Being the host of diverse nationalities and ethnicities, UAE has to take care of each and everything which visitors want to have. Besides visiting worth seeing places, visitors can also enjoy their national food as well as traditional UAE food across the country. It doesn’t matter whether you are in Abu Dhabi, Ajman or Ras Al Khaimah, you will get the best traditional food everywhere.
The traditional UAE food has very rich and unique taste; it’s a blend of all the nations, like it has lot of spice like Indian/Pakistani food. You’ll get sheep and goats meat which Arabs love to have. Traditional UAE dishes contain fish, rice and meat as main ingredients. In special occasions like wedding functions or EID people of UAE use camels to make their traditional food and enjoy the festive but restaurants serve dishes made of camel meat all over the year for visitors.
There is a long list of tasty and unique UAE food but following are the 5 top UAE foods that include:
Stuffed Camel
According to Guinness Book of World Records, Stuffed Camel is the most served dish of UAE. This dish is one of the amazing dishes of UAE food. The major ingredients of this dish are: whole camel, 20 chickens, one lamb, boiled eggs, rice and fish. The locals as well as visitors love this delicious dish made from roasted camel.
Al Harees
Al Harees is a well-known cuisine of UAE with highly exciting taste. The major ingredients are meat and wheat. It’s simple yet elegant dish with very few ingredients but it’s cooked for longer time. The dish is commonly served during special occasions like EID festivals, wedding ceremonies and during Ramadan. Wheat and meat with a bit of salt cooked together in water until the both; meat and wheat make smooth paste that will be further cooked in a covered clay pot with coal almost overnight. Al Harees is served with a local ghee as a topping on it in flat plates. (more about Al Harees here)
Shawrama
Shawarma is the most eaten food across this country. The popularity and exotic taste of Shawrama has pushed this dish even to Asian countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is made with chicken, beef or lamb. Different restaurants have different methodology to cook it. The major ingredients are garlic sauce, pickles, fries, tomatoes and pieces of meat, all the components are then wrapped in a Arabic Roti. It’s the popular UAE food and this has never showed decline in its popularity and demand.
Al Machboos
Al Machboos is another amazing and famous traditional UAE food. The main ingredients are meat, onion, dried lemon and rice. All the ingredients are coke well in boiling water until they become tender. Then meat is meat is separated and rice is added. After that meat is again added in the mixture of rice and cooked again for yet another two hours. Al Machboos is one of the favorite dishes across the gulf.
Hummus
In fact it’s not a dish but a famous dip. The major ingredients are chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice, tahini paste, salt and garlic. It’s one of the best appetizers in the region and it is also served with other dishes like Shawarma and pita bread. It has a very unique and delicious taste.
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