Eid al-Adha is the second and biggest of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam known as the “Feast of Sacrifice.”
In Rohingya language, we call it “Quarbani” which honors the willingness of Ibrahim (AS) to sacrifice his son Ismail (AS).
Along with the festival, comes the feast as well. In Rohingya culture, Quarbani is famously known for “Gorur gusso and Luri fira.”
“Gorur gusso” also known as spicy beef curry is a very important dish for Eid-ul-Adha morning. After the sacrifice, fresh meat from the cow (with bone or boneless) are chopped into bite size pieces and cooked mixing all sorts of spices for hours until the meat is tender. It is eaten with “Luri Fira,” a rice flour flatbread or with plain rice.
Another staple Quarbani food is “Luri Fira” which is being served as side dish to have beef curry or gorur gusso. Luri fira is a rice flour flatbread. It is a traditional Rohingya bread which looks similar to other flatbreads across South Asia, called chappati or roti, except that those are more often made from wheat rather than rice. Luri fira is made entirely with rice flour which is obtained by grinding down rice grains into a fine powder. Luri fira features heavily during festivals like Eid and is often served with beef, mutton or chicken curries.
