Bahraini cuisine

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The cuisine of Bahrain consists of dishes such as

Some of the common dishes prepared in Bahraini households are:

• Masli (
  Arabic: المصلي) – rice cooked with chicken, meat, fish or shrimp
  with the ingredients cooked directly into the pot
• Biryani (
  Arabic: برياني) – a very common dish, consisting of heavily seasoned rice cooked with chicken or lamb, originally from the Indian sub-continent^[1]
• Fi Ga'atah (
  Arabic
  : تحت العيش) – white rice cooked with tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant in the bottom of the pan
• Harees, (
  Arabic: هريس) – Wheat cooked with meat then mashed, usually topped with cinnamon sugar
• Jireesh (Yireesh) (
  Arabic: جريش) – a mash of cooked spelt with chicken or lamb, tomatoes and some spices
• Machboos (
  mutton, chicken or fish served over fragrant rice that has been cooked in a well-spiced chicken/mutton broth^[1]
• Mahyawa (
  Arabic: مهياوة) – a tangy fish sauce
• Mumawwash, (
  lentils
  and can be topped with dry shrimp
• Muhammar (
  Arabic
  : محمر) – rice dish made from local rice with dates or sugar and one of the most distinctive rice dishes in Bahrain, always served with fried fish, especially the net fish of Bahrain
• Quzi (Ghoozi) (
  eggs
  and other ingredients
• Falafel (
  Arabic
  : فلافل) – a dish consisting of fried chickpeas served as fried balls in sandwiches with vegetables; not originally from Bahrain but it is popular.
• Al-Mudalal (
  Arabic
  : المدلل) – rice cooked with herbs and mixed with small pieces of chicken, and then a special kind of butter, which is specially prepared for this dish, is added
• Malgoum – a dish of shawarma served inside chapati or paratha bread with cheese, french fries, and a variety of sauces

Desserts

• Ghuraiba (
  Arabic: الغريبة) – brittle cookies made from flour, butter, powdered sugar and cardamom
  , usually served with Arabic coffee
• Qirs altaabi - dish made of flour, eggs and ground cardamom to make a paste that is heated on a hot surface.
• Khabeesa (
  Arabic
  : الخبيص) – Sweet dish made of flour and oil.
• Gaimat, (
  Arabic
  : قيمات) or luqaimat – Sweet fried yeast dumplings soaked in saffron syrup (sugar, lemon and saffron) or honey or date molasses
• Khanfaroosh, (
  Arabic
  : خنفروش) – popular fried dessert prepared using molasses or milk, usually served at breakfast with tea or coffee
• Arabic: زلابية) – fried dough soaked in syrup (sugar, lemon and saffron
  ) with a distinctive swirly shape