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Assyrian cuisine is similar to other Middle Eastern cuisines. However, it predates both Arab and Turkish cuisine in Western Asia. It is also similar to Armenian, Greek, Israeli, Persian, and Levantine cuisine. It may also be referred to as Chaldean cuisine or Syriac cuisine. It is rich in grains, meat, tomato, and potato. Rice is usually served with every meal accompanied by a stew which is typically poured over the rice. Tea is typically consumed at all times of the day with or without meals alone or as a social drink. Cheese, crackers, biscuits, baklava, or other snacks are often served alongside the tea as appetizers. Dietary restrictions may apply during special holidays in which certain types of foods may not be consumed; often meaning animal-derived. Howerver, unlike their Muslim or Jewish neighbors of the countries they originated from, they may consume pork or alcohol though pork is not a staple in the diet and is shunned by many. There are hold-overs from the Old Testament in which people slaughter animals a certain way and where some animals are considered unclean such as the aforementioned swine. The story of Jesus casting the demonic Legions into pigs that went over the cliff is a popular reason for some Assyrians not to eat pork. Alcohol on the other hand is rather popular. Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of South, East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ... See the individual entries for: Austrian cuisine British cuisine English cuisine Scottish cuisine Welsh cuisine Anglo-Indian cuisine Modern British cuisine Belgian cuisine Czech cuisine Danish cuisine Dutch cuisine Finnish cuisine French cuisine Basque cuisine German cuisine Hungarian cuisine Icelandic cuisine Irish cuisine Italian cuisine Cuisine of Sicily Lappish cuisine... Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, French, Indian, and Spanish cuisine. ... South Asian cuisine includes the cuisines of the South Asia. ... Latin American cuisine is a phrase that refers to typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles common to many of the countries and cultures in Latin America. ... The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the various cuisines of the Middle East. ... North American cuisine is a term used for foods native to or popular in countries of North America. ... Cuisine of Africa reflects indigenous traditions, as well as influences from Arabs, Europeans, and Asians. ... Cooking is the act of preparing food. ... This is a list of food preparation utensils, also known as kitchenware. ... // United States measures Note that the measurements in this section are in U.S. customary units. ... This is a list of famous and notable chefs. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation and sometimes entertainment. ... For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ... Languages Assyrian, Chaldean, Turoyo Religions Christianity An entry was temporarily removed here. ... Cuisine (from French cuisine, cooking; culinary art; kitchen; ultimately from Latin coquere, to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Arab cuisine is the cuisine of the Arab countries. ... A map showing Southwest Asia - The term Middle East is more often used to refer to both Southwest Asia and some North African countries Southwest Asia, or West Asia, is the southwestern part of Asia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Iranian cuisine. ... Levantine cuisine is the traditional cuisine of the Levant region. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh to refer to its canon, which corresponds to the Protestant Old Testament. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Legion, also known as the Gadarene demon, or translated as Lots, is a demon found in the Christian Bible in Mark 5:9 and Luke 8:30. ...

There is a widely circulated story on the Web stating that the Assyrians invented baklava in the 8th century BCE,^[1] but current scholarly work indicates that it is of central Asian Turkic origin.^[2] Baklava A piece of baklava Baklava or Baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East, the Balkans and South Asia and developed in Ottoman cuisine. ... (9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC - other centuries) (800s BC - 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Golden age in Armenia Assyria...

Ftarta or Thomta (ܦܛܪܬܐ; breakfast)

Common breakfast usually contains eggs (scrambled, sunny side up, hard boiled); usually with fried tomatoes, tahina (sesame seed paste) with either fig jam or date syrup, bastirma (dried sausage), geimar (kaymak), halawa, etc. Hareesa is also eaten as a breakfast by some because it is perceived as a heavy and nutritious meal. Eggs are usually scrambled and contain parsley cooked in it with lots of black pepper and salt. Often the bastirma is cooked in with the eggs as may other ingredients be added in as well. Tea is usually drunk in the morning along with the breakfast. Halawa is often wrapped in pita bread and dipped in tahina for a nutritious breakfast snack or like how eggs are consumed it may be eaten in bite-size scoops of pita. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A carton of free-range chicken eggs Ostrich egg Bird eggs are a common food source. ... Plantains frying in vegetable oil. ... Binomial name Solanumlycopersicum Linnaeus ref. ... Tahini, jar 453g. ... Species About 800, including: Ficus altissima Ficus americana Ficus aurea Ficus benghalensis- Indian Banyan Ficus benjamina- Weeping Fig Ficus broadwayi Ficus carica- Common Fig Ficus citrifolia Ficus coronata Ficus drupacea Ficus elastica Ficus godeffroyi Ficus grenadensis Ficus hartii Ficus lyrata Ficus macbrideii Ficus macrophylla- Moreton Bay Fig Ficus microcarpa- Chinese... Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ... Pastırma is a kind of Turkish deli meat which is comparable with bacon. ... Kaymak or Kajmak is a creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made all over the Middle East, Southeast Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, India and Turkey. ... The word halva (alternatively halwa, halvah, halava, helva, halawa etc. ... Harees is a traditional Arabic dish consisting of wheat, meat (or chicken) and salt. ...

Maza (ܡܙܐ; appetizer)

Assyrian Maza is similar to related cuisines' Mezze which may include Humous ou Tahina, Baba Ghanouj, Tapoula, Fattoush, Veggies and Dip, etc. Fava beans; known as baqilleh, and chick peas; known as lablabi, are very common in soups, salads, and find their way into many foods. Fried almonds and raisins are also used but not as appetizers but rather as garnishes for main dishes. Another popular maza is tourshi which means pickles. Many different types of vegetables are pickled such as cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, beats, and peppers. As mentioned in the main paragraph, tea is a staple in the diet even more so than coffee. Almost always the maza is accompanied with tea or Turkish coffee. Mezes (pl. ... Hummus or hummus bi tahini (Arabic: ; Hebrew: ; Armenian Õ°Õ¡Õ´Õ¸Õ½) also spelled hamos, houmous, hommos, hommus, hummos, hummous or humus) is a dip made of ground chickpeas, sesame tahini, lemon juice, and garlic. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Syrian style Tabbouleh with lettuce and lemons Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Tabbouleh Tabouleh (Arabic: ; also Tabbouleh or Tabouli) is a Mediterranean salad dish, often used as part of a mezze. ... Fattoush is a Middle Eastern Salad, the primary ingredient of which is toasted pitta breads. ... Binomial name Vicia faba L. Vicia faba, the broad bean, fava bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean or tic bean is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. ... Binomial name Cicer arietinum L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

Khadaya w Ashaya (ܚܕܝܐ ܘ ܥܫܝܐ; lunch and dinner)

also referred to as Kawithra w Kharamsha

Lunch typically consists of basmati rice which is prepared with fried miniature noodles called sha'riya or in place of rice burghul may be used which may also be prepared with the same type of noodles. It is usually accompanied with a stew; called shorba or maraqa, salad; called zalata, or yogurt; called masta. There are many variations in the salads and yogurt sauces. Khalwa is a common yogurt sauce and is similar to tzatziki. It contains yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, herbs, and spices. Also there is daweh which is a drink consisting of yogurt, water, and salt. It is known as shaneenah in Arabic or doogh in Persian. Lebanese varieties usually contain mint. Daweh is most commonly served as a complimentary drink with many meals. The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... An amount of formality may be present at a dinner Dinner is the main meal of the day, consisting normally of a combination of cooked animal proteins (meat or fish), vegetables, and starch products like rice, noodles, or potatoes. ... Languages Assyrian, Chaldean, Turoyo Religions Christianity An entry was temporarily removed here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Assyrianculture. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Assyrian music is divided into three main sections or periods, The Ancient Period that is of (Ur, Babylon and Nineveh), The middle period or Tribal and Folkloric period, and the Modern Period. ... Aramaic is a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. ... Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. ... Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. ... Turoyo is a Modern West Syriac language, a dialect of Aramaic. ... Assyrian Folk Dances are dances that are performed throughout the world by Assyrians, mostly on occasions such as weddings. ... Syriac Christianity is a culturally and linguistically distinctive community within Eastern Christianity. ... // Cutting Out The knee-length and full-length tunics with short sleeves are the commonest dresses worn to different types of headdress. ... The following is a list of Assyrian towns and villages. ... Brown basmati rice Basmati (Hindi: , IAST: , Urdu: ‎) is a variety of long grain rice, famous for its fragrance and delicate flavour. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A cook making hand-pulled noodles. ... Boiling wheat grains to make bulgur in Turkey, 1990. ... Beef Stew A stew is a common dish made of vegetables (particularly potatoes or beans), meat, poultry, or seafood cooked in some sort of broth or sauce. ... Salad Platter Salad is a term applied broadly to many food preparations that are a mixture of chopped or sliced ingredients. ... Yoghurt Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ... A small bowl of tzatziki, served with few drops of olive oil and a few pieces of dill. ... Doogh (Dooqh), also called dugh, abdug, or tahn (the last two mostly by Armenians) is a beverage popular in Iran and other middle-eastern countries and the Caucasus. ...

The most common stews are potato which is referred to by the name of the main spice Curry; called kari, common bean; called fasulya, green beans; called chipti, fried okra; called bumya, and a crushed lentil soup; called tlokheh. There is also a rice and cabbage meal called tirkhena in which the rice and cabbage are cooked together with bits of steak meat. Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. ... Pilau rice, cucumber rhaita and Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi. ... Binomial name Phaseolus vulgaris L. Navy Bean redirects here. ... Green bean plant Green beans are the immature pods of any kind of bean when eaten immature as a vegetable. ... Binomial name Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench Okra, or ladys finger, is a flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, originating somewhere near present-day Ethiopia. ... Lens culinaris. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

Most stews consist of tomato paste, water, small pieces of steak or chicken, spices, and vegetables such as spinach for example which is called spenakh. The stews and dishes in general are usually referred to by the main ingredient in the dish. Tomato paste is a thick paste made from ripened tomatos with skin and seeds removed. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... A steak (from Old Norse steik, roast) is a slice from a larger piece of meat, typically beef. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... External links Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Spice Food Bacteria-Spice Survey Shows Why Some Cultures Like It Hot Citat: ...Garlic, onion, allspice and oregano, for example, were found to be the best all-around bacteria killers (they kill everything). ... Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

Typical Assyrian cuisine

During the Holidays there are special dishes. There are biryani, pacha, kubba, maqluba, dolma, quzi and many other dishes. There is a special type of kubba called kiddeldokeh which is prepared in yogurt. It along with kubba hamouth, kubba d-khoumsa, and kubba d-sawma are specific to the Assyrian community and very rare in other communities. There are many varieties of Kubba, Dolma, and Biryani specific to the cook that prepares them. Kufta is a meal prepared similarly to kubba hamouth meaning that it is cooked in a semi-sour tomatoe sauce, though it is more similar to a meatball than a kubba; which consists of lean meat and ground rice or burghul on the outside, and meat and onions on the inside. Many foods maybe prepared for sawma which means Lenten. During important holidays such as Ba'ootha no meat or dairy may be consumed. A fairly popular Lenten meal is Girtho which is rice cooked in yogurt. It is eaten with date syrup poured on top. However, it may not be consumed during Ba'ootha due to the restriction on all animal sources of food. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x752, 130 KB)[edit] Summary Typical Assyrian cusiene Chaldean 04:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC) [edit] Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x752, 130 KB)[edit] Summary Typical Assyrian cusiene Chaldean 04:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC) [edit] Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Iraqi Biryani (as served in Amman, Jordan) The name biryani or biriani (Urdu بریانی ;Hindi बिरयानी) is derived[1] from the Persian word beryā(n) (بریان) which means fried or roasted. Biryani is a family of Middle Eastern, Southern Asian dishes made from a mixture of spices, rice (usually basmati), meat/vegetables and... Kibbeh with mint as decoration Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Kibbeh Kibbeh or kubbah, Arabic: كبة; Turkish içli kuftah), is a dish of minced meat with bulgur and spices with many variants, both raw and cooked. ... Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions, including the Middle East, the Balkans, Greece, and Central Asia. ... A homecooked Mansaf, Amman, Jordan Mansaf also called Quzi (Arabic,منسف ) is a dish in which the main ingredients are lamb, rice, and occasionaly a dried yoghurt-like product called jameed. ... Kofta, köfte, kafta, kufta or kafteh (کوفته in Persian) are a family of Middle Eastern and South Asian meatballs or dumplings. ...

Due to the fact that Assyrians are minorities in all places they inhabit, their local cuisine may vary and also contain elements of the popular cuisine in their locale. The majority of Iraqi cuisine is incorporated into Iraqi Assyrian cuisine and the same is the case for Assyrians of Iran, Syria, or Turkey. Falafel with amba for example is very popular amongst Assyrians and are especially common during lent and other holidays requiring dietary restrictions that call for abstinence from animal-derived products and foods. Bishops of the Assyrian Church of the East are not only restricted from eating meat their whole lives but their mothers during their pregnancy are not allowed meat. History Iraqi cuisine has many roots one of which is in tent cookery. ... Falafel balls Falafel ( Arabic:  , Hebrew: ), also known in Egypt and Sudan as tameya (طعمية), is a fried ball or patty made from spiced fava beans and/or chickpeas. ... Amba was the eldest daughter of King of Kashi. ... The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܫܠܝܚܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ) under His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle as well as Saint Mari and Addai as evidenced in the...

Dessert

There are several different types of desert which include Baklava, Kulecheh, different types of cakes and cookies, Kadeh, and others. Kadeh are usually prepared alongside Kulecheh and also Takhiryatha which are not dessert and often referred to as "Chaldean Pizza" because they resemble pizza; containing meat and tomatoes on top of bread but lacking cheese unlike pizza. A Kada looks like a thick yellowish flat bread though it contains plenty of butter, eggs, and sugar which renders it a very sweet pastry. Due to the influence from the post-Ottoman occupation of Iraq and Syria by the British and French many customs were picked up from the colonial administrators. Tea and Biscuits are often eaten as snacks or even as a breakfast. Turkish coffee which is a hold-over from Ottoman times is often used the same way though with a twist of fortune telling called finjan which is a form of tasseography. When the coffee is consumed the fortune teller will look at the bottom of the cup and read you your future. Look up Ottoman, ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A cup of Turkish coffee served at an Ä°stanbul terrace. ... // Introduction Tasseography (or Tasseomancy) is a divination or fortune-telling method that in western tradition interprets patterns in tea leaves. ...

References

1. ^ History of Baklava, Turkish Culture: Baklava, Baklava War Intensifies, Baklava
2. ^ Perry, Charles. "The Taste for Layered Bread among the Nomadic Turks and the Central Asian Origins of Baklava", in A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East (ed. Sami Zubaida, Richard Tapper), 1994. ISBN 1-86064-603-4; fuller scholarly bibliography at the baklava article.

Baklava A piece of baklava Baklava or Baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East, the Balkans and South Asia and developed in Ottoman cuisine. ...

External links and References

• AAA of Modesto Assyrian Recipees
• Chicago Daring Dining Assyrian Food
• New Sahara Restaurant