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Here's more information on the cuisine
I found the dishes online at a Middle Eastern chef's site -- no wonder I was confused -- it can be spelled (and pronounced) in a variety of ways and accents: Maqluba, Maklouba or Maqlooba. I found it hard to distinguish Maklouba and Musakhan because everyone was talking at once and no one pointed at each platter and said "THIS IS MAKLOUBA or THIS IS MUSAKHAN" they just were crying "More cheese sauce" and "another glass of wine" and "where are the children?"
You know how it is in a houseful of people. All mouths full and happy.
Here's a description:
The dish consists of meat, rice, and fried (or baked) vegetables placed in a pot.
After cooking, this pot is flipped upside down and served on a platter.
It is many centuries old and is often theorized to have been invented in the 13th century.
The types of vegetables most often included in this rice dish are cauliflower and eggplant.
The meats that are commonly used in Maklouba are chicken or lamb; eggplant paired with lamb, and cauliflower with chicken.
To garnish Maklouba, it is best to add toasted pine nuts or slivered almonds along with chopped fresh parsley.
Great to include a yogurt based sauce.
Musakhan is the national dish of Palestine, and it is as tasty as it is unique.
When made well, it makes you want to eat your fingers up after it, as the Arab expression goes.
It’s an easy recipe to make but a hard one to get just right.
Essentially it is chicken, onions, sumac, bread, and olive oil.
The trick is to get the perfect balance of well done chicken, soft bread with just enough crunch to it.
I didn't try the Musakhan, as I am allergic to onions. But plenty of people jumped into that dish as well as the lamb and rice, of which I ate 3 platefuls...
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Feasting
Some friends bought a new house several months ago, and they finally got "all moved in". They asked a few people over to celebrate with them, and prepared a traditional feast for us. I can't remember OR spell the names of the dishes! The first was roasted...
Congratulations to your friends on the move. Feast looks delicious. I don't think I have eaten a similar meal. If you don't mind, could you please tell me if this is a specific cuisine. So that I can visit a restaurant serving this food. Thanks.
As you have probably gathered from my previous posts...eating might be my one true love.
Here's more information on the cuisine
I found the dishes online at a Middle Eastern chef's site -- no wonder I was confused -- it can be spelled (and pronounced) in a variety of ways and accents: Maqluba, Maklouba or Maqlooba. I found it hard to distinguish Maklouba and Musakhan because every...
