🍚Gulf food
Gulf cuisine centres on spiced rice cooked with meat, chicken or fish, such as machboos (kabsa), often seasoned with cardamom, saffron, dried lime and baharat. Dates, Arabic coffee, flatbreads and slow-cooked dishes like harees are also common.
34dishes
203average kcal per 100 g
62%vegetarian
Lightest dishes
Most filling dishes
Highest in protein
💡Tip
Rice dishes are often served on generous shared platters, and the rice absorbs much of the cooking fat — a smaller portion of rice with more of the meat and salad keeps calories lower.
All 34 dishes
🥑 Avocado juice (Gulf style)🍗 Broasted chicken🍗 Broasted chicken meal with garlic fries🍤 Broasted shrimp🥟 Cheese samboosa🧀 Cheese-stuffed luqaimat🍗 Chicken kabsa, restaurant style🥟 Chicken samboosa🍢 Chicken tikka (Gulf style)🍰 Date cake🥤 Date milkshake🥤 Dates milkshake🍳 Eggs with tomato (baid tamat)🧆 Falafel plate🐟 Fish Majboos🐟 Fried hamour🐟 Grilled hamour🐟 Gulf grilled fish🍢 Gulf kabab mashwi☕ Karak chai☕ Karak tea🍯 Luqaimat🥭 Mango kunafa🫘 Nikhi (Gulf boiled chickpeas)🫓 Paratha with karak🍚 Plain White Rice (Ruz Abyad)🍰 Saffron Cheesecake☕ Saffron Latte🥛 Saffron Milk☕ Saffron karak🍮 Sagoo (Sago Pudding)🌯 Saj shawarma🍛 Shawarma plate with fries🍇 Vimto (Ramadan Berry Cordial Drink)
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. How we count →