How to pronounce Karkade

Karkade is written كركديه where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kɑɾˈkæde/. In plain English letters that is kar-KAH-deh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Karkade?

Karkade is a drink of Egypt. People usually eat it at teatime. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes sour and sweet.

Where Karkade comes from

Karkade is one of 24 signature dishes of Egypt on this map.

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• Ta'ameya طعمية · Street food · Egypt

  Ta'ameya is what most Egyptians call falafel, the deep-fried fritter that English sources describe as being of Egyptian origin before it became a fixture of Middle Eastern and especially Levantine cooking.

• Hawawshi حواوشي · Street food · Egypt

  Hawawshi is a traditional Egyptian dish of flatbread stuffed with minced meat spiced with onions, pepper, parsley and sometimes chillies.

• Om Ali أم علي · Dessert · Egypt

  Om Ali, Ali's mother, is a traditional Egyptian dessert often described as the national dessert of Egypt.

• Kahk كحك · Dessert · Egypt

  Kahk, or kahk el-eid, is a sweet shortbread biscuit covered in powdered sugar that Egyptians make above all for Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, and also for Christmas and Easter.

• Halawet el-mulid حلاوة المولد · Dessert · Egypt

  Halawet el-mulid are the sweets of the Prophet's birthday, a family of confections that Arabic sources say began in Egypt for the celebration of al-Mawlid an-Nabawi.

Food of Egypt

Dishes like Karkade in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Karkade:

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• Mbege · Drink · Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

  Mbege is a mildly alcoholic drink of the Chagga people of Kilimanjaro Region, made from ripe bananas, finger-millet malt and water.

• Ginjinha · Drink · Lisbon and Óbidos, Portugal

  Ginjinha, or simply ginja, is a liqueur made by steeping ginja berries, a sour Morello cherry, in aguardente spirit with sugar, most often with cloves and cinnamon too.