Palestinian & Jordanian
Maqluba (Upside-Down Rice)
The Levant's most theatrical family dish: fried eggplant or cauliflower, meat, and spiced rice layered in a pot and flipped onto a platter at the table, emerging as a standing golden cake. 'Upside-down,' and the flip is the event.
1 hr 50 min · Serves 6 · Medium
6
Ingredients
Base
Layer
Rice
Spice
Garnish
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 40 min · Cook 70 min · 110 min total
- medium
- 1
Simmer the meat with whole spices to make a flavorful broth; fry the eggplant and cauliflower until deeply golden.
- 2
Layer deliberately in the pot — the bottom layer becomes the crown after the flip — then meat, then rice; add hot spiced broth.
- 3
Cook covered until the rice is done; rest, then invert the whole pot onto a platter in one confident motion. Garnish with nuts and parsley.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.
