How to pronounce Ta'ameya

Ta'ameya is written طعمية where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tˤɑˈʕmejjɑ/. In plain English letters that is tah-MAY-ya, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. The recording above is by en:User:Ramallite, a native speaker, shared on Wikimedia Commons.

What is Ta'ameya?

Ta'ameya is a street food of Egypt. People usually eat it for breakfast and as a snack. Its main ingredients are beans & tofu. It tastes savory.

Where Ta'ameya comes from

Ta'ameya is one of 24 signature dishes of Egypt on this map.

• Ful medames فول مدمس · Main dish · Egypt

  Ful medames is fava beans cooked very slowly, traditionally buried overnight in the embers of the public bath furnaces in big copper pots, then mashed lightly with olive oil, cumin, lemon and garlic.

• 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.

• Sobia سوبيا · Drink · Egypt

  Sobia is a cold, creamy drink and one of the most popular beverages in Egypt, drunk above all during Ramadan.

Food of Egypt

Dishes like Ta'ameya in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Ta'ameya:

• Garantita كرانتيكا · Street food · Oran, Algeria

  Garantita, also called calentica, is a thin, soft baked custard of chickpea flour, water, oil and eggs, cut into squares and sold hot from large trays.

• Farinata · Street food · Genoa and Liguria, Italy

  Farinata is a thin, flat cake of chickpea flour, water, olive oil and salt, baked in a wide copper pan in a wood oven until the top is crisp and the inside soft.

• Socca · Street food · Nice, France

  Socca is a large, thin pancake of chickpea flour and olive oil, baked in a wood-fired oven until it is golden and blistered, and it is a traditional speciality of Nice.

• Kikomando · Street food · All Uganda, Uganda

  Kikomando is a Ugandan dish of chopped chapati served with beans; the English article calls it a variant of the rolex.