Maqluba Explained

Maqluba
Alternate Name:Maaluba, maqlouba, maqlooba, maqloubeh, makluba, maklouba, makloubeh, magluba, maglouba
Country:Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq
Region:Levant, Mesopotamia
Associated Cuisine:Levantine (Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian), Iraqi
Course:Meal
Served:Hot
Main Ingredient:Meat, rice, and vegetables (tomato, cauliflower, potato, eggplant)

Maqluba (also attested by a variety of other spellings in English; Arabic: مَقْلُوبَة|maqlūba|lit=upside-down) is a traditional Levantine dish[1] that is popular across Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It consists of meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served, hence the name.

The earliest mention of the dish is found in a 13th-century cookbook, Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh (The Book of Dishes), written by Muhammad Baghdadi during the Abbasid Caliphate.[9] In the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Palestinians have described attempts to label the dish as Israeli as cultural appropriation.

Ingredients

Maqluba can include various vegetables, such as fried tomatoes, potatoes, cauliflower, and eggplant, accompanied by either chicken or lamb.[10] The most common are cauliflower and eggplant. All the ingredients are carefully placed in the pot in layers, so that when the pot is inverted for serving, the dish looks like a layer cake.[11] [12]

Maqluba is typically garnished with pine nuts and chopped fresh parsley.[13] It is sometimes served with salad and fresh yogurt, and is often prepared for feasts and large gatherings.

Politics

The dish has been a matter of controversy in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, with Palestinians describing attempts to label the dish as Israeli as amounting to cultural appropriation.[14] The dish has been used by Palestinian activists to mobilize people to join protests at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem; in 2017, Israeli police arrested a Palestinian woman who had organized a maqluba eating gathering at Al-Aqsa.[15]

Since the unsuccessful coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, which involved the Gülen movement, the dish has been seen as a "Gulenist delicacy" and eating or preparing it has been considered by some as evidence of membership of the movement.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Carty . Elizabeth . Shrewd Food: A New Way of Shopping, Cooking and Eating . September 24, 2012 . Hachette Books Ireland . 9781444725780 . 256.
  2. Web site: Maqluba--The Paella of Palestine. Shaheen. Arab America. 29 January 2020 . en. 2020-07-20.
  3. Book: Behnke, Alison. Cooking the Middle Eastern way. 2005. Lerner Publications Co. Ehramjian, Vartkes. 0-8225-3288-3. Minneapolis. 50. 59008909.
  4. Web site: Cooking with Maha Alusi. Bidoun. Bidoun. en. 2019-01-04.
  5. Book: Timothy L. Gall. Jeneen Hobby. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. 2009. Gale. 978-1-4144-4892-3. 782. The most traditional Palestinian meals are maqluba, musakhan, and mansaf.
  6. Ottolenghi . Yotam . Jerusalem on a Plate . Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies . University of California Press . 15 . 1 . 2015 . 1529-3262 . 10.1525/gfc.2015.15.1.1 . 3 . Maqluba, an upside-down rice and vegetable cake that is actually Palestinian.
  7. Book: Shrewd Food: A New Way of Shopping, Cooking and Eating . Elizabeth Carty . 24 September 2012 . Hachette Books Ireland . 9781444725780 .
  8. Web site: Maqluba - Eating Upside Down. Swift. Robert. 2016-03-07. The Media Line. en-US. 2018-12-11.
  9. Web site: Ramadan recipe: maqluba – upside-down lamb, aubergine and rice. 29 November 2023. 18 April 2021. The National.
  10. Web site: Cooks.com - Recipe - Maqluba (Cauliflower with rice).
  11. News: Lam . Francis . A Middle Eastern Layer Cake for Dinner . The New York Times . 13 November 2018 . 5 January 2017 . New York Times.
  12. News: Linda Gradstein . Eucalyptus offers food from the Bible . 12 November 2018 . . 6 December 2015. Linda Gradstein .
  13. Web site: Maqlooba (Maqluba), Palestinian Upside Down Rice Recipe. 2013-07-21. LinsFood by Azlin Bloor. 2018-12-04.
  14. Web site: On the Settler Colonial Elimination of Palestine Get access Arrow. Cornell University Press. 1 December 2020. 29 November 2023.
  15. Web site: Palestinian national dish fuels Al-Aqsa protests. 11 January 2018. 29 November 2023. Almonitor. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515141417/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2018/01/maqluba-turns-protests-on-trump-upside-down.html . 2021-05-15 .
  16. News: Gauthier-Villars. David. 2018-04-17. U.S. Pastor Held in Turkey Denies Links to Terrorists. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2020-12-17. 0099-9660.

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