maqluba

Palestine · Middle East and North Africa

Short description: This layered rice dish is cooked in a pot and inverted so the vegetables and meat land on top.
Ingredients: Rice layered with chicken or lamb, eggplant, cauliflower, potatoes, onion, allspice, pine nuts, and yogurt.
Cultural note: The reveal is part of the meal: a cooking pot becomes a family-style centerpiece in one dramatic flip.
Common misconception: The name points to the upside-down serving method, not to one required vegetable.

image credit

creator:: Ramadan9044
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:: Copied from an existing local Gochizu review asset originally resized from the Commons image; no content edits.