Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s food is built around date- and spice-rich Bedouin and Hejazi cooking; communal rice platters and ritual coffee hospitality. Look for Kabsa (spiced rice with chicken or lamb, dried lime and tomato; national platter), Jareesh (cracked wheat cooked creamy with meat and yogurt; Najdi comfort food) and Arabic coffee (pale cardamom-saffron coffee poured ceremonially with dates). The kingdom’s national rice dish, spiced with dried lime, cloves and black pepper, with each region tuning the mix. This atlas has 32 Saudi Arabia dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.