Kurdish cuisine

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Kurdish cuisine (

Kurdish cuisine makes abundant use of fresh herbs and spices.^[1]

Sweetened black tea is a very common drink, along with bitter strong coffee. Another favourite Kurdish drink is Mastaw (in

Sawar, a traditional dish among Kurdish farmers, is made of wheat grain that is boiled, sun dried and pounded in a mortar (curn) to get rid of the husk. The wheat is then crushed in a mill (destarr). The resulting grain food can be boiled and served.[4]

Tepsî is a dish of

Dishes and foods

Dairy products

In

Bread

In Kurdistan, bread can be found in various forms. Their ingredients differ as well as their shapes, densities, and textures.^[7]

Stuffed vegetables

Stuffed vegetables are widely known as Pelpêç or Îprax (Sarma) or Pel (Dolma) ^[8] in Kurdish regions. It is slowly simmered and they fill the house with an irresistible scent of fresh herbs, aromatics, and tangy lemons.^[9]

Meat dishes

As nomads and herders, lamb and chicken have been the main dishes of Kurdish cuisine for centuries.^[11]

Non-alcoholic beverages

Related cuisines

• Arab cuisine
• Armenian cuisine
• Assyrian cuisine
• Azerbaijani cuisine
• Balkan cuisine
• Caucasian cuisine
• Central Asian cuisine
• Cypriot cuisine
• Greek cuisine
• Iranian cuisine
• Levantine cuisine
• Mediterranean cuisine
• Mesopotamian cuisine
• Middle Eastern cuisine
• Ottoman cuisine
• Turkish cuisine
• Turkmen cuisine

See also

• Kurdish coffee, a hot drink made from terebinth

References

1. ^ "Kurdistan's cuisine". Krg.org. 2010-06-27. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Kurdistan's cuisine". Krg.org. 2010-06-27. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
3. ^ "Middle East". Web.archive.org. 2008-02-01. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
4. ^ "The food that launched civilization". saradistribution.com. 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
5. ^ "Iraqi Kurdish, Life Style". London: Guardian.co.uk. 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
6. ^ "Kurdish-English dictionary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
7. ^ "Culture Tuesday: an Exploration of Kurdish Cuisine". 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
8. ^ "Kurdische Spezialität". 6 December 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
9. ^ "Vegan Kurdish Aprax / Dolma (Stuffed Vegetables with Herbed Aromatic Rice)". 19 March 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
10. ^ "Kurdische Spezialität". 6 December 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
11. ^ "Kurdish Food". Retrieved 28 July 2021.

Bibliography

• Barzinji, Ala, Traditional Kurdish Food: An insight into Kurdish culinary heritage, 2015,
  ISBN 1784624144
  .
• Sinjari, Emel, The Kurdish Cookbook, 2016, ASIN B01LZ0DZ5I.
• Zebari, Chiman, My Life, My Food, My Kurdistan, 2015, ASIN B0793Q93R8.
• Nikolovski, Goce, Taste of Kurdish Cuisine: Part 1, 2016, ASIN B01LXXAEUQ.

External links

•  Kurdistan portal
•  Food portal

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