Traditional food of Baghdad: 3 dishes

• 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.

• Amba عنبة · Snack · Baghdad

  Amba is a tangy, spicy, sweet and sour sauce made from pickled green mangoes, vinegar, salt, turmeric, chilli and fenugreek.

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