Bedouins eat a wide variety of foods. They make much use of dates which can be found in the desert and of milks and cheeses which they can acquire from their livestock. They also eat meats like lamb and chicken on more festive occasions. Most dishes are served over rice with herbs and spices added for flavor.
Bedouins not only eat the animals they herd which are camels, sheep and goats, they also eat cheese, yogurt and milk from the animals. They also eat flat bread, dates, olives, chick peas, rice, couscous and wild desert game, berries and herbs that they make into compotes and jams.