Tharid

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Tharid is a bread soup born in Mecca—crumbled flatbread, historically stale and unleavened, softened into broth or stew. It's humble work, the kind of meal that asks nothing of you but appetite. The dish carries weight beyond its simplicity: it's woven into Arab identity itself, said to have been the Prophet Muhammad's own favorite, and remains a fixture on Ramadan tables across the Arab world.

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Tharid (Arabic: ثريد) also known as thareed, trid, fareed, tashrib, tashreeb or taghrib is a bread soup that originates from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, an Arab cuisine also found in many other Arab countries. Like other bread soups, it is a simple meal of broth and bread, in this instance crumbled flatbread moistened with broth or stew. Historically, the flatbread used was probably stale and unleavened. As an Arab national dish it is considered strongly evocative of Arab identity during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. According to a widespread cultural tradition, this unremarkable and humble dish was the prophet's favorite food. It is a common Ramadan dish.

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