Iraqi Fried Meat Patties

Although the Ottoman cooks are credited with creating the rich meat patties köfte, which feature in many of their stew dishes (yahni) and soups, the fact of the matter is, centuries before the flourishing of the Ottoman cuisine, such kufta were already incorporated into Baghdadi dishes as early as the ninth century and possibly earlier. Back then, they called them kubab/kubaab (sing. kubba), and the fried flat ones were maqloubat (flipped) or muq