How to pronounce Qursan

Qursan is written القرصان where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /qurˈsˤaːn/. In plain English letters that is qur-SAHN, 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 Qursan?

Qursan is a bread or pastry of Saudi Arabia. Where it comes from: Najd. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Qursan comes from

Qursan 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.

• Mathlutha مثلوثة · Rice dish · Najd

  Mathlutha, also called al-badiya, is a festive platter of Najd in central Saudi Arabia whose name refers to its three parts.

• 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 Qursan in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Qursan:

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  Malooga, or maluj, is a leavened Yemeni flatbread made with flour, cooking oil, yeast, fenugreek and salt.

• Samoon صمون · Bread & pastry · All Iraq, Iraq

  Samoon is a yeast bread eaten mainly in Iraq, where it is one of the most widespread breads alongside the flat khubz.

• Kalaneh کلانه · Bread & pastry · Kurdistan, Iran

  Kalaneh is a Kurdish dish made in the different Kurdish regions of Iran, known mostly as a flatbread eaten as a starter or an afternoon snack, and sometimes called "Kurdish pizza".

• Kabed كابد · Bread & pastry · Nubia, Egypt

  Kabed is the best-known traditional bread of the Nubians, who live in southern Egypt, above all in the Nubian villages around Aswan, and it is baked by Nubian families wherever they have settled.