Restaurant serves the meal most loved by the Prophet Mohammed

The Emirati N More restaurant is serving a dish said to be the Prophet Mohammed's favourite.

The most popular dish among both expatriates and locals at Emirati N More is the thareed.

The meal has been around for thousands of years and is said to have been the Prophet Mohammed's favourite. It was even mentioned in a hadith as being among his most loved food.

In another hadith, the Prophet used the dish to illustrate the character of a noble woman.

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"The superiority of Aisha to other women is like the superiority of thareed to other kinds of food," he said.

Thareed is a mildly spicy stew of chicken, lamb or goat with vegetables, ladled out on to a plate of Arabic flat bread.

The dish is also lauded for its health benefits, and some scholars say it can even help with nausea.

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Emirati N More is on a service road parallel to Sheikh Zayed Road, near Sharaf DG metro station. It is open daily between noon and 3pm, and 6pm and 11pm. For reservations, call 04 408 4777.?????