Ua kaulana mau ka Hikina Arab no ka nui o ka ʻiʻo i loko o kāna kīʻaha aupuni. ʻO ia nō naʻe, loaʻa i ka mea ʻai meaʻai kahi mea e hauʻoli ai i ka wā e hele ai i ka honua Muslim maoli. E heluhelu me ka wiwo ʻole inā ʻo kekahi o nā ʻāina o ka Hikina Waena kāu huakaʻi aʻe.
ʻO nā tortilla wela, i lawelawe ʻia i loko o ka hīnaʻi nui, he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o kēlā me kēia meaʻai. ʻO ka Pita, ma ke ʻano he lula, ua haki ʻia me nā manamana lima a ʻai ʻia e like me ka berena pita, hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā kīʻaha like ʻole a me nā kīʻaha. Loaʻa i nā Bedouins kā lākou ʻano berena ponoʻī, e like me ka Armenian lavash, kahi palaoa pālahalaha ʻono maikaʻi -. Hoʻomoʻa ʻia i loko o kahi pā palai ma luna o ke ahi hāmama.
ʻO ka salakeke me nā'āpana cheese, nā'ōmato a me nā aniani. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo shanklish ka inoa o ka cheese i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia kīʻaha. Akā, no ka mea ua lawelawe pinepine ʻia kēia cheese me nā ʻōmato a me nā aniani, ua hoʻomaka kona inoa e pili i ka kīʻaha holoʻokoʻa. Hāʻawi ka paʻakai palupalu maikaʻi i ka salakeke i kahi ʻono ʻono hiki ʻole ke hoʻohālikelike.
, ʻike ʻia ʻo . ʻO nā lau hua waina i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka laiki kahi meaʻai momona e kaulana a puni ka ʻāina. E kāhea aku i nā mea a pau āu e makemake ai, akā ʻo ka mea nui ka lau waina, ka laiki a me nā mea ʻala. E makaʻala, i kekahi manawa hoʻohui ʻia ka ʻiʻo i ka hoʻopiha! ʻAʻole pono ka wehewehe ʻana i ka mea i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka dolma kikoʻī āu e makemake ai e kauoha.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā mea ʻai ʻala ma ka hikina, ʻo muhammara kekahi o lākou! Eia naʻe, ʻono loa ke kīʻaha i nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a kani maikaʻi me ka falafel, tortillas, cheese a pēlā aku.
ʻO ke kumu o ka meaʻai Arabic piha i nā pīni me nā meaʻala. He puʻuwai ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo puree a lawelawe pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha kakahiaka. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole nā pīni ponoʻī e hoʻoholo i ka ʻono o kēia kīʻaha, akā ʻo nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea ʻala i hoʻomoʻa ʻia.
- he tortilla i lawelawe ʻia me ka cheese Palestinian a me nā mea kanu hou. E like me ka ful, ʻo ka manakish ka ʻaina kakahiaka a i ʻole ka meaʻai i ka lā. ʻO ka pinepine, kau ʻia kahi ʻuala (kahi hui ʻana o nā mea kanu ʻokiʻoki a me nā kumulāʻau sesame i kālua ʻia) a i ʻole kaʻaila kirīmi ma luna o ka tortilla. He paʻakikī ke haʻi i ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi! Pono e ho'āʻo i nā ʻano like ʻole.