Food of Qatar
Qatari food centers on rice, lamb, fish and dates, with spices carried on the old pearl-trading routes. Machboos, harees and thareed are everyday classics, and karak tea is a national favorite. Sweets are made with date syrup, cardamom and saffron.
Machboos
Spiced rice with lamb or chicken cooked in a lime-scented broth.
How to make Machboos- Main dishes (5)
- Breakfast (2)
- Street food (1)
- Soups (1)
- Salads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (3)
- Drinks (2)
- Fruits and produce (3)
Staples
- rice
- lamb
- fish
- dates
- wheat
- bread
Signature flavors
- cardamom
- saffron
- cinnamon
- turmeric
- dried lime
Main dishes
Spiced rice with lamb or chicken cooked in a lime-scented broth.
Key ingredients: rice, lamb, dried lime, baharatFull guide →
Torn bread soaked in a meat and vegetable stew.
Key ingredients: bread, lamb, vegetables, tomatoCreamy mashed rice with chicken and spices.
Key ingredients: rice, chicken, ghee
Roast lamb served on rice with nuts.
Key ingredients: lamb, rice, almonds
A vegetable and meat stew eaten with rice.
Key ingredients: lamb, tomato, potato, eggplantBreakfast
Sweet noodles with saffron and eggs.
Key ingredients: vermicelli, eggs, saffron, sugarQatari pancakes with cardamom, served with date syrup.
Key ingredients: flour, saffron, cardamom, date syrupStreet food
Fried pastry triangles filled with meat or cheese.
Key ingredients: dough, meat, cheeseSoups
A wheat and meat porridge.
Key ingredients: wheat, lamb, gheeFull guide →Salads
Cucumber, tomato and cilantro with lemon.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, cilantro, lemonDesserts and sweets
Fried dough puffs in date syrup.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast, date syrupFull guide →
A soft dough of flour and ghee eaten with date syrup.
Key ingredients: flour, ghee, date syrup
A warm baked pastry pudding with milk and nuts.
Key ingredients: pastry, milk, nuts, raisinsFull guide →Drinks
Strong spiced tea with milk, loved across the country.
Key ingredients: tea, milk, cardamomFull guide →
Lightly roasted coffee with cardamom.
Key ingredients: coffee, cardamomFull guide →Fruits and produce
Served with coffee and used in sweets.
Key ingredients: coffee pairing, syrupFull guide →
Summer melons enjoyed chilled.
Key ingredients: chilled, juiceFull guide →
Fresh and dried figs.
Key ingredients: fresh, driedFull guide →Dish guides from Qatar
More cuisines of Western Asia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Georgia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Machboos (cropped): Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tharid. (cropped): Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Iraqi Qoozi : aziz1005, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Maraq: Abu Isa, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Homemade Balaleet, 2023: Mohamed Toorani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Samosas, snack food at Wikipedia's 16th Birthday celebration in Chittagong (01): Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Armenian Harisa: Ketone16, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A large mixed salad: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sam'dan lokma tatlisi: elif ayse, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- عصيدة-قطيفية: Mustafa Al-Elq, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Umm Ali: Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chai In Sakora: Dadhichbittu007, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A dallah a traditional Arabic coffee pot with cups and coffee beans: Canbel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dates005: Nepenthes, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taiwan 2009 Tainan City Organic Farm Watermelon FRD 7962: Fred Hsu (Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ficus carica L, 1771: Trew, C.J, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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