How to pronounce Kubba Mosul

Kubba Mosul is written كبة موصلية where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈkubbat ˈmoːsˤil/. In plain English letters that is KOOB-bah MOH-sil, 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 Kubba Mosul?

Kubba Mosul is a main dish of Iraq. Where it comes from: Nineveh (Mosul). People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are lamb, wheat & flour and nuts & seeds. It tastes savory.

Where Kubba Mosul comes from

Kubba Mosul is one of 14 signature dishes of Iraq on this map.

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Food of Iraq

Dishes like Kubba Mosul in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kubba Mosul:

• Oruk · Main dish · Hatay (Antakya), Türkiye

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• Kibbeh كبة · Main dish · Levant, Lebanon

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• Chakhchoukha شخشوخة · Main dish · The Aurès (Batna), Algeria

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