Rice with Chicken and Yoghurt

Nutritious and filling, this dish is served with tabun bread soaked in chicken stock, whence the name fatteh. I prefer to use tannur bread, round, flat bread, lighter and thinner than tabun, and spongy enough to absorb the stock. Palestinians have traditionally served their favourite dishes with different breads, not unusual in a country that has witnessed long stretches of hunger.

Although fatteh is still a special meal for most families, it is se