The cuisine of United-Arab-Emirates -
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The foods of United-Arab-Emirates
The signature of the Traditional food of the UAE is the ubiquity of cardamom, thyme, and saffron. They are also heavily reliant on meat and poultry.Among the food specialties of the United Arab Emirates are:
Hummus, baba ghanush, tabbouleh,falafel, fattoush, khoubiz.
The popular bread mohalla is eaten for breakfast with honey and date syrup. Traditional dishes include marinated and grilled kabobs of chicken, shish tawook, or lamb or beef, shish kebab, or makhbous, lamb with rice, hareis, a wheat casserole, and mashwee samak, a fish dish prepared on the grill.
Variety also dominates among the sweet dishes, so typical Arabic desserts include various baklave, also umm ali, a sweet pudding flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and rose water, and kunafa, small pieces of dough filled with cheese flavored with jasmine syrup. Desserts also include esh asaraya, a cheesecake with whipped cream, muhalabia, a pudding with honey and pistachios, or kichk al-fuqura, a cream of almonds.
Some mistake Levantine dishes like shawarma, Kunafa, and falafel for Emirati dishes. Levantine and Palestinian dishes have more vegetables and leaves than Emirati cuisine. Generous usage of the olive oil well is a characteristic of Levantine cuisine.
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Appetizer recipes
Potato galettes with smoked salmon and dill creme fraicheMain recipes
Apple and oat scones with cinnamon Baked salmon fillets Baked salmon steaks with apricot-horseradish sauce Banana raisin french toast Beer-batter cod fillets Blueberry scones Creamed salmon casserole Crunchy battered fried fish Deep-fried cod patties Deviled chicken breasts Egg in a hole Eggs suzette English muffins Fish and chips Kedgeree of salmon with sea asparagus Leek patties Light buttermilk pancakes Lobster thermidor Mediterranean egg sandwiches Oven barbecued chicken Oven pork chops Silver dollar pear pancakes Simple granola Steak and kidney pie The perfect roast chicken Tuna salad sandwiches Vegan chicken Vegan shepherds pie Vegan turkey Whole grain soda breadSide dishes recipes
Apple and pork stuffing Blueberry port sauce Carrot bran muffins Leek patties Marinated cauliflower Porcini mushroom gratin Spicy oven-roasted potatoesDessert recipes
Apple and berry crisp Apple betty Apple blueberry crisp Apple crunch Apple pudding Banana bread Blueberry cobbler Blueberry cobbler with peaches and raspberries Blueberry-rum cobbler Chiffon mincemeat pie Christmas mince pies Cranberry apple cobbler Cream cheese cranberry loaf Custard cream English apple pudding with rum sauce Gingerbread sticky toffee pudding Graham cracker crust Lemon curd Lemon rhubarb mousse Lemon shortbread cookies Lemon squares Lemon trifle Lime curd and almond tart Peach cobbler #1 Peach cobbler #2 Peach crisp Peanut butter coconut pudding Pear apple crisp Plum pudding Prune whip Raspberry pie Raspberry-rhubarb custard tart Rhubarb and red wine jelly Rhubarb and strawberry crisp Rhubarb cobbler Rhubarb crisp Rhubarb ice cream Rhubarb strawberry trifle Simple rhubarb fool Swiss roll Trifle
Cooking in United-Arab-Emirates
United-Arab-Emirates desserts