Learn about the most famous types of truffles in Saudi Arabia

Written By وداد السعودي on 2016/02/09

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com- is a type of wild <strong>truffle</strong> fungus that grows in the form of tubers vary in size and are similar to &quot;potato tubers&quot;, and <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">shows after heavy rains accompanied</span> by <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">thunderstorms season. It begins in January and continues until the end of February.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">People are looking for truffles to take advantage of its high nutritional value, as there are several types of it; It is large and small, white and black, and</span> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">truffles grow in the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant, in Egypt and the Maghreb, and in some European countries, and the types of truffles are four:</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;"><strong>The first</strong> : Al-Zubaidi (the most famous) is white in color with a distinctive smell and is large in size.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong style="line-height: 1.6em;">Second</strong> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">: Hopper: It is black in color and small in size.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The third: Al-Muhalasi, which is considered the harshest type of falafah and its taste is the finest and best.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Fourth: Al-Jebah: It is considered one of the worst types that disintegrates quickly and the first type to appear from the “faqa”.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Saudi popular memory is not devoid of sayings and proverbs related to faqaa and its types, and among the most famous of these statements are “Al-Zeibidi by Al-Walidy and Al-Khilasi Qanad Rasi.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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