How to pronounce Kahi

Kahi is written كاهي where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈkaːhi/. In plain English letters that is KAH-hee, 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 Kahi?

Kahi is a dessert of Iraq. Where it comes from: All Iraq. People usually eat it for breakfast and on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and dairy & cheese. It tastes sweet and rich.

Where Kahi comes from

Kahi is one of 14 signature dishes of Iraq on this map.

• 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.

• Makhlama مخلمة · Main dish · All Iraq

  Makhlama is an Iraqi dish of eggs, minced meat and tomatoes, eaten mostly for breakfast or supper.

• Tashreeb تشريب · Soup & stew · All Iraq

  Tashreeb is an Iraqi dish of bread soaked in broth.

• 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.

Food of Iraq

Dishes like Kahi in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kahi:

• Maqshush مقشوش · Dessert · Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

  Maqshush is a sweet made from brown wheat flour and white flour, eggs, yeast and milk, and after cooking it is topped with honey or ghee.

• Katmer · Dessert · Gaziantep, Türkiye

  Katmer is the breakfast pastry of Gaziantep: a sheet of dough stretched until it is thin as paper, filled with clotted cream, ground green pistachios and sugar, folded into a square and baked quickly.

• Lazzaqiyat لزاقيات · Dessert · Jordan

  Lazzaqiyat is a folk sweet of the Levant made from flatbread a little thicker than saj bread, which is soaked straight after baking with Arab clarified butter and honey or sugar.

• Om Ali أم علي · Dessert · Egypt

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