Cuisine in Qatar

Machboos

Representative cooked rice dish with spiced rice topped with meat or fish.

• Region: Nationwide
• Main ingredients: Basmati rice, lamb or fish, cardamom, cloves

Harees

Porridge-like dish with wheat and meat slow-cooked for hours; popular during Ramadan.

• Main ingredients: Cracked wheat, chicken or lamb, ghee

Sulug

Sweet cardamom-scented milk tea; hospitality staple.

• Main ingredients: Tea leaves, condensed milk, cardamom

Luqaimat

Honey-flavored donuts, crispy outside and fluffy inside.

• Main ingredients: Wheat flour, yeast, saffron, date syrup

Sambusa

Triangular fried pies filled with spiced meat or vegetables.

• Region: Gulf region
• Main ingredients: Wheat flour, ground beef, onions, cumin

Fatteh

Appetizer layering torn bread with yogurt sauce and chickpeas.

• Main ingredients: Pita bread, yogurt, chickpeas

Balal

Spicy stewed bean soup served for breakfast.

• Main ingredients: Fava beans, tomatoes, cumin

Dates

Date palm fruit; essential for tea accompaniment and sweetening dishes.

• Main ingredients: Dates

Kunafa

Warm dessert of cheese with rose syrup.

• Main ingredients: Kataifi dough, akkawi cheese, pistachios

Qahwa Arabiyya

Arabic coffee with cardamom, served in small cups.

• Main ingredients: Light roast coffee beans, cardamom