Maqluba (United Arab Emirates food)

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United Arab Emirates is a country in the Western Asia, Middle East region and Arabian Peninsula of the Asian continent.

It's capital city is Abu Dhabi.

It has a population of about 9.6 million people.



Maqluba is a famous Emirati dish.

Maqluba is chicken and rice dish.

It is cooked by mixing chicken meat, rice, tomato, potato, cauliflower, eggplant and other vegetables.

It is normally served with yogurt or Arab salad of tomato, cucumber and parsley.

It is usually eaten for lunch or big occasions like weddings.

Shish Taouk (Lebanon food)

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Lebanon is a country in the Western Asia and Middle East region of the Asian continent.

It's capital city is Beirut.

It has a population of about 6 million people.





Shish Taouk or Shish Tawook is a famous Lebanon dish.

Shish Taouk is marinated chicken.

It is cooked by marinating overnight grilled chicken cubes on skewers with lemon juice, garlic, paprika, yogurt and tomato paste.

It is usually served with rice or pita bread.

It is mostly eaten for lunch.

Mansaf Chicken (Jordan food)

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Jordan is a country in the Western Asian and Middle East region of the Asian continent.

It's capital city is Amman.

It has a population of about 10.4 million people.

Mansaf Chicken is a famous Jordanian dish.

Mansaf Chicken is rice and chicken dish.

It is made of chicken, rice, yogurt, ghee, egg, onion, pine nuts, silvered almonds, turmeric, cardamom, chilli flakes, parsley, pita bread, pepper and salt.

It is cooked by mixing chicken, aromatic rice, flatbread, toasted nuts, onions and tangy yogurt sauce called Jameed.

It is normally served with additional rice or flatbread.

It is usually eaten for lunch or special functions like weddings.

Chicken Machboos (Bahrain food)

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Bahrain is a country in the Western Asian and Middle East region of the Asian continent.

It's capital city is Manama.

It has population of about 1.4 million people.




Chicken Machboos is a famous Bahrain rice and chicken dish.

It is a mixture of fragrant rice, chicken, herbs, spices like dried lemon called Loomi, saffron, black pepper and cardamon.

It is similiar to Briyani of India but have different ingredients and way of cooking.

It is mostly eaten for lunch, dinner or special functions like weddings.

Freekeh Chicken (Syria food)

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Syria is a country in the Western Asian and Middle East region of the Asian continent.

It's capital city is Damascus.

It has a population of about 18.5 million people.





Freekeh Chicken is a famous Syrian food.

Freekeh is a cereal food made from wheat which is roasted and rubbed to create flavour.

It is cooked slowly with chicken, spices and onion until soft.

It is normally served with chicken pieces, pine nuts and almonds.

It is mostly eaten for lunch or dinner.