How to pronounce Mathlutha

Mathlutha is written مثلوثة where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /maθˈluːθa/. In plain English letters that is math-LOO-tha, 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 Mathlutha?

Mathlutha is a rice dish of Saudi Arabia. Where it comes from: Najd. People usually eat it on festive days and at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are rice, wheat & flour and lamb. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Mathlutha comes from

Mathlutha is one of 24 signature dishes of Saudi Arabia on this map. See all dishes from Riyadh.

• 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.

• 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.

• Qursan القرصان · Bread & pastry · Najd

  Qursan are very thin, large rounds of wheat bread from Najd that are torn and soaked in a meat and vegetable broth.

• Marasee مراصيع · Snack · Najd

  Marasee, also called masabib or maraqish, is a popular light dish of Najdi cooking in central Saudi Arabia, eaten as a snack between the main meals.

• Hininy حنيني · Dessert · Najd

  Hininy is a traditional sweet of Najd made from dates, brown wheat bread or flour, ghee or butter, ground cardamom and saffron.

• 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.

Food of Saudi Arabia

Dishes like Mathlutha in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Mathlutha:

• Quzi قوزي · Rice dish · All Iraq, Iraq

  Quzi, also spelled qoozi or ghoozi, is a rice dish counted among the national dishes of Iraq.

• Mansaf منسف · Rice dish · Amman and Karak, Jordan

  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.

• Perde pilavı · Rice dish · Siirt, Türkiye

  Perde pilavı, "curtain pilaf", is a pilaf of rice, chicken, almonds and currants, wrapped in a thin pastry shell and baked into a dome.

• Plov palov · Rice dish · Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan

  Plov, osh in Uzbek, is rice cooked in a large cast-iron kazan with lamb or beef, carrots cut into long matchsticks, onions, garlic, chickpeas, raisins or quince, and cumin, in a generous amount of fat.