Mangal (barbecue)
Mangal (Arabic: منقل, romanized: manqal, Armenian: Մանղալ, romanized: manghal, Kurdish; مقەڵی, Turkish: mangal, Persian: منقل, romanized: manghal, Urdu: منقل, romanized: manghal, Hebrew: מנגל, romanized: mangal, Georgian: მაყალი, Azerbaijani: manqal, Russian: мангал) is a Middle Eastern barbecue—both the event and the grilling apparatus itself.
Description
The word mangal is derived from the Arabic word manqal (منقل) meaning "portable"[1] and originally referred to portable indoors heaters mostly replaced by Western-type stoves.[2]
A mangal is typically used to grill various cuts of meat, such as steak, hamburgers, kebab, shashlik, chicken wings and chicken breasts. Roasted vegetables, salads and other cold foods accompany the meal. In Turkey, şalgam or ayran are common drinks during mangal parties as well as rakı. Mangal also refers to the social gathering of family or friends in gardens or picnic areas,[3] similar to the South African braai.
In Israel, holding a mangal is traditional on Israel Independence Day and the intermediate days of Passover.[4]
See also
- Afghan cuisine
- Albanian cuisine
- Arab cuisine
- Armenian cuisine
- Assyrian cuisine
- Azerbaijani cuisine
- Egyptian cuisine
- Greek cuisine
- Indian cuisine
- Iranian cuisine
- Israeli cuisine
- Jewish cuisine
- Jordanian cuisine
- Kurdish cuisine
- Lebanese cuisine
- Levantine cuisine
- Pakistani cuisine
- Palestinian cuisine
- Russian cuisine
- Turkish cuisine
- Syrian cuisine
References
- Mangal - Etimoloji
- Mangalın tarihi
- "Fired up!". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- Word of the Day: Mangal