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A Gulf Arab breakfast dish of sweet, saffron-and-cardamom-scented vermicelli noodles perfumed with rose water and finished with a thin fried egg omelette laid on top.

Chebab are thin, lacy, saffron- and cardamom-spiced griddle pancakes of the Arabian Gulf, eaten at breakfast with date syrup and soft white cheese, whose golden color, floral warmth, and sweet-savory condiment pairing are collectively non-negotiable to their identity.

A dense, golden, pan-baked Gulf cake perfumed with saffron, cardamom, and rose water, characterized by its disc shape, amber crumb, and sesame-crusted surface.

A slow-cooked, heavily pounded porridge of whole dehusked wheat and bone-in meat — traditionally lamb or chicken — cooked until unified into a smooth, dense paste and finished with a generous pour of melted ghee.

A thick, slow-cooked savoury porridge of coarsely cracked wheat simmered in seasoned meat broth until the grains collapse into a cohesive, spoonable mass.

A Gulf-style intensely brewed black tea simmered together with evaporated milk, cardamom, and saffron until the liquor deepens in color and the spices fully unify with the milk into a single aromatic body.

A Gulf feast dish of a whole young lamb stuffed with spiced rice, nuts, and dried fruit, then roasted until the meat falls from the bone.

Luqaimat are small, yeasted deep-fried dough balls with a crisp golden exterior and airy interior, served immediately drizzled with date syrup (dibs tamr) and sprinkled with sesame seeds.

A Gulf Arabian celebration dish of long-grain basmati rice slow-cooked to absorption in a deeply spiced meat or fish broth scented with loomi (dried black lime), served mounded over the protein with fried onions, toasted nuts, and raisins.

A Gulf dish of salted fish (or chicken/meat) and flour or rice slow-cooked and beaten to a thick, smooth spiced paste, finished with ghee.

A Gulf spiced rice dish of basmati cooked with fish and a fragrant baharat-and-loomi spice base, served as a coastal feast centerpiece.

A Gulf-Arabian meat-and-vegetable stew in which thin sheets of hand-rolled wheat dough are torn and simmered directly in the broth until soft.

A Gulf Arab sweet rice dish in which long-grain rice is cooked with date syrup (dibs), saffron, and cardamom until the grains are tinged amber and carry a distinct savory-sweet depth, served canonically alongside fried Gulf fish.

Qahwa is a lightly roasted, spiced Arabic coffee infusion brewed with cardamom and optionally saffron, traditionally served in a handleless finjan cup.

An everyday Arabian Gulf stew of meat or chicken simmered with tomato, potato and other vegetables in a spiced broth, ladled over or alongside rice.

A triangular deep-fried pastry of thin wrapper enclosing spiced minced meat, vegetables or cheese, eaten across the Gulf and especially during Ramadan.

A Gulf Arab dish of spiced meat-and-vegetable stew ladled over layers of broken thin flatbread (regag/rqaq), which soaks up the broth into a soft, savory base.

Grape (vine) leaves rolled around a filling of spiced rice and minced lamb, simmered until tender, adopted as a feast dish across the Levant and the Gulf including Qatar.