Chicken with Onions and Sumak

M’sakhan comes from the Tul Karem and Jinin areas north of Bethlehem. As a speciality, it certainly competes with mansaf and kidreh as the representative Palestinian dish. It is one of the dishes at which many restaurants excel. The secret of its success is in the bread, which should be neither too thick nor too thin. The tabun is the famous clay oven that was a centrepiece in every garden or backyard hakura, a small plot of land. When this bread is not av