🇮🇶 The food of Iraq
29 dishes from Iraq, best known first, across 4 cities and regions.
Kaymak
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreThick, creamy dairy spread made from slowly simmered milk
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Snacks
Tulumba
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreDeep-fried batter sticks soaked in sweet syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
LokmaVegan
🇮🇶 Iraq and 4 moreSmall fried dough pieces sweetened with syrup or honey
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
CharosetVegan
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreA sweet fruit and nut paste for the Passover table
Sweet or dessert
Umm AliVegetarianأم علي
🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 moreEgyptian dessert of soaked pastry, milk, nuts and sugar, baked until golden
Sweet or dessert, Dinner, Snacks
ZerdeVeganزرده
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA golden rice pudding with saffron, rose water and dried fruit, served cold
Sweet or dessert
Zalabiyehزلابية
🇵🇸 Palestine and 5 moreA deep-fried fritter made from batter, found across the Middle East and beyond
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lokma: Benreis, CC BY 3.0, source
- Tulumba: The original uploader was ChildofMidnight at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.0, source
- Kaymak: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zerde: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charoset: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Umm Ali: روتانا, CC BY 4.0, source
- Zalabiyeh: Sankeerth, CC BY-SA 4.0, source