Upside Down Vegetables, Rice and Ground Meat /  مقلوبة اللحم المفروم / #Recipe313CFF
Channel: Tasty Dishes
Date: 2018-09-12

One of the most delicious and elegant  meals in Iraqi cuisine. It is not an everyday or even weekly meal . This is a big and time consuming meal to prepare. You make it for the occasions and for your loved one. It has high calories from frying many vegetables but it is worth every bite of it. I consider it a masterpiece. Very elegant you will impress your loved one and they will never ever forget its taste. The original dish is made by using big cubes of meat but that will take much longer time to cook it. So using ground meat will simplify the steps and make the dish complete quicker. 


Ingredients 
Slices of 1-2 medium eggplants. Sprinkle salt on all side and sit a side. This will help to reduce the bitterness and reduce the amount of the oil absorbed while frying.
Slices of 2-3 medium Zucchinis 
Slices of 2 big onions 
Slices of 2 big potatoes. Soaked in the water to prevent the oxidation. 
Slices of 3-4 medium tomatoes 
Slices of 1-2 large green paper
 
المكونات
شرائح من 1-2 باذنجان متوسط ​​الحجم. يرش الملح على كل جانب ويضع جانبا. سيساعد ذلك على تقليل المرارة وتقليل كمية الزيت التي يتم امتصاصها أثناء القلي.
شرائح 2-3 كوسة متوسطة
شرائح 2 بصل كبير
شرائح 2 بطاطا كبيرة. ينقع في الماء لمنع الأكسدة.
شرائح 3-4 طماطم متوسطة
شرائح من 1-2 فلفل أخضر كبير

All veggies are sliced about 1/4 in of thickness. 
يتم تقطيع جميع الخضار إلى شرائح بسمك نصف سم.
2 cups rice - washed soaked for 20 minutes and drained 
2 كوب أرز - مغسول منقوع لمدة 20 دقيقة ومصفى

Tomato sauces:-

1-2 Tbsp tomato paste.  Depend on how much you like your rice to be red color.
2-3 tsp 7 spices
1/2 tsp black pepper 
2 tsp salt or to taste 
1/4 tsp hot red pepper
3-4 cup of boiling water (the water should be above the rice by 1/4 ") 

صلصة الطماطة: -

1-2 ملعقة كبيرة معجون طماطم. اعتمدي على مدى رغبتك في أن يكون لون الأرز أحمر اللون.
2-3 ملعقة صغيرة 7 بهارات
1/2 ملعقة صغيرة فلفل أسود
2 ملعقة صغيرة ملح أو حسب الرغبة
1/4 ملعقة صغيرة فلفل أحمر حار
3-4 أكواب من الماء المغلي (يجب أن يكون الماء أعلى من الأرز بمقدار قليل)

(amount of spices and salt depend on how much spicy and salty you like your food to be) 

Mix all the ingredients together and sit a side. 

1-2 lb ground meat / cooked with very little salt and black pepper.
نصف كيلو من اللحم المفروم او حسب الرغبة/ مطبوخ مع قليل من الملح والفلفل الأسود.

Steps :- 

-Pad dry all the vegetables before frying.
-Fry all vegetables over medium-high  heat in shallow oil. Starting with potato then zucchini then green pepper then onion then eggplant and finally tomato. Try to use as less oil as you can. Just give the vegetables color and don't cook them completely.
-Layer half of the fried vegetables. Start with potatoes then onion then tomato then green paper, then Zucchini then eggplants.
-Add 1/2 of the cooked ground meat . Or you can add all of it.
-Layer the other half of the fried vegetables.
-Add the drained rice on top of the all veggies and make it even . 
-Add the rest of the ground meat. 
-Add tomato mixture carefully on top of the rice and it should be 1/4 inch higher than rice. 
-Cover and cook on full flame of fire. 
-When the liquid is almost gone press the rice with spatula and try to level it up.
-When the liquid is completely gone, press firmly and level the rice again then cover and cook on low heat for about 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.
-Turn off the flame and leave the pot for about 15-20 minutes.
-Flip the pot everything will come out in one piece like a cake. It may some vegetables stock on the bottom but it is ok just take them and put them on top and try arrange them nicely.
-Serve with simple salad and yogurt drink.

Enjoy:)

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