How to pronounce Areeka

Areeka is written عريكة where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʕaˈriːka/. In plain English letters that is a-REE-ka, 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 Areeka?

Areeka is a dessert of Saudi Arabia. Where it comes from: Asir. People usually eat it for breakfast. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and dairy & cheese. It tastes sweet and rich.

Where Areeka comes from

Areeka is one of 24 signature dishes of Saudi Arabia on this map. See all dishes from 'Asir.

• Haneeth حنيذ · Main dish · Asir

  Haneeth is slow-cooked lamb from the Tihama coast and the Sarawat mountains of south-western Arabia, cooked in a pit in the ground or in a clay oven called the meefa or tannour.

• Mashghutha مشغوثة · Main dish · Asir

  Mashghutha is a traditional winter dish of the Asir region in south-western Saudi Arabia, best known in Al-Namas and Tanomah.

• Kabsa كبسة · Rice dish · Najd

  Kabsa is rice cooked with meat, usually chicken, lamb or camel, in a broth seasoned with a mix of spices such as cardamom, cloves, black lime, cinnamon, saffron and bay leaf, with tomatoes and onions.

• Saleeg سليق · Rice dish · Hejaz (Taif and Mecca)

  Saleeg is white rice cooked slowly in chicken or meat broth and then in milk, stirred until it turns soft and creamy, and served on a large round tray with roasted chicken or lamb on top and a pool of melted ghee.

• Mutabbaq مطبق · Street food · Hejaz (Jeddah and Mecca)

  Mutabbaq is thin dough stretched by hand, folded around a filling of minced meat, egg, onion and leek, and fried on a large flat griddle.

• Margoog مرقوق · Main dish · Najd (Riyadh)

  Margoog is a stew of very thin sheets of wheat dough cooked in a meat and vegetable broth, and it is one of the best-known popular dishes of Najd, the central region of Saudi Arabia.

Food of Saudi Arabia

Dishes like Areeka in other countries

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  Bint al-sahn, "daughter of the plate", is a round cake of many thin layers of buttery dough, baked until golden and served warm, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with black seeds.

• Kahi كاهي · Dessert · All Iraq, Iraq

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

• 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.