Maqluba with cauliflower

Palestine · Middle East and North Africa

Short description: This layered rice dish is cooked in a pot and flipped before serving.
Ingredients: Rice, cauliflower, chicken or lamb, eggplant or potatoes, onion, garlic, allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, pine nuts, salt, and black pepper.
Cultural note: It is associated with family tables where the reveal of the inverted pot is part of the meal.
Common misconception: It is not a stir-fry; the rice and vegetables are layered before cooking and turned out together.

image credit

creator:: Arafataslan
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: Public domain
modified:: Copied from Wikimedia Commons, center-cropped/resized to 1200x900, stripped of metadata, and re-encoded as a local JPEG for Gochizu review; no dish content edits.