About this dish
A layered dish of rice, fried vegetables, and meat, cooked in a pot and flipped upside down to serve.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups rice
🍆1 eggplant, sliced and fried
🥩500g lamb or chicken, cooked
🥔2 potatoes, sliced and fried
🌰1 tsp mixed spice blend
Method
Serves 21
Layer the fried potato and eggplant in the base of a large pot.2
Arrange the cooked meat over the vegetables.3
Top with the rice, spread evenly.4
Pour in broth to just cover the rice, then cover and simmer until the rice is fully cooked.5
Rest briefly, then carefully invert the pot onto a large serving platter to reveal the layers.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Maqluba, meaning 'upside down', is a well-known Levantine dish widely eaten in Jordan, notable for the dramatic presentation of flipping the whole pot onto a serving platter.
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