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Dish served throughout the Levant This article is about the Levantine dish. Maqluba (also attested by a variety of other spellings in English; Arabic : مَقْلُوبَة , romanized : maqlūba , lit. ' upside-down ' ) is a traditional Levantine dish, a variety of Pilaf that is popular across Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. It consists of meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served, hence the name. The earliest mention of the dish is found in a 13th-century cookbook, Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh ( The Book of Dishes ), written by Muhammad Baghdadi during the Abbasid Caliphate . In the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Palestinians have described attempts to label the dish as Israeli as cultural appropriation . Cooking the Middle Eastern way . Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life . The most traditional Palestinian meals are maqluba, musakhan, and mansaf Ottolenghi, Yotam (2015). The Journal of Critical Food Studies . 15 (1). Maqluba, an upside-down rice and vegetable cake that is actually Palestinian Elizabeth Carty (24 September 2012).
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Maqluba Maqluba , or Makloubeh, often pronounced as Maalouba or Maglouba ( Arabic : مقلوبة ) is an upside-down rice and eggplant casserole , hence the name which is literally translated as "upside-down". It is sometimes made with fried cauliflower instead of eggplant and usually includes meat, often braised lamb . When the casserole is inverted, the top is bright red from the tomatoes that now form the top layer and cover the golden eggplant. Maqluba is originally Palestinian and then adopted by many Arabic countries especially of Levantine , but it is popular throughout the Arab world.
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Maqluba ( ; ;) is a traditional dish of Jordan and Palestine .The dish includes meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot, which is then flipped upside down when served , hence the name maqluba, which translates literally as "upside-down".The dish can include a variety of vegetables, such as fried tomatoes, potatoes, cauliflower, eggplant, and chicken or lamb. When the casserole is inverted, the top is bright red from the tomatoes that now form the top layer and cover the golden eggplant. Maqluba is usually served with either yogurt or a simple Arab salad (salata Arabia) of diced tomato, cucumber , parsley , and lemon juice, often mixed with a tahina sauce.In Turkey, the dish is known as maklube.Although the ingredients become slightly different being modified to fit into Turkish cuisine , the preparation and look of the dish is the same.
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Maqluba or Maqlooba ( ) is a traditional Syrian , Iraqi , Palestinian , and Jordanian dish served throughout the Levant .It consists of meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served, hence the name maqluba , which translates literally as "upside-down." The dish goes back centuries and is found in the Kitab al-Tabikh , a collection of 13th century recipes.Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life .The most traditional Palestinian meals are maqluba, musakhan, and mansaf Ottolenghi, Yotam (2015).The Journal of Critical Food Studies . 15 (1).Maqluba, an upside-down rice and vegetable cake that is actually Palestinian Elizabeth Carty.
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Dish served throughout the Levant This article is about the Levantine dish.Maqluba or Maqlooba ( ) is a traditional Iraqi , Lebanese , Palestinian , Jordanian , and Syrian dish served throughout the Levant . It consists of meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served, hence the name maqluba , which translates literally as "upside-down." The dish goes back centuries and is found in the Kitab al-Tabikh , a collection of 13th-century recipes. Cooking the Middle Eastern way . Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life . The most traditional Palestinian meals are maqluba, musakhan, and mansaf Ottolenghi, Yotam (2015). The Journal of Critical Food Studies . 15 (1). Maqluba, an upside-down rice and vegetable cake that is actually Palestinian Elizabeth Carty (24 September 2012). The politics of love : sexuality, gender, and marriage in Syrian television drama (“...recipe for the well-known Syrian rice dish “maqluba” (upside down)...”).
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upside-down rice and eggplant casserole
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traditional levantine dish
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