Meaning of bamiyeh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A traditional sweet snack of Iran, similar to a doughnut, made from a yogurt- and starch-based dough which is fried before being dipped in syrup.
   uncountable
2. okra, Hibiscus esculentus, as grown in Egypt.
   obsolete

Examples

“The principal are beans, peas, vetches, lentils (whereof a pottage is made, which is the common food of the Nile boatmen), lupins, chick-peas, the lubia (Dolichos labia), fenugreek, mallows, the bamiyeh (Hibiscus esculentus), spinach, purslain, melookheeyeh (Corchorus olitorius), leeks, onions, garlic, celery, parsley, chicory, cress, radishes, carrots, turnips, colocasium, lettuce, cabbage, fennel, gourds and cucumbers (both of several kinds), the tomata, the egg-fruit or bádingan (black and white), caraway, coriander, cumin, aniseed, and red pepper.”

“It generally consists, for the most part, of "yakhnee," or stewed meat, with chopped onions, or with a quantity of "bámiyehs," or other vegetables; "ḳáwurmeh," or a richer stew, with onions; "waraḳ maḥshee," or vine-leaves, or bits of lettuce-leaf or cabbage leaf […]”

“Sometimes also a small piece of mutton, buffalo, camel, or goat flesh has been procured, with which the soaked bamiyehs or the viscous-juiced, spinach-like moluchieh are cooked.”

“The chief members of the expedition, officers, clerks, and I myself, were provided once daily with kisra and boiled bamiyeh by Arab hospitality, but the poor carriers and their belongings had to go fasting.”

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