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.
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1. Maqluba, Wikipedia
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The earliest mention of a dish called maqluba is found in a 13th-century cookbook, Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Dishes), written by Muhammad Baghdadi during the Abbasid Caliphate.
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Region or state: Levant, Mesopotamia
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