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
Hatay Province Defne, Arsuz and Payas. Hatay is warm enough to grow tropical crops such as sweet potato and sugar cane, and these are used in the local cuisine, along with other local specialities including a type of cucumber/squash called kitte. Well-known dishes of Hatay include the syrupy-pastry künefe, squash cooked in onions and tomato paste (sıhılmahsi), the aubergine and tahini paste (Baba ghanoush), and the chickpea and tahini paste hummus as well as dishes such as kebab which are found throughout Turkey. In general the people of Hatay produce many spicy dishes including the walnut and spice paste muhammara), the spicy