Name: Nahida’s Maklouba
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 2 courgettes, 1 aubergine, 2 carrots, 2 sticks celery, cauliflower florets, 2 potatoes, roughly chopped; 380 g long grain rice, rinsed; ½ teaspoon nutmeg or a good grating of fresh nutmeg; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon instant chicken soup powder; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 teaspoons baharat; 4 large tomatoes, sliced; olive oil for frying; 1 chicken cut into 8 pieces, or 8 chicken thighs

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Galilean Kitchen

By Ruth Nieman

Published 2017

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Ingredients

1 chicken cut into 8 pieces, or 8 chicken thighs
2 courgettes, 1 aubergine, 2

Method

fry the chicken pieces in a little olive oil until browned all over, but not cooked through, then remove from the pan & set aside
fry the vegetables in the same pan, with a little more olive oil, if needed, for about 5 minutes to take on some colour & flavour, then remove from the heat
line the bottom of a large pot with the slices of tomatoes, pla