# The most popular traditional Saudi dishes

Popular dishes from the regions of Saudi Arabia, from Najd to the Hejaz and the south, according to Wikipedia, Laha magazine and Marie Claire Arabia.

- 16 votes · 12 items
- Sep 6, 2024 · riyadhfitfam
- https://even.best/en/l/427/the-most-popular-traditional-saudi-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Kabsa** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Basmati rice with meat or chicken, spices, cardamom and dried lime; Saudi Arabia's national dish.
2. **Mandi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rice and meat cooked in an underground pit, which gives a smoky flavour.
3. **Mataziz** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Dough pieces in a meat and vegetable stew, a famous Najdi dish.
4. **Qursan** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Thin bread pieces in vegetable and meat broth, Najd's winter dish.
5. **Haneeth** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Meat slow-cooked between hot stones, from the south.
6. **Jareesh** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cracked wheat cooked with yoghurt, meat and onion, one of Najd's oldest dishes.
7. **Marqouq** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin dough cooked in meat stew with squash and courgette.
8. **Madhghout** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rice and meat cooked in a pressure cooker with spices.
9. **Masoub** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mashed banana with bread, cream and honey, the Hejazi breakfast.
10. **Kleeja** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cookies filled with dates and cardamom, from Qassim.
11. **Saleeg** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Rice cooked in milk and broth with chicken, from Taif and the Hejaz.
12. **Foul and tamees** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The popular Hejazi breakfast of fava beans and Afghan-style bread.

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