Qatari cuisine with cardamom./ served with dates. "karak ", also known as "tea with milk" or "chai milk", is a bright orange mixture with cardamom, saffron, and sugar. It's tea simmered with a mixture of spices along with some evaporated milk. A refreshing drink flavoured with mint and lemon. It is not originally Qatari but it is now a staple drink in the area. A dip made from tahini (a sesame paste) and chickpeas. A paste made from eggplant, garlic, and tahini. A type of hummus made without tahini. Bread and rice pudding. Sweet gelatin pudding spiced with saffron and cardamom. The
Shrimp paste raw), and rujak (Indonesian style hot and spicy fruit salad). On the island of Lombok, Indonesia, a more savory and sweet shrimp paste called "lengkare" is made. "Bagoong alamang", simply bagoong, or "Ginamos" (in Western Visayas) is Filipino for shrimp paste, made from the same "Acetes" shrimp as in Indonesian and Malaysian variants (known in Filipino/Tagalog as "alamang") and is commonly eaten as a topping on green mangoes or used as a major cooking ingredient. Bagoong paste varies in appearance, flavor, and spiciness depending on the type. Pink and salty bagoong alamang is marketed as "fresh", and is essentially the