A FOOD TRADITION
Bahraini Cuisine
A Gulf Arab cooking tradition shaped by pearl-diving communities, rice dishes, seafood, dates, spices, and Persian and Indian Ocean influences.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Bahraini Date Ma'amoul
A Bahraini short pastry made with wheat-based dough and butter or ghee and filled with a sweet date paste, often scented with cardamom.
Bahraini Halwa
Bahraini halwa is a glossy, gelatinous confection thickened with cornstarch and flavored with saffron, cardamom, and rose water, often finished with nuts.
Balaleet
Balaleet is a Bahraini sweet vermicelli dish flavored with cardamom and saffron and commonly topped with an egg omelet.
Chebab
Chebab is a Bahraini yeasted saffron-and-cardamom pancake cooked in oil and commonly served as a sweet breakfast or snack.
Gabout
Gabout is a Bahraini dish of filled flour dumplings simmered in a savory, spiced stew.
Harees
Harees is a traditional Bahraini dish of wheat and meat simmered for a long time and beaten into a smooth, savory porridge.
Khabeesa
A Bahraini sweet flour pudding made by cooking toasted wheat flour with ghee, sugar, cardamom, saffron, and rose water until thick and fragrant.
Khanfaroosh
Khanfaroosh is a Bahraini sweet fried cake or fritter made from rice and wheat flours, egg, saffron, cardamom, and rose water.
Khobz Al-Tannour
Khobz Al-Tannour is a thin, yeast-leavened wheat-flour bread baked against the hot wall of a tannour oven.
Luqaimat
A Bahraini sweet made from yeast-raised wheat-flour dumplings that are fried and finished with sugar syrup or another sweet topping.
Machboos
A Bahraini spiced rice dish prepared with rice, aromatics, tomatoes, and a choice of chicken, fish, or other meat.
Madrouba
Madrouba is a thick Bahraini porridge of rice and tender chicken cooked with aromatics and spices until the grains and meat are soft and blended.
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