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The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Machboos · Mumawwash · Fi ga'atah. (Updated Sep 29, 2019.)

Muhammar, machboos, mumawwash and Bahraini halwa: the dishes and sweets of Bahrain.

Mariam Mansour · · 18 items · 5 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in العربية). See the original

Top 18

  1. 1

    Machboos

    Meat, chicken or fish over rice cooked in spiced broth.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    Mumawwash

    Rice with green lentils, sometimes topped with dried shrimp.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Fi ga'atah

    White rice cooked over tomato, potato and aubergine.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    Mahyawa

    Tangy fish sauce.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Ghuraiba

    Crumbly cardamom cookies served with coffee.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Muhammar

    Rice sweetened with dates or sugar, served with fried fish.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  7. 7

    Masli

    Rice cooked in the pot with chicken, meat, fish or shrimp.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  8. 8

    Harees

    Wheat cooked with meat and mashed, topped with cinnamon sugar.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  9. 9

    Jireesh

    Cracked spelt with chicken or lamb and tomato.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Quzi

    Lamb stuffed with rice, meat and eggs.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    Al-Mudalal

    Herbed rice with chicken and a special butter.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Biryani

    Spiced rice with chicken or lamb.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Malgoum

    Shawarma in chapati with cheese and fries.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    Bahraini halwa

    Sweet of starch, sugar, nuts, saffron and rose water.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    Khanfaroosh

    Fried sweet with molasses or milk, served at breakfast.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Gaimat

    Fried dough balls in saffron syrup.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Zalabia

    Swirled fried dough soaked in syrup.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Khabeesa

    Sweet of flour and oil.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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