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Saffron

Azafrán

Family: Saffron

The colouring and aromatic top note in Al-Madina rice, ldu and several Ramadan sweets

Cooked with in 44 dishes across 10 food worlds

The Horn · 1 dish

  • Bariis iskukaris

North Africa · 8 dishes

  • Bastilla
  • Couscous bidaoui with seven vegetables and tfaya
  • Dafina
  • Djaj mqualli
  • Mrouzia
  • Rfissa
  • Tagoula
  • Tanjia marrakchia

The Gulf and Arabia · 10 dishes

  • Chebab
  • Haniny
  • Kabsa / Machboos
  • Luqaimat
  • Al-Madina rice
  • Omani halwa
  • Qahwa and dates
  • Shuwa
  • Zurbian
  • Qeema of Najaf

Persia and the Caucasus · 8 dishes

  • Aash lakhshak
  • Chelo Kabab Koobideh
  • Khoresh mast
  • Mahi Shekam Por, Stuffed Caspian Whitefish, with Kateh
  • Naan joosh
  • Tahchin-e Morgh
  • Piti
  • Shah plov

The Indian subcontinent · 6 dishes

  • Kahwa
  • Awadhi dum biryani
  • Malaiyo
  • Sheermal
  • Gutti vankaya kura, also cooked as baghare baingan
  • Hyderabadi kacchi dum biryani

Mainland Southeast Asia · 1 dish

  • Danbauk

Central Asia and the steppe · 1 dish

  • Oshi Muzaffar

The Mediterranean · 2 dishes

  • Risotto alla Milanese
  • Arancini

Iberia · 5 dishes

  • Fabada Asturiana
  • Arròs a Banda
  • Paella Valenciana
  • Suquet de Peix
  • Potaje de Berros

Mesoamerica · 2 dishes

  • Queso relleno
  • Tamal de azafrán
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