Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, maklouebah (upsidedown veggie/rice/chicken pot). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A Palestinian tradition, maqluba means "upside down" in Arabic and is a pot of stewed meat, rice and fried vegetables, cooked and In Maha Sarsour's version, the rice is richly spiced with cinnamon, allspice and more, and the chicken simmers to tenderness as it. Great recipe for Maklouebah (upsidedown veggie/rice/chicken pot). This recipe has been in the family for generations.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have maklouebah (upsidedown veggie/rice/chicken pot) using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Maklouebah (upsidedown veggie/rice/chicken pot):
- Take 1-1/2 uncooked cups of basmati rice
- Prepare Tsp biryani spice over rice
- Get Pinch Saffron (optional for rice) some like to add tomatoe paste to rice
- Make ready 2 medium chicken breast cut into slices
- Make ready 2 medium thickly sliced tomatoes
- Take 2 medium sliced bell peppes
- Get 2 medium thickly sliced potatoes
- Get 3 medium sliced eggplants
- Prepare 2 medium carrots
- Get 3 medium sliced onions
- Prepare canola oil for frying vegetables
This dish is flipped upside down when served in reference to its name which translates to "upside-down". The types vegetables often included in Maklouba are cauliflower and eggplant. A Palestinian tradition, maqluba means "upside down" in Arabic and is a pot of stewed meat, rice and fried vegetables, cooked and flipped onto a serving dish to form an impressive tower In Maha Sarsour's version, the rice is richly spiced with cinnamon, allspice and more, and the chicken simmers to tenderness as it gives its flavor to the rice. Maqlubeh translates from the Arabic as "upside down," which describes how this traditional mulitlayered rice dish is served.
Instructions to make Maklouebah (upsidedown veggie/rice/chicken pot):
- First you want to soak your basmati rice in some water with a pinch of saffron for 10-15 mins. And cook it in a pot how you normally like your rice.
- Cut the chicken into square shaped slices and boil in some hot water with some salt. 5-7minutes.
- Now you want to get a medium pan ready with some canola or vegetable oil for frying your veggies. Its much better to slice your vegetables in a thick round form as it makes it easier to stack so when you turn the pot over it holds toegther nicely.
- Theres a specific order when it comes to frying your vegetables because the potatoes need to cook longer and take up more oil.
- Check your rice and see if its done cooking. And stir/turn it around with a spoon.
- So first start by frying your potatoe slices until golden, - then the bell peppers - Carrots - Eggplant - by this time there should be some oil left and thats when you add the tomatoe slices and fry them.
- Once you finished frying your vegetables saute the round onion slices with the sliced boil chicken and biryani spice and some squeezed lemon juice.
- Okay now you want to get one large pot to fit in your fried vegetables and rice. Whichever vegetable you layer first is the one that will appear on top as we will flip the pot upsidedown.
- Now to layering your maklouebah - Start by placing the sliced chicken at the bottom then the - Tomato - Potaoe - Bell Pepper - Carrot - Eggplant - Onion - And finally scoop out the rice from its original pot and place it on top of your layered veggies and put it on the stove on low to medium heat for 10mins.
- After its done take the pot off the stove and get a large round tray and carefully place the tray on top of the pot. This is the hard part. The FLIP. You want to make sure you have a tight hold of the pot. Place one hand on the pot handle and the other above the tray and quickly flip the pot. And remove the pot and now you have maklouebah. Enjoy :)
Though our streamlined recipe still requires a small investment in ingredients and prep, the work mostly is front-loaded and produces a one-pot dish impressive enough for a special occasion. Makloubeh (which literally means upside down) is a popular Palestinian one pot rice, spice and vegetable dish. You can think of it as a torte or a savory counter part to a pineapple upside down cake because of the way that it is cooked and presented. Usually the vegetables, meat/chicken, rice and spices are arranged in layers and cooked in a pot. Add a thin layer of rice.
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