How to pronounce Amba

Amba is written عنبة where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈʕamba/. In plain English letters that is AHM-bah, 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 Amba?

Amba is a snack of Iraq. Where it comes from: Baghdad. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes sour and spicy.

Where Amba comes from

Amba is one of 14 signature dishes of Iraq on this map. See all dishes from Baghdad.

• Masgouf مسكوف · Main dish · Baghdad, along the Tigris

  Masgouf is a carp, usually from the Tigris or the Euphrates, split open, salted and seasoned, and grilled upright on stakes facing a fire of apricot or tamarisk wood, then laid flat on the embers at the end.

• Tepsi baytinjan تبسي باذنجان · Main dish · Baghdad

  Tepsi baytinjan is a baked casserole of fried aubergine slices layered with meatballs, potatoes, onions, tomatoes and peppers in a tomato sauce, and baked in a round tray, a tepsi.

• Kleicha كليجة · Dessert · All Iraq

  Kleicha are small cookies of a dough flavoured with cardamom, filled with dates, walnuts or sweet coconut, and baked.

• Quzi قوزي · Rice dish · All Iraq

  Quzi, also spelled qoozi or ghoozi, is a rice dish counted among the national dishes of Iraq.

• Samoon صمون · Bread & pastry · All Iraq

  Samoon is a yeast bread eaten mainly in Iraq, where it is one of the most widespread breads alongside the flat khubz.

• Kahi كاهي · Dessert · All Iraq

  Kahi is an Iraqi breakfast pastry made from layers of thin, flaky filo-like dough.

Food of Iraq

Dishes like Amba in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Amba:

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• Nam phrik ong น้ำพริกอ่อง · Snack · Northern Thailand, Thailand

  Nam phrik ong is a northern Thai dip that looks more like a sauce of minced pork.

• Kimchi 김치 · Snack · Korean peninsula, South Korea

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• İsot (Urfa pepper) isot · Snack · Şanlıurfa, Türkiye

  İsot is the dark, smoky red pepper of Şanlıurfa, known as Urfa pepper.