Interesting Local Foods of Dubai?

Most people know Dubai due to its beaches and sky scrapers that kiss the sky but another great side of Dubai that yet mostly remains undiscovered is its scrumptious cuisines and local eateries. Although lot has happened in this metropolitan in the last few years, The city has bubbled with tourist spots and thus filled all of the year by visitors visiting. However even this flood of civilizations and modernization could not overtake the city’s local cuisine. The cuisine located in Dubai is a perfect example of the cuisine of gulf and thus Dubai’s cuisine represents the cuisine of the entire gulf.

Most of the cuisines here rely heavily on fish, meat and rice. Fish and meat are considerably used in large proportions as Dubai is next to the sea and fish and readily available to use from there, Secondly meat especially mutton is utilized in vast quantities as it is present in large masses in form of sheep which are reared by the Bedouins of this land. The special and fascinating cuisines are a mixture of spicy dishes and mouthwatering desserts.

Amongst the most cherished dishes in the kitchens of Dubai’s chefs is Al-Harees. It is a constituent of meat and wheat prepare by a lengthy procedure. It is cooked in a mud pot with a pinch of salt and wheat to which meat is added and left to cook for a long long time, the mixtures is cooked for hours until its is cooked, afterwards it is added into a clay pot place on ground with burning coal, it is then removed and topped with the local oil called ghee.

Another midst the vast collection of dishes is a dish called Al Jabab Bread. It is made by putting soft dough into a traditional  Al-Jabi oven. The dough is flattened and then baked from both sides like a pancake, when ready, it can be savored any topping of choice like honey, cheese or butter.

Al Majboos is probably the most popular and consumed eatery of this city of sand, it constitutes of meat and rice. The meat is boiled by placing it in hot water and a combination of local spices, dried lime is also added some times. Additives like chopped onion and tomato are added followed by the mixture of vegetables consisting of potato, tomato and green pepper. The prepared mixture is cooked to heat for aa short period of time. The prepared mixture is further enriched by the addition of cooked rice and saffron in elegant layers. Finally to take it to its prepared form, it is left to be cooked in an oven for 15 minutes on a low fire.

Tips for Tourists :

• Foreign visiting tourists should only take cuisines suitable to their body to avoid food poisoning.
• Tourists should not eat from stalls but rather from good restaurants
• Tourists should hire a local guide with them to inform them better about best eating places

Best tourist resorts:

• Dubai safari is a highly recommended tourist spot.
• Jumeirah beach in dubai is one of the finest beaches in the world
• Dubai conventional center is also a good spot to serve your time.