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Bahrain

Machboos samak, muhammar sweet rice and pearl-coast seafood.

Iconic recipes

Bahrain's prized fish machboos — hammour or snapper layered with spiced rice, loomi and caramelized onions.

Bahraini sweet rice with date syrup, cardamom and saffron — paired with machboos samak.

Spiced fish over saffron-and-loomi rice with crisp fried onions.

Bahrain's spiced lamb-and-rice — onions caramelised with loomi, cardamom and saffron.

Pungent anchovy-and-spice sauce spread on khubz across the Gulf.

Bahrain's spiced fish or chicken biryani with dried lime, baharat and basmati.