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🇮🇶 Traditional dishes from Iraq

3 dishes people actually cook in Iraq: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Dolma

120 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Dolma, a traditional dish from Iraq

Savor the rich flavors of stuffed grape leaves!

  • 200 g vine leaves
  • 150 g rice
  • 300 g ground lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 50 ml olive oil
  • 30 ml lemon juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 30 g fresh parsley

Kubba

90 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Kubba, a traditional dish from Iraq

Deliciously spiced meat-filled dumplings!

  • 200 g bulgur wheat
  • 400 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 50 g pine nuts
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 300 ml water
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil

Masgouf

120 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Masgouf, a traditional dish from Iraq

Savor the smoky flavors of this traditional Iraqi dish.

  • 1 whole fish
  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 2 lemons
  • 30 g fresh parsley

What do people eat in Iraq?

The three dishes from Iraq documented in Copper are Dolma, Kubba and Masgouf. Fresh parsley and olive oil each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 21 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Iraq?

The three recipes need 21 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Fresh parsley is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 13 use fresh parsley. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Iraq take?

Kubba is the quickest at 90 minutes. Dolma is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 120 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Iraq is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Iraq here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Kubba is the shortest way in.

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