Table 1 Main ingredients used in the preparation of five traditional foods commonly consumed in UAE
Local name (description) | Ingredients |
|---|---|
Gurus (fried bread) | Wheat flour, vegetable oil, egg, sugar, salt, and water |
Assidah (flour with ghee) | Wheat flour, sugar, ghee, salt, and water |
Saqo (saqo seeds with ghee) | Saqo seeds, sugar, ghee, saffron, and water |
Marqoqa (bread with chicken stew) | Wheat flour, chicken, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, carrots, tomato paste, vegetable oil, garlic, spices, and water |
Threed chicken (bread with chicken stew) | Wheat flour, chicken, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, tomato paste, vegetable oil, spices, and water |