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- From: tkot@theseas.ntua.gr (Tasos Kotaras)
- Subject: Magloube (chicken, aubergines, rice)
- Message-ID: <CKHM3D.8zz@theseas.ntua.gr>
- Keywords: arabic
- Organization: National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 09:26:24 GMT
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- Hello everyone!
-
- I couldn't resist sending the recipe of "magloube". It is an arabic dish
- (it means "reversed") which I tried in a Jordanian friend's home recently and
- it tastes great. (Warning : it's a little bit heavy for the stomach!)
- As I'm new in this group (and therefore I'm not sure if you are all kitchen
- wizzards!) I post the recipe with as many details as I can remember:
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- To Serve Four People
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- INGREDIENTS:
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- 1) 1 medium sized chicken
- 2) 3 medium sized aubergines
- 3) 1.5 mug of rice
- 4) 1 Magi cube (Or any chicken stock)
- 5) Vegetable oil (for frying the aubergines)
- 6) Spices { Salt, Pepper, Cardamons (crushed), A bit of cinnamon, Cumin }
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- METHOD:
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- (i) Wash the rice and let it to soak until you have finished with the rest
- of the preparations.
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- (ii) Start by chopping the chicken as you like, put it in the pan in high heat
- until it starts boiling, then add the spices (use your adventurous
- creativity on the quantity; personally I prefer it spicy), and reduce the
- heat to medium. The longer it takes to cook the better! Leave to boil until
- the chicken gets tender.
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- (iii)Cut the Aubergines (with out peeling them) into rings of about 1 - 2 cm
- thick, and fry in the oil to brown them. Use kitchen paper to drain the
- oil.
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- (iv) Now you get a pan and start arranging the layers of Magloube.
- Put the pieces of chicken first in the bottom, then the fried aubergines
- (you can leave 4 or 5 slices for decoration of the tray later). Then
- spread the rice on top and level it. Take the usual amount of water to
- cook the quantity of rice you used (1.5 or 2 water/1 rice I think).
- Better use the water you boiled the chicken in: It keeps the taste +
- you can dissolve the Magi cube easier! Put the pan on High heat until
- the water on top of the Magloube starts boiling. Reduce to LOW and check
- from time to time to see the water disappearing. (An old fashioned test
- is to take a dry long knife and insert it VERTICALLY into the Magloube
- till you hit the base of the pan. Pull it out and you will see if there
- is water at the bottom of the pan. Like testing the oil in your car,
- isn't it ?).
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- (v) While it is cooking, you can prepare a vegetable salad (tomatos,
- cucumber, onions, parsley, lettuce, all thinly sliced, plus olive oil). It
- goes very well with this dish.
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- (vi) Once it is ready you can leave it to settle for 5 - 10 minutes then
- bring a big dish or tray and invert the pan on it. If you burnt it in
- the bottom it is the sign of a good Magloube and eat the stuck base;
- it is the tastiest of all! Serve with the salad and some plain yogourt.
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- Enjoy it!
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