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Fatteh Makdous
Arabic Post presents this fatteh makdous through Damascus's tradition of layered fatteh dishes.
About Fatteh Makdous
Arabic Post presents this fatteh makdous through Damascus's tradition of layered fatteh dishes. Small aubergines are filled with browned minced meat and pine nuts, then simmered in tomato juice and pomegranate molasses.
Black pepper and cinnamon season the filling. Garlic is mixed with yogurt for the upper layer, while the fried bread forms the base of the serving dish.
The stuffed aubergines and their reduced cooking liquid sit over the broken bread, beneath the garlic yogurt. Remaining pine nuts and melted ghee finish the top, and the assembled dish is served hot.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Fatteh Makdous
Arabic Post's Syrian stuffed-aubergine fatteh makdous.
- Small auberginesBase
- Minced meatProteinIngredient page not linked
- Fried pine nutsFilling
- Tomato juiceLiquidIngredient page not linked
- Pomegranate molassesSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Ground black pepperSeasoning
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning
- YogurtTopping
- GarlicAromatic
- Fried breadBase
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Ghee (smen)Cooking medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Small aubergines: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Minced meat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual34 animal unspecified.
- Fried pine nuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling and garnish35/57/63 consolidated; prepared frying medium unknown.
- Tomato juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual36 named tomato juice, no concentrate mapping forced.
- Pomegranate molasses: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full prepared syrup formula unknown.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit38/58 tomato simmer and vegetable washing55.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yogurt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Explicit42 dairy yogurt confirms Milk.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fried bread: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual44 normal bread confirms Wheat, full upstream formula/frying media unknown.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual45 named plant oil for eggplant, botanical species unknown.
- Ghee (smen): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Conventional named ghee46-47 meat and melted topping consolidated; Milk positive.
Origins & food traditions
Syria association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Syria
- SyriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Damascene Cuisine
- Syrian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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