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Maqluba or Maqlooba is an upside down rice dish that is very versatile. Maqluba is a one dish meal made traditionally with cauliflower or eggplants. There are as many variations to this dish as there are families in the region, but the method is the same.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook eggplant_and_meat_maqlouba/ upside down beef-eggplant and rice: using 20 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant_and_meat_maqlouba/ upside down beef-eggplant and rice:

1. Prepare 750 g beef meat/ chunked into cubes
2. Make ready 3 eggplants big size
3. Prepare 3 cups meat broth
4. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon 7 spices
5. Prepare 2 teaspoons salt
6. Make ready 1 spoon salt for eggplant and minced meat
7. Get 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
8. Prepare 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder (optional)
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon oil to cook the minced meat
10. Prepare oil to fry the eggplants
11. Prepare Spices used to boil the meat:
12. Take 3 bay leaves
13. Prepare 2 cardamom seeds
14. Make ready 1/2 nutmeg seed
15. Prepare stick cinnamon
16. Take 5 carnations seeds
17. Get as needed water
18. Take To garnish:
19. Take 2 cups toasted nuts (type as desired)
20. Make ready 100 g minced meat (optional)

When the meal has finished cooking, you take the pot and flip it Upside Down (Maqluba). Arrange the eggplant, zucchini, broccoli, and cauliflower on top of the lamb in layers. Maqluba or Maqlooba (Arabic: ???????????????) is a traditional Syrian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian dish served throughout the Levant. Maqluba - Up Side Down (Chicken & Rice) Recipe

Instructions to make Eggplant_and_meat_maqlouba/ upside down beef-eggplant and rice:

1. In a pot, pour oil, add the meat cubes, spices, stir well together until meat changes color. Add the water to boil the meat till well done (around 1 hour).
2. Note: you may use pressure cooker that needs 20 mins.
3. Remove the meat, strain the broth and keep it aside.
4. Wash the rice, soak for 1/2 hour and drain well.
5. Peel eggplant, cut into long medium thickness pieces, salt and fry in heavy oil till brown color, remove from oil and repeat till all quantity ends.
6. In a deep pot, put the boiled meat cubes, add some rice quantity then an eggplant layer, use a fork to make holes in eggplant so you let the broth passes through the rice. Arrange the same layers till quantity ends.
7. Add salt and spices.
8. Pour 3 cups of meat broth.
9. Cover the pot and cook the rice on medium heat till boiling, then low the heat until well cooked (around 20 mins).
10. In a wide pan, pour around 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, add the minced meat with salt and spices. Then, stir till well done.
11. Prepare a serving container, that has a bigger diameter than the cooking pot, above the pot, and flip the maqlouba over the serving container, garnish with minced meat and toasted nuts.
12. Served hot.
13. Serve yogurt and cucumber salad aside or as desired.
14. Note: To avoid oily eggplant there is an advice: After peeling and cut into pieces the eggplant, soak it in salt and water for 1/2 hour, drain well, place on cotton kitchen towel, then drizzle with bit of flour before frying.
15. Made by: Tala Odaymat

NYT Cooking: 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. Eggplant enclosing aromatic rice and ground beef mixture. Tips and tricks for the best Maqluba recipe. Maqloubeh is main Palestinian traditional food mean "upside-down" which is how this popular dish of rice, eggplant and meat or chicken is served. Eggplant halves are stuffed with ground beef, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.

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