How to pronounce Bamba

Bamba is written במבה where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈbamba/. In plain English letters that is BAHM-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 Bamba?

Bamba is a snack of Israel. Where it comes from: Southern District (Kiryat Gat). People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are corn and nuts & seeds. It tastes savory.

Where Bamba comes from

Bamba is one of 18 signature dishes of Israel on this map.

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  Sabich is a pita stuffed with fried slices of aubergine, hard-boiled egg, hummus, tahini, chopped salad, pickles and amba, a tangy mango pickle sauce.

• Jerusalem mixed grill מעורב ירושלמי · Street food · Jerusalem

  Me'orav Yerushalmi, "Jerusalem mix", is chicken hearts, livers and spleen, often with bits of breast meat, fried quickly on a hot griddle with onions and spices such as cumin, turmeric and black pepper.

• Jachnun ג'חנון · Bread & pastry · Yemenite Jewish kitchens

  Jachnun is a dough rolled thin with plenty of butter or margarine, rolled up into logs and baked overnight at a very low heat in a covered pot, so that by morning it is brown, flaky and slightly sweet.

• Israeli salad סלט ישראלי · Street food · Israel

  Israeli salad is a chopped salad of finely diced tomato and cucumber, often with onion and bell or chilli peppers, dressed with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

• Israeli breakfast ארוחת בוקר ישראלית · Street food · Israel

  The Israeli breakfast is a style of breakfast that began on the kibbutzim, Israel's collective farms, and is now served at most hotels in Israel and at many restaurants.

• Ptitim פתיתים · Noodles & pasta · Israel

  Ptitim, Hebrew for "flakes", is a small toasted pasta shaped like grains, known abroad as Israeli couscous.

Food of Israel

Dishes like Bamba in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Bamba:

• Duqqa دقة · Snack · Egypt

  Duqqa is an Egyptian and Middle Eastern condiment of crushed herbs, nuts and spices, usually with hazelnuts, eaten as a dip with bread or fresh vegetables before a meal, sometimes mixed with olive oil.

• Kolo ቆሎ · Snack · Ethiopia

  Kolo is Ethiopia's roasted-grain snack, eaten by the handful.

• Kuli-kuli Ƙuli-ƙuli · Snack · Middle Belt, Nigeria

  Kuli-kuli is a Nigerian snack made mainly from peanuts, and it was first made by the Nupe people of Nigeria.

• Lahpet thoke လက်ဖက်သုပ် · Snack · Mandalay, Myanmar

  Lahpet is fermented tea leaves, a food that Myanmar eats as well as drinks.