As the World Cup draws closer, it’s only natural that many will want to eat some of the country’s traditional cuisine.

There are cafes and restaurants that serve food from all over the world

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Middle East Eye looked at some of the traditional foods in the country.

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This is the national dish of Qatar and it is similar to biryani in India

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The bread is eaten as an accompaniment to other dishes or an ingredient itself.

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It has a chicken or lamb stock base and a tomato sauce made with seasonal vegetables

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The dish is often spiced with cinnamon and cumin and served with ghee.

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This dish can be described as a fragrant, spiced rice porridge, topped with your choice of meat

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This unique combination of sweetened vermicelli is cooked in butter with cinnamon, saffron

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Fried desserts can be dipped in sugar syrup, honey or date syrup

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As the World Cup draws closer, it’s only natural that many will want to eat some of the country’s traditional cuisine.

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There are cafes and restaurants that serve food from all over the world

Credit: getty images

Middle East Eye looked at some of the traditional foods in the country.

Credit: getty images

This is the national dish of Qatar and it is similar to biryani in India

Machboos

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The bread is eaten as an accompaniment to other dishes or an ingredient itself.

Khubs rag

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It has a chicken or lamb stock base and a tomato sauce made with seasonal vegetables

Thareed

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The dish is often spiced with cinnamon and cumin and served with ghee.

Harees

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This dish can be described as a fragrant, spiced rice porridge, topped with your choice of meat

Madrouba

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This unique combination of sweetened vermicelli is cooked in butter with cinnamon, saffron

Ballet

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Fried desserts can be dipped in sugar syrup, honey or date syrup

Luqaimat

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