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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In Cuisine
Source Maqluba, Wikipedia
Source Maqluba, Wikipedia
Uses Ingredient
Source Maqluba, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mesopotamia, originated there.
Sources
1. Maqluba, Wikipedia
History section
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.
Infobox, Region or state
Region or state: 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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