Moussaka at room temperature. In the Arab countries it is usually eaten cold or hot depending on the country. The English name for moussaka has Arabic origin "musaqqa‘a" (), literally 'that which is fed liquid'. It was reborrowed from Greek "" () and from other Balkan languages, all of which borrowed the word from Ottoman. The word is first attested in English in 1862, written "mùzàkkà". Most versions are based primarily on sautéed aubergine (eggplant) and tomato, usually with minced meat, mostly lamb. However, the Greek version includes layers of meat and eggplant topped with a Béchamel ("white") sauce, and baked.
Buffalo meat calves are often referred to as buffalo broilers and brought up exclusively on milk for the purpose of being slaughtered young for meat. Due to the religious importance of cows in India and Nepal, there is a need to differentiate buffalo meat from beef. In countries like India, for religious and cultural reasons, most of the population does not eat beef (meat from cows). In a large number of the Indian states and in Nepal, slaughtering cattle is prohibited. Communal violence sometimes happens over cattle slaughter or even over suspected beef consumption. Buffalo are a type of bovid, but their