with cinnamon sugar. It is a popular dish in arab countries of the Persian gulf especially in the month of Ramadan. The kuwati cuisines have their own uniqueness. Before we came out of the restaurant, I was excited to see jalebi kept at the sweet shop inside. I pointed the sweet and the shopkeeper said zalabia. The swirly shaped is a fried dough soaked in a syrup of sugar, lemon and saffron. I was excited. Some of the Kuwaiti food looked very similar to the indian cuisine. Every time I go to a Kuwaiti restaurant, I order a new dish . balaleet , an Arabic sweet and a saffron noodles served with a savory omelet on top: bayth elgitta , 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 which is common to the area due its similar shape. Frigars is another rice item. It is white rice with tomatoes and potatoes and eggplant in the bottom of the pan. I liked the gabout, a stuffed flour dumpling in a thick meat stew. On an evening, we went a restaurant with an interior in Arabian style. It was tea time and the waiter recommended gers ogaily. It is a desert which is a cake made with eggs, flour, sugar and cardamom which is usually served for tea time. The more I eat, the more I like them. I have always enjoyed jareesh. It is a mash of cooked spelt with chicken or lamb, tomatoes and some speices. Another sweet! Khabeesa is a good choice. It is made up flour and oil. Luqaiment is well- known desert between arabs which is a fried yeast dumpling soaked in with saffron syrup. Eat quzi for a full meal. It is Kuwaiti dish that consists of a roasted lamb, stuffed with rice, meat, eggs, and other ingredients. At the end of every meal, I choose to drink leban, a beverage of fermented milk. Generally, there are two main products known as leban. In the levant region it is yogurt. In Arabia and north Africa, it is called as magherb and buttermilk respectively . the practice of internationally allowing milk to sour has been known since ancient times and practiced by many cultures. These are eatables made offish too. Muttabaq samak is a fish served over rice. Rice cooked in a well spiced fish stock. Mumawwash is a rice cooked with green lentils can be dropped with dry shrimps. Maglooba is Arabic rice cooked with meat and potatoes and eggplants. And no Kuwaiti restaurant upsets a vegetarian. Check a menu, you find margoog. It is a vegetable stew, usually containing squash and eggplant , cooked within pieces of rolled out dough.
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