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What other food is sometimes added to meat in a Jewish cabbage roll?

Rice Click to see the answer

Kraut is a soup made with which vegetable?

Cabbage

Fritters called keftedes de prasa are made with which vegetable?

Leeks

Which four letter word is the name of an Israeli spirit?

Arak

Chametz in Jewish tradition is a product made from one of how many types of grains?

5

What shape is a Teiglach pastry?

Knot

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What is Merguez?

Sausage Click to see the answer

Which herb is used to make a popular Middle Eastern tea?

Mint

Bamia is a Jewish stew made using which vegetable?

Okra

The fried dough snack food called Knish is most popular in which US city?

New York

How many species are listed in the Bible as being special products of the land of Israel?

7

Orez Shu'it is an Israeli dish cooked with which type of beans?

White

The dish of Orez Shu'it is beans in which type of sauce?

Tomato

Which animal group is not suitable for eating under kosher laws?

Reptiles

Falafel is often wrapped in which type of bread?

Pita

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Many people think that which type of water makes New York bagels special?

Tap Water Click to see the answer

The Israeli 'Arab Kebab' is made with which type of meat?

Lamb

Which type of soup is commonly called 'Jewish penicillin'?

Chicken Soup

Amba is a pickle made from which fruit?

Mango

Ponchik is a Hebrew word for which type of baked treat?

Doughnut

The first written mention of the bagel was in which century?

17th

Muhammara is a dip made from which food?

Chilli

McDonald's opened its first Israeli outlet in which decade?

1990s

Brik is a dish of fried pastry, usually with what in the middle?

Egg

How many main wine growing regions are there in Israel?

5

What is on a 'Bagel with lox and schmear'?

Salmon and Cream Cheese

Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine developed in which continent?

Europe

Medjool is a famous type of which fruit?

Dates

Which vegetable is most commonly mashed and used in the filling of a Knish?

Potato

What is an alternative spelling of the classic ring bread?

Beigel

Malabi or Muhallebi is made with which main ingredient?

Milk

What must fish have to be considered kosher?

Fins

Matzo is made by combining flour and which liquid?

Water

In Jewish slang, 'bagel' also means sleeping for how many hours in a stretch?

12

Baklava is a dessert made from what?

Pastry

Sahlab is a liquid dessert made with which product?

Milk

How is Merguez sausage cooked in Israel?

Grilled

Kosher food is divided into how many food categories?

3

What is Za'atar?

Herbs

How is the flatbread called Malawach cooked?

Fried

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Which herb is used to made condiment called Zhug or Skhug?

Coriander Click to see the answer

Which bread product is nicknamed 'roll with a hole'?

Bagel

The first Hebrew cookbook was written in which decade?

1930s

Israel's leading snack brand, Bamba, was introduced in which decade?

1960s

Angel Bakeries controls what percentage of the bread market in Israel?

30%

What seeds are used on top of a pastry called a Ziva?

Sesame

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The term 'kosher' literally means what?

Fit Click to see the answer

Yemenite Jewish cuisine originates in which part of the world?

Middle East

How long does something have to stand with water to be leavened and considered Chametz?

18 minutes

Jewish pumpernickel bread originates in which European country?

Germany

Which part of a chicken is used in a Jerusalem Mixed Grill?

Heart

Haminados is a Jewish stew with which main ingredient?

Eggs

What is in the center of Holishkes, or cabbage rolls?

Minced Meat

Shirin polo is a rice dish associated with Jewish traditions in which part of the world?

Middle East

Resek is an Israeli condiment made with which item?

Tomato

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What shape is a traditional Rugelavch pastry?

Crescent Click to see the answer

What is usually in the appetiser called Vorschmack?

Fish

Kibbeh is a dish of ground beef mixed with which grain?

Bulgur

What type of bread is used to make a sabich?

Pitta

The 'Everything Bagel', with a range of toppings, was invented in which year?

1980

Silan is a sweet syrup made from which type of sticky fruit?

Dates

What combines with tomato to make the appetiser of Matbukha?

Red Pepper

What are Kashrut in terms of Jewish food?

Dietary Laws

The bialy is a bread product similar to the bagel, but from which country?

Poland

Which fruit would you find in the layered cake called a Flodni?

Apple

Fazuelos are which type of fried dish?

Pastries

Pekalach are small bags of food thrown at which type of celebration?

Wedding

What is usually aded to carrots for the sweet stew of Tzimmes?

Raisins

Tzfat, also known as Safed cheese, was first made in which year?

1840

Food could not get into Jerusalem during a siege in which year?

1948

Which black seeds are commonly found on top of bagels?

Poppy

Which ingredient is essential when making tahini?

Sesame Paste

Which roast meat is particularly associated with Hannukah?

Goose

Bagels started to be made by an automatic process in which century?

20th

What is poached for the dish of Shakshouka?

Eggs

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Chrain is a European dish of which fiery root, pickled?

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Pastries called Makroud are pastries brought to Israel by immigrants from which country?

Algeria

The three main ingredients of Skhug sauce are chillis, coriander and which other food?

Garlic

What is the name of the Jewish swirled bread made with nuts and chocolate?

Babka

Cow' is an Israeli brand of which type of product?

Chocolate

Lokshen are which type of food in Ashkenazi Jewish cooking?

Noodles

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The dish of Shirin Polo has which main ingredient?

Rice Click to see the answer

What encases the filling in a Hillel Sandwich?

Matzo

Kasha varnishkes is a dish of buckwheat and which other food?

Pasta

Burika is Israeli street food originating in which part of the world?

North Africa

Gefilte fish is made by mixing fish with eggs and what else?

Breadcrumbs

Kugel is a baked casserole of noodles or which other food?

Potato

Which ingredient would you need to make a Tabbouleh salad?

Tomato

Havita b'laffa is a dish of what item served in a flatbread?

Omelette

What type of salsa is traditionally served with a Jachnun pastry?

Tomato

What is spread on Malawach dough before cooking?

Butter

The hole-less bagel called a bialy is filled with which vegetable?

Onion

Karat is a famous Israeli brand of which traditionally Russian product?

Caviar

What type of food is Maror?

Herbs

Bagels are a famous product of the Brick Lane area in which European city?

London

What is ras el hanout?

Spice Mix

The symbolic food of Charoset is supposed to look like what?

Mortar

What is the Israeli ingredient called Baharat?

Spice Mix

Mimouna is a celebratory dinner for people with origins in which part of the world?

North Africa

What are in the small bags called Pekalach which are thrown at Jewish celebrations?

Sweets

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