Southern Region
Rijlah stew – Purslane stew
BREAKFAST
Mefa Bread
BREAKFAST
Rawani – egg cake
BREAKFAST
Aseedah mushed grain paste
MAIN MEALS
Shuwaytah fire-scorched ears of wheat
THE SOUTHER NREGION
Saudi coffee (Coffee hulls drink)
BEVERAGES
Murays date drink
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Abeelah
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Laban mukabba or mudakhan- smoke-infused yogurt/buttermilk
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Download the RecipePurslane is a plant grown both commercially, on farms, and in the wild. It is similar to spinach and has numerous health benefits. It aids digestion, strengthens the heart, regulates the kidneys, and is rich in calcium, iron, and vitamins A, B, and C. This dish is customarily not offered to guests. It is usually eaten with bread and is a breakfast meal.
Select and clean bunches of purslane. Place in a pot of water for one hour or more until cooked. Add pepper and cumin. Drizzle with sesame oil when serving as desired.
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Download the RecipeAn ancient folk food that is popular in the southern regions of Saudi Arabia, it has different names from one area to another, including: fateer bread, dho bread, mefa or tannour bread referring to the tandoor oven that it is baked in. It is high in carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. It is normally served with breakfast or dinner and is also offered to guests.
Mix and knead all ingredients until you have a thick dough. Separate the dough into equal pieces. Spread each piece into elongated shapes. Stick the dough around the edges of the tandoor oven from the inside. Cover the tandoor oven and place hot coals on top to allow the bread to bake from all sides. Once it changes color, peel the bread off the side of the oven and serve hot with ghee or honey or laban.
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Download the RecipeA type of sweet, this dish is full of healthy protein and provides energy. It is high in vitamins and iron, as well as sodium and calcium. This dish is often neglected today.
For each egg, add one spoonful of rice flour and whip until the eggs become frothy. Place in the mefa oven (which has a cylindrical shape built into a solid platform in the home’s kitchen), or place it between two flames, one below the pan and one above the lid. Allow to bake until the surface is lightly browned and puffs up. Once cooked, soak in syrup made from sweetened water flavored with cardamom and cinnamon.
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Download the RecipeAseedah is one of the favorite folk dishes in the southern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It named thus because it is made by continuously stirring into a firm, smooth mush. It is rich in carbohydrate and some vitamins and minerals. It is mostly a lunch or dinner meal dish and is offered on special occasions, not to mention a main dish served in Ramadan. The culture of the southern region has a saying that goes: Add the flour to the water on low heat and stir with a miswaat (a long wooden stick). Keep stirring until all dry flour balls have been absorbed. Leave until cooked through and serve with ghee or honey or laban. It is also served with meat and broth. Some people serve it with qashm or hamees (barbecued or grilled meat). I wish that aseedah before me … and four cups of broth And I eat from this aseedah … until the sweat pours forth
Add the flour to the water on low heat and stir with a miswaat (a long wooden stick). Keep stirring until all dry flour balls have been absorbed. Leave until cooked through and serve with ghee or honey or laban. It is also served with meat and broth. Some people serve it with qashm or hamees (barbecued or grilled meat).
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Download the RecipeThe name refers to the singing of the wheat over an open fire. Shuwaytah is a high carbohydrate food. It is usually eaten mid-morning or mid-afternoon and is accompanied by a hot drink such as tea.
Ears of wheat are collected while still fresh, then tied into small bunches (called ghazilah). These bunches are roasted over a fire (tashawat). As they are removed from the fire each ear is rubbed using a kafeen (a tool like a small hand rake). Then the kernels are sifted from the chaff by pouring from hand to hand and blowing the chaff into the air, thereby cleaning the kernels of inedible fibers. The dish may be eaten immediately or put in a container to be eaten later.
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Download the RecipeCoffee hulls drink is similar to regular coffee except that it made from the coffee bean hull rather than the bean itself. It is a favorite drink among many locals due to its distinctive flavor. Sometimes sugar is added and a little ginger.
Boil the water and add coffee hulls. Boil for no more than ten minutes. Add sugar and ginger as desired.
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Download the RecipeDates are widely grown across the region. For this reason, they are used to create a variety of foods and beverages, including murays, which is a very popular drink due to its many health benefits.
Soak the dates in water. Then mix until fully blended into a thick liquid.
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Download the RecipeThis is a drink made by mixing Laban and Meat soup. People usually drink it at banquets.
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Download the RecipeThis is a smoke-infused dairy drink. First, shake the laban to separate it from the ghee or butter. Then burn sticks from highly fragrant herbs, such as basil, dodonaea (hopbush), and rosemary. Cover the smoking sticks placed on a hot coal (as with incense) with the pot in which the laban is to be heated to infuse the smoke in the pot. Then heat the laban in the pot. Sometimes, the burning sticks are put directly in the laban.
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