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Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Cooking Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

 
 
Area : 8155  sq.mi - Population 6200000 hab.
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Weather

  • Tel Aviv  29°C 30°C 34°C 31°C
  • Jerusalem  25°C 26°C 30°C 28°C
  • Haifa  27°C 27°C 31°C 29°C
  • Eilat  41°C 40°C 41°C 42°C
  • Ovda  36°C 36°C 38°C 37°C

Cooking Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

 Gastronomy

Like the country, culinary traditions are reflections of the diaspora. In Middle Eastern cuisine, you have mezzes (assorted hors-d'oeuvre), houmous (chickpea purée), tehina (sesame purée), aubergine salad served with pita (a plain round flat cake), grilled meat and sweetened pastries in abundance. If you are peckish, stop off at one of the several stalls selling falafels (fried chickpea balls) and shawarma (grilled mutton) spread in a pita with a variety of assorted salads. Yemeni cuisine adds numerous perfumed spices to these same Arab dishes.
There is also ox tail soup, foul (dish of beans) and different types of bread like the mallawah (crispy) or laluh (leavened bread).
Likewise, Jews from Central Europe are fond of mince liver, stuffed carp, mushroom cabbage, small savoury pancakes, potato cake, shashliks (skewers) and goulash (paprika ox stew)...