Syrian cuisine : Best food and drinks

Syrian cuisine : Best food and drinks

principal and delicious food in syria 

       Syrian cuisine is an ancient cuisine. It is a diffusion of the cultures of civilizations that settled in Syria. In the beginning Syrian cuisine is very much influenced by Islamic culture, rather Islamic cooking. Ending with the strong influences of Turkish cuisine  resulting from the coming of the Ottoman Turks. It is many ways similar to other Levantine cuisines mainly   Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian and Iraqi.

         The main ingredients used in the Syrian cuisine are  eggplant, zucchini, onion, garlic, meat (mostly from lamb, mutton and poultry), dairy products, bulghur, sesame seeds, rice, chickpeas, wheat flour, pine nuts, fava beans, lentils, cabbage, cauliflower, vine leaves, pickled turnips or cucumbers, tomatoes, spinach, olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, mint.

Traditional meals :

  Breakfast: it is a main and important meal , it contains several ingredients and dishes . Weekday breakfast often including white salty cheeses, olives, olive oil, yoghurt , jam and a plate of green vegetables like cucumber and tomatoes . On the weekends others dishes served such as eggs , sujuk ((a spicy sausage high in salt and fat) and pastrami (brined and dried meat). Breakfast generally served with tea and coffee.

  Launch: Usually y consists of a single main hot dish (e.g. kafta, mujadara, molokhia with chicken, Sheikh Mahshi or Syrian broad beans) with Arabic rice and/or flat bread, salad and pickles.

for snack : the most popular food is shawarma (lamb or chicken meat roasted on a large skewered and wrapped in flat bread with hummus, garlic paste and tahini, with or without salad and pickles according to your taste.

  Beverages:

Hot drink : coffee and tea are the main hot drink is Syrian cuisine . Syrian people drink a big quantity of tea and coffee throughout the day.

Cold drinks include:

                          Ayran, a cold, salted yoghurt beverage mainly drunk in summer.

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• Syrian mint lemonade (sometimes called Bolo/Polo), made from fresh lemon juice, mint leaves, sugar and water.
• Tamarind drink, made with dried and soaked tamarind and sugar.
•  Erek el-sous, distilled from the roots of liquorice plants and generally unsweetened. It has been linked with many health benefits, but too much of it can cause high blood pressure.

When i talk about Syrian cuisine i remember the taste of dishes that i tried . i recommend to everybody to try it you will not regret it.