DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Khabeesa
Also known as: خبيصة
Khabeesa, also called khabees, is a Gulf flour sweet associated with festive breakfasts.
About Khabeesa
Khabeesa, also called khabees, is a Gulf flour sweet associated with festive breakfasts. This Bahraini whole-wheat rendition features ghee, cardamom and rose water, with pistachios and raisins as a garnish.
The toasted wheat brings a nutty flavour, balanced by sugar and the floral fragrance of rose water. Ghee supplies richness, while optional grated coconut adds a mild coconut note.
The sweet has a thick, porridge-like consistency and is served warm on a plate. Chopped pistachios and raisins give the soft flour base contrasting textures and small bursts of flavour.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Pistachio.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Khabeesa
Famidha Ashraf’s Bahraini whole-wheat khabeesa with pistachios.
- Whole-wheat flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Cardamom powderSeasoning
- Rose waterAromatic
- Grated coconutTopping · Optional
- GheeCooking medium
- PistachiosTopping
- RaisinsTopping
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole-wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Literal103; conventional whole Wheat identity.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal107/147–153, extra hot Water same shared allocation.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal109/147 required seasoning.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal113; alternate unspecified sweetener45 unselected.
- Cardamom powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal117; broad Cardamom candidate with explicit powdered form.
- Rose water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal121/147.
- Grated coconut (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal125/141/155–160; actual47–48 explicitly optional. Fresh/dried form unprovided.
- Ghee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Literal129/154–155; dairy ghee confirms Milk, core and final drizzle shared.
- Pistachios: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Pistachio source-confirmed. First named card nut135/158 selected; actual named Pistachio identity, broad singular candidate.
- Raisins: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal137/155/159 garnish, no omission offered.
Origins & food traditions
Bahrain association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Bahraini
- Bahraini CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Kuwaiti CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Omani CuisineCatalogue link pending review