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Maqluba

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Maqluba, meaning upside-down, is a traditional Levantine dish, a variety of pilaf popular across Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Iraq, consisting of meat, rice and fried vegetables placed in a pot that is flipped upside down when served.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
1201 to 1300 1
Origin Region
Levant, Mesopotamia 1
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What does the name maqluba mean?

According to Clifford A. Wright, In the thirteenth-century Arabic cookbook known as the Baghdad cookery book, a chapter is devoted to "fried, marinated, and turned" dishes. Two of the recipes are called maqlūba, which means "upside down."
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Meat, Ingredients
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  • History section
    The earliest mention of a dish called maqluba is found in a 13th-century cookbook, Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh (The Book of Dishes), written by Muhammad Baghdadi during the Abbasid Caliphate.
  • Infobox: region
    Levant, Mesopotamia
  • In Cuisine: Israeli Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • In Cuisine: Lebanese Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Uses Ingredient: Meat, Infobox main_ingredient field: Meat, rice, and vegetables (tomato, cauliflower, potato, eggplant)
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