About this dish
A layered rice and vegetable dish with meat, inverted onto a platter when served.
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Ingredients
🍚3 cups rice
🍆2 eggplants, sliced and fried
🍗500g chicken, cooked
🌶️1 tbsp mixed spices
Method
Serves 41
Arrange fried eggplant slices at the bottom of a large pot.2
Layer cooked chicken over the eggplant.3
Top with rice and enough broth to cook it through.4
Cover and cook until the rice is fully steamed.5
Invert the entire pot onto a large serving platter.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Mgluba, closely related to maqluba, is a traditional Levantine layered rice dish, its name meaning 'upside-down.'
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