Wednesday 1 May 2019

Palestine Food, Method of Maqluba preparation

Method of Maqluba preparation


Maqluba Is a famous and widespread food in Palestine, consisting mainly of rice with fried vegetables, and may be eggplant, potato or green beans, and can make a mixture of vegetables in the same dish, also put with mutton or chicken, but is cooked with chicken, usually Served with yogurt or Arab salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, lettuce and lemon juice. This article will present the history of the Maqluba and the method of preparing the Palestinian Maqluba.

Palestine Food, Maqluba preparation


History of the Maqluba

The history of the Maqluba and the reason for the label Known as the Maqluba eaters in Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon since ancient times, and was called in the past of the eggplant, because of the use of eggplant in it as a basic ingredient, and when the conquest of Jerusalem came by the Muslim conqueror Salah al-Din, so that he and his soldiers entered the holy city, The great victory and gave food to Salahuddin and his soldiers, they offered him the eggplant, and impressed him very much when he asked about her name described by the inverted cook, so that the dish rotates in the dishes of the presentation, and hence called the Maqluba.

The ingredients of " Maqluba "

 One chicken of medium size and cut into four pieces.
Three cups of rice.
Three grains of potato.
Two slices of eggplant.
One grain of Cauliflower.
One onion cut into squares.
 Two tablespoons of salt.
Cinnamon sticks.
A teaspoon of mix spice .
One teaspoon of soft cinnamon.
 Tablespoon and a little vegetable oil.
Water for broiler chickens.

Preparation method of " Maqluba "

Place the onion in a saucepan, place a tablespoon of vegetable oil on top, then stir well, add the chicken, and then cook well. Add the cinnamon stick, cinnamon spoon, then water to soak the chicken, and leave on fire until cooked. After soaking the rice for half an hour, pour the water well, and add the remaining spices and two tablespoons of salt. Cut the potatoes into circles and then stir them.

And also for eggplants and Cauliflower, so that we cut and remove. Remove the chicken from the broth after it is cooked, and then remove the spices. Bring a large amount of rice, then put a little rice on the bottom, then put the pieces of chicken fried, then potatoes and then Cauliflower, put the rest of the rice over the ingredients, and then pour a number of broth chicken after filtering the spices until the whole rice drown. Put the pot on the fire, and when boiling and start to absorb the rice casserole, reduce the fire to the lowest degree, and leave it to mature. Fold the pot in a large tray, then leave it for 10 minutes, upside down, then raise the pot and place it hot.



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