samak

It’s called samak tibsi in Iraq, samak meaning fish and a tibs being the kind of pot it is usually baked in.

Sara's Loumi Mercedes 2007

It’s called samak tibsi in Iraq, samak meaning fish and a tibs being the kind of pot it is usually baked in.

Archive 2007-09-01 Mercedes 2007

I was particularly amused that the samak yabis from Bor are named after the former political leader Abel Alier, while those from Nimule are named for his rival Lagu.

January Books 27) Holy Disorders, by Edmund Crispin nwhyte 2010

I then mapped it out and found that the line between General Mills HQ and Mecca went directly through Norway and Sweden, foreign places where the national dish is lutefisk--a kind of jellied fish much like the Arab dish, maraq samak sana'd except it's soaked in lye rather than tomato sauce and doesn't stink as badly.

Archive 2009-02-01 SeattleTammy 2009

“Furkh samak” lit. a fish-chick, an Egyptian vulgarism.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Anyway, while the fish situation could have flummoxed me or sent me home can-of-soup in hand, I cheerfully rolled with the punches, picked up a fillet, and decided to try my hand at another Lebanese dish, samak bi tahine, fish with tahini sauce.

Samak bi Tahini (Fish in Tahini Sauce with Roast Lemons) Mercedes 2007

Anyway, while the fish situation could have flummoxed me or sent me home can-of-soup in hand, I cheerfully rolled with the punches, picked up a fillet, and decided to try my hand at another Lebanese dish, samak bi tahine, fish with tahini sauce.

Archive 2007-03-01 Mercedes 2007

A typical ` ishaa 'usually consists of some sort of samak (sah-mak; fish), dajaaj (dah-jaj; chicken), or other kind of laHm (lah-hem; meat).

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

Entrees The Ta'aam ra'iisii consist of dishes featuring dajaaj (chicken), various other laHam (meat), and samak (fish). samak is usually a very popular dish because it's tasty, healthy, and light.

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

After making sure that it came from the sea instead of the river, Peter ordered samak - the fish of the day - which turned out to be sole.

From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982