How to pronounce Lazzaqiyat

Lazzaqiyat is written لزاقيات where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /lazzaːqiˈjjaːt/. In plain English letters that is laz-zah-kee-YAHT, 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 Lazzaqiyat?

Lazzaqiyat is a dessert of Jordan. People usually eat it at teatime and on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and dairy & cheese. It tastes sweet and rich.

Where Lazzaqiyat comes from

Lazzaqiyat is one of 10 signature dishes of Jordan on this map.

• Maqluba مقلوبة · Rice dish · All Jordan

  Maqluba, "upside-down", is a pot of rice, meat, usually chicken or lamb, and fried vegetables such as aubergine, cauliflower and potato, cooked in layers and then turned out onto a large plate in one piece, like a cake.

• Jameed جميد · Snack · Jordan

  Jameed is hard, dried and soured yogurt, shaped into balls and left in the sun until it is stone-hard; it is then cooked, or used to cook other dishes.

• Mansaf منسف · Rice dish · Amman and Karak

  Mansaf is lamb cooked in jameed, a sauce made from dried, salted sheep's or goat's yogurt, served on a large tray over thin shrak bread and a mound of rice, scattered with toasted almonds and pine nuts.

• Galayet bandora قلاية بندورة · Main dish · Aqaba and the south

  Galayet bandora, "pan of tomatoes", is tomatoes fried in olive oil with onion, garlic, hot peppers and salt until soft and thick.

• Zarb زرب · Main dish · Aqaba (Wadi Rum)

  Zarb is meat and vegetables cooked in a pit dug in the ground, which works as an underground oven.

• Rashoof رشوف · Soup & stew · Northern Jordan

  Rashoof, also called madqouqa, is a traditional Jordanian dish especially known in the north and centre of the country and in the Syrian desert.

Food of Jordan

Dishes like Lazzaqiyat in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Lazzaqiyat:

• Künefe · Dessert · Hatay (Antakya), Türkiye

  Künefe is a dessert of shredded kadayıf pastry layered with a soft unsalted cheese that melts and stretches, baked in a small round metal pan until crisp and golden, then soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.

• Om Ali أم علي · Dessert · Egypt

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

• Kahi كاهي · Dessert · All Iraq, Iraq

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

• 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.