Iraqi Fried Meat Patties

Kufta Maqliyya

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    10

    patties
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

  • About

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

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