What food is commonly served in Iraq?
Most Iraqi (Mesopotamian) meals begin with appetizers and salads
called Mezze. Some of the dishes are: Shawarma (grilled sandwich
wrap of meat), Bamia (tomato, lamb and okra stew), Kibbeh (minced
meat ground with bulghur or rice and spices), Falafel (fried
chickpea patties served with amba and salad in pita), Quzi (lamb
with rice, almonds, raisins and spices), Masgouf (grilled fish with
pepper and tamarind), Maqluba (a rice, lamb, tomato and aubergine
dish). Also, there are several stuffed vegetable dishes, most
popular are Dolma and Mahshi.