# The best Iraqi dishes

Masgouf, dolma, quzi and kubba: the best-known dishes of Iraqi cuisine, from Baghdad to Mosul.

- 36 votes · 16 items
- Nov 1, 2019 · Mariam Mansour
- https://even.best/en/l/2909/the-best-iraqi-dishes

## Top 16

1. **Masgouf** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Wood-grilled carp, the national dish.
2. **Dolma** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Vegetables and vine leaves stuffed with rice and meat.
3. **Bagilla bil-dihin** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Broad beans with bread and egg for breakfast.
4. **Kebab** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Iraqi grilled kebab.
5. **Quzi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lamb stuffed with rice and nuts.
6. **Kubba** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Mosul and Aleppo-style kubba.
7. **Qeema** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Chickpea and meat stew for Ashura.
8. **Kahi and geymar** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Pastry with clotted cream and syrup.
9. **Turshi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Iraqi pickles.
10. **Timman and maraq** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Rice with meat and vegetable stew.
11. **Tashreeb** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Bread soaked in broth.
12. **Tepsi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Baked tray of vegetables and meat.
13. **Iraqi biryani** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spiced rice with nuts.
14. **Man al-sama** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Iraqi manna sweet.
15. **Zalabia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried syrupy sweet.
16. **Sambusa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried stuffed pastries.

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