Emirati cuisine explained, what is your favourite Emirati Cuisine?

Written by Vandana Raj Bhatt.
A culinary destination, food lovers haven UAE is home to renowned celebrity chefs from various walks of the world who have established a base in the UAE to offer their cuisine. Emirates in West Asia is a tourist destination where you can find top-class fine dining restaurants or treat yourselves to low-cost street food. Emirati food is widely available in every area, with so much to offer, it sometimes gets hard to choose what to have. 

While most Emirati cuisine is an amalgam of Asian and Middle Eastern delicacies, some recipes were born in the land of the deserts. Emirati meal contains meat, fish, rice are staple foods, while dates and locally produced milk products make a great addition to the dinner tables. Camel milk and meat are popular but served only on some occasions. Saffron, turmeric, and cardamom are primarily used spices in Emirati cuisine that enhance the taste. 

Shawarma, an infamous Arabic wrap filled with meat and vegetables, is available in every mall, restaurant on the street and is relished by UAE citizens and residents. 

Traditional Dishes: - 

Maq'louba (made from meat, rice, and vegetables, mostly eggplant, cauliflower) translates to up-side-down, where the recipe is cooked in the pot and turned upside down before serving. 

Margooga Laham is the southern fare of Emirati cooking. It is a good and fulfilling stew of meat, vegetables, and doused Arabic bread made with fragrant flavors and stock, making it a rich and flavourful dish for any event.

Harees is a dish of boiled, broken, or coarsely-ground wheat, blended in with the meat and prepared. Its consistency shifts between a porridge and a slop.

For this recipe, wheat that was soaked overnight is boiled in the water with meat and sheep tail fat. The excess fluid is stressed, and the combination is beaten and prepared. Harees might be embellished with cinnamon, sugar, and clarified butter. 

Machbous, (Kabsa), the dish is generally made with rice (normally basmati), meat, vegetables, and a combination of flavors. There are numerous sorts of kabsa, and every type has its uniqueness.

Pre-blended kabsa flavors are presently accessible under a few brand names. Yet, this lesson planning time may have a flavor particular from customary kabsa. The flavors utilized in kabsa are, to a great extent, answerable for their taste; these are by and large dark pepper, cloves, cardamom, saffron, cinnamon, dark lime, cove leaves, and nutmeg.

Meat for kabsa can be cooked in different ways. A well-known approach to planning meat is called mandi, by which meat is grilled in a profound opening in the ground that is covered while the meat cooks. One more approach to planning and serving meat for kabsa is mathbi, where prepared meat is barbecued on level stones that are put on top of consuming ashes. A third procedure, madghūt, includes cooking the meat in a tension cooker.

Some other dishes include, Frsee'ah, Fireed, Jisheid, and Mishwy are the main course traditional meals served for families. 

Traditional breakfast in the UAE usually features breads like raqaq, khameer, and chebab, served with cheese, date syrup, or eggs. 

Sweet choices incorporate luqeymat, a broiled bundle of flapjack player that is moved in sesame seeds and afterward sprinkled with date honey. Different pastries include khabeesa, flour bread pieces mixed with sugar, cardamom, saffron or bethitha, semolina mixed with squashed dates, cardamom, and explained margarine.

Some award-winning fine dining Arabic Restaurants to try in Dubai:-

Reem Al Bawadi, Dubai Marina  

Awtar, Grand Hyatt Dubai 

Ayamna, Atlantis the Palm

Aseelah, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek

Marjan Restaurant, Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah 

Al Qasr Restaurant, Dubai Marine Beach Resort & Spa  

Al Hadheerah - Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa 

Huqqa Restaurant, Dubai Mall  

Habak Restaurant Dubai

Asil at Rixos Premium Dubai JBR  

Ewaan, Palace Downtown