United Arab Emirates
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Harees
The Emirates' Ramadan pound: wheat berries and meat beaten together into a smooth, porridge-like harees — the dish that defines Emirati iftar tables. Ingredients: wheat berries (harees), lamb or chicken, salt, ghee; noth…
Machboos
The Emirati celebration rice: meat or chicken with rice cooked in a spiced broth of baharat, dried lime and tomato — the UAE's Friday and wedding platter. (The Gulf-wide machboos family; the Emirati hand is recognised by…
Luqaimat
Golden dumplings of Ramadan: crisp yeast dough balls fried and drowned in date syrup (dibs) or honey, scattered with sesame — the Emirates' sweetest sound is their crunch. Ingredients: flour, yeast, sugar, yogurt, cardam…
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