Kuwait is a small city, but abundance in food joints. There are small restaurants, small caterers, food joints to high end restaurants, international food joints chains. The prices of food starts from very low to high. A simple sandwich will cost you lesser than price of potato chips packet.
Since the immigrants are from different countries. You can find food from different countries like Arabian, Persian, Bedouin, Pakistani, Turkish, Indian Iranian and Mediterranean.
There is alot of Indian, American, Italian, Chinese, French, Thai, Japanese, Pakistan, lebanese, Arabic restaurants.
Today I share 10 local dishes that you must try in kuwait.
1) Kuboos & Hummus - kuboos is an Arabic pita bread made up of wheat flour & baked in hot oven. It is usually eaten with hummus. Hummus is very popular in middle east country. It is made of chickpeas which are mashed with olive oil & spices. It is garnished with chopped tomato, cucumber, coriander, parsley & onions.
Since the immigrants are from different countries. You can find food from different countries like Arabian, Persian, Bedouin, Pakistani, Turkish, Indian Iranian and Mediterranean.
There is alot of Indian, American, Italian, Chinese, French, Thai, Japanese, Pakistan, lebanese, Arabic restaurants.
Today I share 10 local dishes that you must try in kuwait.
1) Kuboos & Hummus - kuboos is an Arabic pita bread made up of wheat flour & baked in hot oven. It is usually eaten with hummus. Hummus is very popular in middle east country. It is made of chickpeas which are mashed with olive oil & spices. It is garnished with chopped tomato, cucumber, coriander, parsley & onions.
2) Machboos- It is considered as the national dish of Kuwait. Machboos is a rice dish served with chicken, lamb, fish. Rice & Meat cooked separately . Rice is cooked with rose water & saffron & Meat is served on rice. Machboos is eaten with Red sauce known as Dakkous. The picture uploaded below is mutton machboos.
3) Fatayer Zaatar, Fatayer Lahme & Fatayer Jibna- fatayer Zaatar is a pizza like bread, the top of which is smeared with thyme, sesame seeds and some other herbs and spices. Fatayer Lahme is a bread stuffed with minced meat. Fatayer Jibna is a flat bread stuffed with cheese.
4) Falafeel & Shawarma sandwich- Sharwarma is thinly cuts of meats like chicken, lamb & mutton wrapped into bread. falafeel is a sandwich which contains hummus, vegges, falafeel, french fries, etc. You can find falafeel & sharwarma food joint in every corner of city.
5) Luqaimat- It is popular Arabic sweet dish. These are crunchy from outside but soft from inside. It is mostly enjoyed in Ramadan.
6) Balah Al Sham & Katayef- Balah Al Sham are churro, middle east fritters which are crunchy from outside and soft from inside. Katayef is a pancake pastry filled with sweet cheese and nuts and fried or baked served with hot syrup.
7) Kushari- Kushari is an Egyptian- Arabic dish made up of rice, macroni & lentils. It is topped with caramel onion & Tomato sauce.
8) Jireesh (Yireesh)- Its an local Arabic dish which is made up of Broken wheat Dalai with chicken lamb along with spices and tomato.
9) Warak Enab- Warak Enab is an Arabic dish stuffed with Grape leaves. The leaves are stuffed with Rice, onion, tomato, parsley, fresh mint slowly simmered in olive oil and lemon juice. The result is a bit sour dish & silky smooth rice which melt into the mouth.
10) Kebabs- Usually kebabs are made up of mutton which melts into your mouth . mutton seekh kebabs are grilled on coal with olive oil on it. Kebabs are made from mutton, spices, olive oil, onions. and served with lemon, onions and french fries. It tast good with Khuboos.
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