Ruz Mulukhiyah
It is always tempting for me to try Middle East menus. That was the reason why I could not resist the offer from my Palestinian friend, Ibraheem Okah to try his food that he cooked by himself: Ruz Mulukhiyah. For me, it was more interesting because I never knew Ruz Mulukhiyah before. As additional information, generally foods in Palestine are salty and sour. Thus, it 's so exciting for me to try another experience because mostly I eat Asian (especially Indonesian) foods that typically have sweet and spicy in taste.
What is Ruz Mulukhiyah?
Ruz Mulukhiyah is the food which is popular in Palestine. It is actually general Arabian menu which is also commonly found like in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. Ruz is Arabic word for rice and Mulukhiyah is a kind of leave coming from the corchorus family.  It is usually eaten for lunch or dinner because commonly Palestinian people take bread as breakfast. Popularly in this food, people in Palestine use chicken meat but it can also be substituted by beef or lamb. At that moment, I tried it with chicken meat. It is extremely healthy because mulukhiyah leaf has the contents of beta carotene, iron, calcium, iron,and vitamin c. The taste is bit bitter (from the leaf), but it is balanced by the salty taste. The color of the food when it is served is so green, I mean dark green. The green color creates the fresh image of that food.
What Do You Need?
Those are all the things that you need:
1. Mulukhiyah leaf, that is the most important one
2. Chicken meat
3. Tomatoes
4. Onions
5. Oil
6. Salt
7. Water
8. Lemon
9. Rice (cooked separately)
10. Fried onions (cooked separately)
How to Cook?
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It is kind of simple food to prepare though it has to pass several steps and take some times.
1. First of all, fry the chicken meat in frying pan with some oil, salts, and cuts of onions. Cook for around 5 minutes
2. Pour the water in the frying pan (chicken meat is still there). Boil for around 20 minutes.
3. Put Mulukhiyah leaf. Boil for around 15 minutes.
4, Put tomatoes. Boil for around 5 minutes
5. Take and pour it into the bowl. Add fried onions and lemon water if you like
6. Serve with rice
Well, that's all :)
Me on the Spot
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I liked it very much. It is so impressively green and I believe it is so healthy for me. It was also kind of new experience for my gastronomy journey. I cannot wait to try another foods cooked by Ibraheem Okah. Sukron or Thank you :)
