irresistible scent of fresh herbs, aromatics, and tangy lemons. Pel (Dolma) Pelpêç (Yaprak or Sarma) Meat dishes As nomads and herders, lamb and chicken have been the main dishes of in Kurdish cuisine for centuries. Doghava Ecîn, Çîgê goşt or Kutilka Rihayê (Çiğ köfte) Kutilk Rihik (Kurdish beef) Givîşk (Kurdish rice and beef sausage) Biryani ya mirîşka (Kurdish chicken biryani) Kepari Teşrîba Mirşkê (Chicken with sumac) Helîma Ardan (Kurdish Roux) Fish Mazgouf Desserts Bastiq Eşûran (Ashura) Fetîr Helaw Hesîde Loqme or Bamik Luqmeqazi Paklawa Pirtik Qetmer Rewani Şilikî Şîrîna kûçe Xoşav Zerde Non-alcoholic beverages Dew Mastaw Kurdish coffee (Qehweya Kezwanê or Kafêya Kurdî) Ava Sûsê Chai (Çay) Gulav (Rose Water) Lebzîne Ava Kişmîş (Raisin drink) Holiday celebrations During the festival of Newroz, Kurds enjoy picnics in the countryside, eating traditional food, often with dolma, and dancing the traditional Kurdish dance called Halperke. Kurdish people also enjoy Eid food such as chicken, rice, dolma and biryani. Related cuisines Arab cuisine Armenian cuisine Assyrian cuisine Azerbaijani cuisine Balkan cuisine Caucasian cuisine Central Asian cuisine Cypriot cuisine Greek cuisine Iranian cuisine Levantine cuisine Mediterranean cuisine Mesopotamian cuisine Middle Eastern cuisine Ottoman cuisine Turkish cuisine Turkmen cuisine See also Kurdish coffee, a hot drink made from terebinth References Bibliography Barzinji, Ala, Traditional Kurdish Food: An insight into Kurdish culinary heritage, 2015, . Sinjari, Emel, The Kurdish Cookbook, 2016, . Zebari, Chiman, My Life, My Food, My Kurdistan, 2015, . Nikolovski, Goce, Taste of Kurdish Cuisine: Part 1, 2016, . External links Turkish cuisine Iraqi cuisine Syrian cuisine Iranian cuisine Middle Eastern cuisine Levantine cuisine Mediterranean cuisine