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Although Syrians used to turn to their popular foods known for their good taste and low price, as one of the quick solutions available to a wide segment of them, to combat high prices, these foods became a distant dream, then of their price becoming out of reach, due to the high prices they describe as insane. And the lack of their income after the deterioration of the lira exchange rate against the dollar.
Falafel, 600 pounds
Falafel, bean dishes, and chickpeas are considered everyday meals for most Syrians who used to eat them, and their good taste and low price contributed, in the past, to their becoming a daily tradition for many, whether in the morning breakfast or in the dinner, and even in some lunches or breakfasts of a month. Ramadan, however, recent price increases have made just a falafel sandwich, a dirty plate or a plate of hummus requiring a huge budget that can no longer be provided for the vast majority of Syrians.
Falafel, which is one of the famous dishes, has become the price of a disk of it, now, 25 pounds, bringing the price of a sandwich, of him, to 500 and 600 pounds, only after the increase of the prices of its main components, to which is added the price of a kilo of chickpeas, the main ingredient in it, and the arrival of the price. A plate of oil for frying at 32 thousand pounds.
Delicious hummus is loved by its lovers
Hummus is included in many well-known Syrian dishes, such as a hummus dish with misbaha and ground chickpeas, which in turn have become very expensive dishes for the vast majority of Syrians, after being among the daily foods available to them. . And with the increase in the price of the materials used in the preparation of the two previous chickpea dishes, namely tahini and olive oil, the price of the rosary plate, alone, became two thousand pounds, after that the price of a kilo of tahini would reach five thousand pounds, and the price of a plate of olive oil, a package of twenty liters, would reach almost one hundred thousand pounds. The price of the rosary plate ranges between 1,700 and 2,000 lire.
In this context, reference is made to the high prices of various chickpea-based foods, such as the famous simple Syrian fatta, which was within reach of most, but has become one of the rare expensive dishes on the tables, where the price of the fatta plate was recorded at two thousand pounds.
Beans are shaved
Fava beans come to complement well-known Syrian popular dishes, especially since they are prepared in more than one way, such as fava beans with lemon, fava beans with tahini, fava beans with milk, or fava beans mixed with several of the different ingredients above. Although Syrian families had limited incomes, they bought boiled beans, in kilograms, to later prepare them at home according to the flavor they prefer, and to also save the price, the price per kilo of boiled beans, alone, without oil and without spices or tahini, it became 1700 pounds, which is This is something that many Syrian families cannot do now, especially since the price of a kilo of beans exceeds the daily employee in their government departments, compared to their salary, which ranges from 35 and 60 thousand.
And olive oil is included in the preparation of various bean dishes, in addition to tahini and lemon, as well as vegetable or pickle hors d’oeuvres and sometimes the olives themselves, increasing the cost of producing this dish for reach large numbers that exceed the capacity of many Syrians.
On the other hand, the falafel sandwich was attributed to many Syrians, after the government of the Syrian regime raised the price of bread, last Friday, to double, while raising the price of flour, in order to add new charges , burdensome, to diners who were a refuge for the poor, disadvantaged or low-income. In addition, it is one of the types of food known for its good taste and ease of eating, since it can be bought in any small restaurant, between houses or on street corners, and its price came from the “change” or “bread” in the pockets, not the bills in the wallet.
In this context, it is striking that the salaries paid by the government of the regime to employees, according to the prices of simple popular foods, are barely enough to eat a plate of beans a day, or a plate of hummus of all kinds . The holder of a doctorate, at the time of his appointment, receives approximately 58 thousand lire, which means that the owner can eat a plate of beans with tahini or lemon, after its price reaches 1,800 lire, and the price of the plate fattah will reach 2,000 lira inside the restaurant, which means that the salary is awarded to the holder of a certificate. PhD, he assures his owner the price of about a meal, of foods that are still popular, while in reality he says that they are gradually being transformed into food for the elite.
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