Kurdish cuisine

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Kurdish cuisine [a] consists of a wide variety of foods prepared by the Kurdish people. There are culinary and cultural similarities of Kurds and their immediate neighbours in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

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Culinary customs

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Various Kurdish dishes
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Kurdish kulere served with yogurt and Kurdish cheese

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

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Traditional Kurdish bread, a crusty white loaf that is baked on a round hot iron, Hawraman

Sweetened black tea is a very common drink, along with bitter strong coffee. Another favourite Kurdish drink is Mastaw (ماستاو) or Ava Mast, which is yogurt and salt mixed with water. The fermented version of this is called Dô (Doogh). [2]

Staples of Kurdish cuisine are Berbesel, Biryanî (بریانی), Dokliw (دۆکوڵیو), Kelane (کەلانە), Kulerenaske (ناسکە کولێرە), Kube (کوبە), Parêv Tobûlî, Kuki (meat or vegetable pies), Birinç (white rice (برنج) alone or with meat or vegetables and herbs), and a variety of salads, pastries (شیرینی), and drinks specific to different parts of Kurdistan. Other popular dishes are Makluba(مەقلوبە), kofta (کوفتە), shifta (شفتە), shilah/maraga, spinach with eggs, wheat & lentil soup (شۆربای گەنم و عەدەس), beet & meat soup, sweet turnip, cardamon cookies, bulgur pilaf, mehîr, hûr û rûvî, pel (yaprakh) (یاپراخ), chichma this dish is common in Erbil (Hewlêr), tefti, niskene (نیسکێنە) and nane niskan. [3]

Sawar (ساوەر), 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 (تەپسی) is a dish of aubergines, green peppers, courgettes and potatoes in a slightly spicy tomato sauce. Teşrîb (تشریب) consists of layers of naan in a sauce of green pepper, tomato, onions and chillies. [5]

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Erbil yogurt

Dishes and foods

Dairy products

Yoghurt, or mast, as it is called in Kurdish, [6] is considered the most popular fermented dairy product amongst Kurds.

Rice dishes

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Perde pelav پەردە پڵاو

Stews

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Kurdish bean stew (metfiniya fasoliya)

Bread

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Kelane کەلانە

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

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Sewik سەوک

Stuffed vegetables

Stuffed vegetables are widely known as pelpêç or îprax (sarma) or pel (dolma) [8] in Kurdish regions.

Meat

As nomads and herders, lamb and chicken have been the main dishes of Kurdish cuisine for centuries. [9] Dishes with meat involved include:

Dessert

Non-alcoholic beverages

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Kurdish yoghurt drink (Dew/mastaw)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Sorani Kurdish: چێشتی کوردی, romanized: çêştî Kurdî; Kurmanji Kurdish: پێژگەها کوردی, romanized: pêjgeha Kurdî

References

  1. ↑ "Kurdistan's cuisine". Krg.org. 2010-06-27. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Kurdische Spezialität". 6 December 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Kurdish Food" . Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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