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1. achar, n. View full entry 1598
...In South Asian cookery: a type of pickle or relish made from fruit or vegetables preserved in spiced oil or vinegar....
2. arrack, n. View full entry 1625
...A name applied in Eastern countries to any spirituous liquor of native manufacture; especially, that distilled from the fermented sap of the coco-palm, or from rice and sugar, fermented with the coco-nut...
3. burgoo, n. View full entry 1743
...A thick oatmeal gruel or porridge used chiefly by seamen; loblolly....
4. cabob, n. View full entry 1698
...An oriental dish (see the quotations); also used in India for roast meat in general. (Now always in pl.)...
5. calean | callean | calleoon, n. View full entry a1751
...‘A water-pipe for smoking; the Persian form of the hubble-bubble’ (Yule)....
6. challah, n. View full entry 1873
...A loaf of white leavened bread, often plaited in form, traditionally baked to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath....
7. charoset(h, n. View full entry 1885
...A mixture of apples, nuts, spices, etc., eaten ceremonially at the Passover seder service, symbolizing the clay mixed by the Israelites during their slavery in Egypt....
8. chermoula, n. View full entry 1974
...In North African cookery: a sauce or marinade for fish or meat, typically containing olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, coriander, and other herbs and spices; (also) a fish or meat dish served...
9. coffee, n. View full entry 1598
...A drink made by infusion or decoction from the seeds of a shrub (see 3), roasted and ground or (in the East) pounded; extensively used as a beverage, and acting...
10. divan, n. View full entry 1586
...An Oriental council of state; spec. in Turkey, the privy council of the Porte, presided over by the Sultan, or in his absence by the grand vizier....
11. fattoush, n. View full entry 1955
...In Middle Eastern cookery: a type of salad consisting of croutons (typically of toasted pitta bread) mixed with chopped tomatoes, cucumber, and often other vegetables and herbs....
12. felafel, n. View full entry 1951
...(See quot. 1951.)...
13. halawi, n. View full entry 1836
...A kind of sweetmeat; = halva, hulwa...
14. halva, n. View full entry 1846
...A sweetmeat made of sesame flour and honey....
15. harissa, n. View full entry 1910
...Usu. in form harisa. A North African and Middle Eastern dish typically consisting of ground meat (chiefly lamb) and couscous or bulgar wheat, served or prepared with a chilli sauce...
16. hookah, n. View full entry 1763
...A pipe for smoking, of Eastern origin, having a long flexible tube, the smoke being drawn through water contained in a vase, to which the tube and the bowl are attached; the...
17. Kaffir, n. and adj. View full entry 1785
...= caffre1, ‘infidel’, Giaour....
18. kalian | kalioun, n. View full entry 1835
...A Persian form of the hookah or narghile, a tobacco-pipe in which the smoke passes through water....
19. kibbeh, n. View full entry 1829
...In Middle Eastern (esp. Lebanese and Syrian) cookery: a mixture of meat, bulgar or rice, onion, and seasonings, ground together and typically served in the form of croquettes stuffed with a filling....
20. kosher, adj. and n. View full entry 1851
...Right, good; applied to meat and other food prepared according to the Jewish law....
