Wales brith (fruit bread); cawl (a lamb stew); cawl cennin (leek soup); Welsh cakes; and Welsh lamb. Cockles are sometimes served as a traditional breakfast with bacon and laverbread. Although Wales has its own traditional food and has absorbed much of the cuisine of England, Welsh diets now owe more to the countries of India, China and the United States. Chicken tikka masala is the country's favourite dish while hamburgers and Chinese food outsell fish and chips as a takeaway. Wales is often referred to as "the land of song", and is notable for its harpists, male choirs, and solo artists.
Khoresh Bademjan is usually made with fresh sour grapes or verjuice and has a thinner and aromatic broth. Gheymeh Bademjan is the other variation made by the addition of fried eggplants instead of fried potatoes, similar to the dish Khoresh Gheimeh (Persian: خورش قیمه; yellow split peas and fried potato stew). Khoresh Bademjan Khoresh Bademjan (Persian: خورش بادمجان) or Khoresh Bādemjān, is a Persian stew of eggplant and tomatoes. Typically this dish is made of fried and skinned eggplants, optional lamb or beef, tomatoes, an acidic component such as sour grape juice or sun dried limes and mild aromatic spices such as