Iraqi Seafood Feast in Nasiriya Iraq! Iraqi Food Mountain!
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After a brief stop in the legendary city of Karbala, my trip through Iraq continued in Nasiriyah, a city in the southern part of the country.
There, we’d be having a traditional Mesopotamian fish dish called mahrotha at a restaurant run by Chef Ali Sido. It’s almost impossible to find in restaurants and is only usually made in people’s homes.
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Jafar (my guide from Bil Weekend), my friend Tasos, and I headed into the kitchen to watch him work. Fish is popular in southern Iraq because of the prevalence of water there.
Mahrotha is made from dried fish, tomato paste, fresh tomatoes, and spices. Its roots come from ancient Mesopotamia, and the fish can be found in the rivers and the marshes. He boils the dried fish, tears it into smaller pieces, and remove the bones. Then, he adds the tomatoes, tomato paste, and onions.
Chef Ali was a whiz with the knife. He chopped everything super fast! Then, he added oil and butter to a pot, chopped some fresh garlic, and added them and the onions to the pot. The aroma was incredible! Then, he added the fresh tomatoes and tomato paste. The ingredients are simple, but it will be full of flavor!
Next, he added turmeric, pepper, and salt before adding the final ingredient: the dried fish. It looked and smelled amazing! Finally, you add water to the pot and cover it for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, he had some rice cooking in a separate pot. He gave me some of the hakaka, or crispy rice from the bottom!
Then, Chef Ali jumped on the appetizer, which is small fish that are breaded and fried. I watched him gut and clean the fish before salting it, dredging it in a mix of water and spices, and breading them with flour. Then, they go into the frying pan!
They came out golden brown. He added rice, two zuri (fried fish), and fresh tomatoes, onion, and lemon to our plates. He fed me some of the zuri, which was really tasty! Then, he tore up some bread, and added the mahrotha and its broth on top!
Then, you eat it tashreeb-style. It was salty and tomato-rich, and I loved the texture of the soaked bread. I usually don’t love dried fish, but this dish was exceptional! It was my favorite dish of the trip so far!
It contained some bones, so be careful. I also liked eating the zuri with a bit of lemon and bread. It was so buttery and paired well with the rice and the pickles with dates and pomegranate! The masgouf was also excellent, but the mahrotha was on another level!
Then, we headed to the back to see the dried fish before it’s boiled. It dries for two weeks! Chef Ali was so kind and friendly. Then, we drove 40 minutes to the ancient city of Ur!
Ur was a Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia. It’s known for its ruins, especially the massive Zigurrat of Ur, which stands 66 feet tall and dates back to the 21st century BC, though it was rebuilt in the 6th century BC. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site!
The Sumerians invented iconographic written language and Sumerian, the two oldest forms of writing in the world. The ziggurat was discovered in 1922. Parts have been renovated while others are the original bricks.
The patron deity of Ur was the Sumerian moon god, Nanna. I climbed to the top of the stairs leading to the top of the ziggurat. On a brick, I got to see some of the original first writings there! The ziggurat is so well preserved because it was covered in sand for thousands of years!
Next, we walked to a small temple with two rooms that once served as the entrance to a passage leading to the Temple of Nanna. We also saw a royal palace and there are royal tombs nearby!
Finally, we drove to the house of the prophet Abraham. There were lots of arched passageways and a room with shelves. From the roof, we could see the number of rooms!
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Abrahams home is Real history.
That fish with tomato and bread looks very yummy
Too bad TH-cam couldn't transport the smell of the food. It looks very delicious 😋
Wow iraq is a country full of history 🇮🇶🫶
Thanks for showing us Ur and Babilim! Such a rare thing to see, even if through your eyes.
As an Iranian I would love to visit Iraq and experience the food and history. Peace ❤
That Mesopotamian lunch looked better than chef quality at a fine dining restaurant! What an honor that they've hosted you inside their home as family, David. This was one of your best Iraqi tour videos, and loved the history segment about ancient Samaria and the prophet Abraham.
You have to understand that high-end restaurant food and the mountain people food are two different entities one is for the people that want to die and get waited on and paid for what they consider to be their Joy for that night the mountain people are more family orientated and they come together in a whole different ball game you have to understand that they will be relaxed and welcome you in and give you a hug share their food and share the culture more so than a fine dining that is usually pinkies up dining and not all of us are cut out for that I'd rather go with the mountain people thank you and David I'm sure you must feel the same way but you can't speak your mind about that because this is your means of living and you have to weigh both sides with smile I adore you and your partner over there to o. Hi Tasos.
“Everything in Iraq can be sandwiched” - most legendary words ever 😂 just kidding, love his innocence 👍🏻
I agree haha
Best channel on TH-cam. Can't believe I only recently discovered. Thanks for showing my hometown David I've never been myself but you made me feel like I was there. Love from UK
Wow thank you so much for saying that Sarah. This is such a kind hearted comment I'm so grateful to show you a window to your hometown and of course I hope you get to visit someday. Such amazing food! Have a great weekend Sarah!
@@Davidsbeenhere thanks David you made my day and weekend by replying :D hopefully I get to see it one day. I tell you what's torture watching you guys eat these amazing dishes at 1am in bed and not being able to order in some mahrootha lol. Hope you have a lovely weekend too 😊
Proud Iraqi born American here. I love the way you feature our people and our culture. And for the record I love Iraqi food but my favorite food is INDO/PAKI FOOD!!
loved this video Chef Ali was awesome and the guide knew his history. that was pretty cool to walk the Great Ziggurat of Ur
Chef Ali is just amazing....very skilled..sll his fish dishes are some of the best I've seen so fsr.... the ancient sites are always awesome to l view the temple ...The house of the Prophet Abraham...so big lots of rooms .. THis was another very i informative video...learnt so much. As always thanks David and stay safe on all your travels.
Thank you for the beautiful tour and historic information about the house of Abraham how wonderful to know all that information about a man who's worship by so many people thank you David and many blessings 🙏🇺🇸☮️
I can’t thank you enough for this video. Yes, Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization. Let the stereotype people know that. The entire world owe Mesopotamia learning writing. Thank you again and I can’t wait to watch other videos.
Food looked amazing I’m sure it tasted great with all your remarkable facial expressions, Ur is breathtaking can’t believe how old it is
Now getting a chance to watch. It reminds me of similar dishes in the Caribbean that is made. Its so wonderful to see and learn about different places. Always a huge thank you David💕
David: What a fascinating video. The fish reminds me of smoked herring with all those bones. I love the simplicity of the food and the way he cooked it, something I think we could try to copy. Thanks for the fish; no meat in this one. As for the ruins, omg, what amazing history behind them. I can just picture how they lived thousand of years ago. And remember too, that these ruins were all built by hand just like the pyramids. Very rudimentary. So much history there. Just stunning. So now we move on to what's next. Thank you David for this one. Always good to know ancient history.🙏🕊️😇🇹🇹🇨🇦
It would be nice to see an episode from Mosul, Nineveh!
Iraqi... classy .... عراقي ... راقي
That's amazing
Good morning that is some fast chopping my luck I would chop my fingers off. would be fish all a fingies then lol.. Would love to try small bit of this since so salty. But looks delish. Would love to try all those fish dishes. Fried fish looks really good to. Mahrotha and national dish MasGouf would really love to have some ..You could really enjoy these dishes no matter what time of day. Chef was really kind to. Ur the Ziggurat is amazing . How blessed to be able to see such ancient structures. Beautiful and so huge. To step back in time to see these truely must been overwhelming and great♥ To see Abrahams home was so amazing .We read in the bible of his life but to see where he lived his life was really a sight to behold. Thank you! Really loved this adventure. To the next adventure we await ♥♥♥
@David loving the great regions you let me see and you been too keep up the great travels
Wonderfull
David's channel is very informative. David's a good host too.
Amazing !!!
David, just a suggestion to improve your stream. 1. You are visiting a lot of restaurants to taste the delicacy of the local cuisine. I wish u could put the name of the restaurant by sending the link = name of the dish - u love - price in local currency - rating of the dish. Editing should be done. Then u can expect a boost. 2. Plus the best visit and whom to contact if one has to visit or contact person. 3. You are doing a good job by blending with local attire, any country u visit I feel u should blend with local hospitality. Ty.
Dry fish... like Indian Western style dear... David. We eat it with rice bread.
Yummy that will go down with dhal and rice 😋
Maravillosa me imagino tiene que saber delicioso y el olor creo que llega aqui donde Estoy hasta me abre el apetito. I
I love Iraq 🇮🇶 ❤️ his food his culture and History ❤
Wow just 😍
Se ve riquisimo y el olor tiene que ser maravilloso. En Andalucia es muy parecida la comida como en Iraq. Gracias por sus videos son bellisimos
@David, where did you buy the Iraqi Umbro football shirts?
Im Iraqi, I want to let you know we did not have access to tomatoes max 500 years ago because it came from the American continent
Yo David what up
Oh David that looks absolutely wonderful and to eat fish for breakfast is a great I feel healthy thing the flavor of fish like that is absolutely beautiful. I've had fresh caught and cleaned and I fry it up in it cast iron skillet at a campsite catfish it came from the river it was actually fresh water and it was unbelievable breakfast made homemade fried rice and it was a fresh coffee no you can't ask for anything better enjoy and I Adore you partner peace to both of you ☮️🇺🇸☕☕🐠
Hi David 😊
شنو هل شاب اللطيف
my best bro david looking handsome thank you for your huge respect against cpec friendship countries lot of love from your best bro viki 💙
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@13:25 he said: this is Arabic kfc 😅 but you didn't understand
It's a shame what the USA and its allies did to this country. Our tax-dollars went into sponsoring the weapons that the army used to kill over a million Iraqi civilians (this doesn't count the Iraqi military) in the name of serving oil giants and greedy polititians. Not to mention the thousands of american men and women who died in the war or got PTSD or life crippling injuries after being tricked into waging the war and after politicians disgustingly used 9/11 as a motivation for them. I am sorry to ruin the mood but whenever I see anything about Iraq I can't help but think of this.
Your comment said it all 💯!!we are a good people not bad people,social media destroy our reputation plus the war. Iraqi people they were struggling and complaining about one bad guy his name Saddam and now we have too many Sddams in our country that don’t let the country settle down and rest from the disaster war. Anyway how I’m glad see my country welcome tourism with big smile on their faces
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Thank you for your comment.
I once saw an interview of one of the Iraqi men who took down the statue of Saddam and said that he now regrets it because back then there was only one Saddam but now there are a thousand Saddams.
Even Saddam himself was not as bad as people thought he was and he was actually one of the best Arab leaders after the collapse of the Ottoman empire. He brought stability and prosperity to Iraq and did not let anyone push him around.
Some of my best friends are Iraqi and I would love to visit Iraq some day.
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مسموطه صارت مهروثه عجيب... مسموطه وشرط كون سمك شلوكه الا بشده
Thermo jaithoon the. Surah that was for historical things they are in youfritis tygris deltas, ask Jaffar to know about that surah in khuraan,
Get that man a pot with a handle. It looks delicious.😋
Great video! Do you cover your tattoos out of respect for the culture?
Lady Chief: David covers his tattoos to protect them from the hot sun. Notice that sometimes he only wears a white sleeve on the hand with the tattoos.🇹🇹🇨🇦
David I enjoy your videos and I'm not trying to pick on you but when you're in other people's country complaining like a Miami in too salty too many bones is very insulting to a country that we haven't had the greatest report with in the United States it's not a gourmet kitchen there's a man using everything that he has to feed his community and welcome you into his kitchen and made you feel like you were family and all you did was complain I don't know if you're aware of that or not but I thought I'd pointed out not that it's my business cuz it's not
عمي اسمها مسموطة مو مهروثة مهروثة مرقة السمك الغير مجفف اما المسموطة ولها اسم اخر المغلية فهي السمك المجفف وأسوأ انواع المسموطة مسموطة الشلج وبالنهاية احب اقول مسموطة والجاي مخدر