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Qatari Cuisine

↳ from Doha, Qatar

Qatar's food is Bedouin and sea cooking together, with rice, dates and spiced meat. Hospitality means coffee and dates for every guest.

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Specialties

History

Before gas, Qatar's people were pearl divers, fishers and Bedouin herders, so the diet was fish, dates and milk. Spices arrived with traders.

Ingredients

  • Rice
  • Lamb or camel
  • Fish
  • Dates
  • Cardamom
  • Saffron
  • Dried lime

How it's made

  1. Prepare meat or fish with onion and spices
  2. Cook rice in the stock
  3. Layer and steam
  4. Serve on a large shared platter
  5. Finish with Arabic coffee and dates
to drink

What Qatar drinks

Karak chai, Arabic coffee (gahwa), laban

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