DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Qursan
Thin flatbread pieces beneath meat, vegetables and a spiced sauce, with fried onion garnish.
About Qursan
Beirutieh’s Saudi qursan places pieces of thin flatbread beneath meat and vegetables. She shares the dish within the Saudi cooking she enjoyed during five years living in Khobar.
Zucchini, eggplant, pumpkin and green beans give the plate its varied vegetable texture. Tomato, dried black lime, cinnamon, cardamom and coriander season the savoury sauce, with ghee supplying richness.
The bread carries the sauce beneath the meat and vegetables on a serving plate. Fried onion provides the listed garnish, while the softened bread gives the dish its characteristic substantial base.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Qursan
Beirutieh's Saudi qursan with meat and vegetables.
- Flour, cereal unspecifiedBaseIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Oil for bread panCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Meat, animal unspecifiedProteinIngredient page not linked
- ZucchiniBase
- EggplantBase
- PumpkinBase
- Green beansBase
- Dried black limesSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- TomatoBase
- OnionAromatic
- GheeCooking medium
- Tomato pasteBase
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Dried coriander, form unspecifiedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- CinnamonSeasoning
- Cardamom powderSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Flour, cereal unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual104 generic strained flour; no whole-wheat identity imported from independently spiced Saudipedia bread.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual106/136 dough and stew shared required.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method153/163/165/167 literal dough/stew/bean cooking consolidated.
- Oil for bread pan: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual155 oiled pan, identity/full product unprovided.
- Meat, animal unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual109 generic meat, no lamb/beef claim inferred from regional convention.
- Zucchini: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Eggplant: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pumpkin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried black limes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual119 loomi, literal dried lime food identity.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual123 raw main and139 chopped fried garnish, same onion consolidated. Garnish required from To decorate137-139; exact prepared garnish frying medium unprovided, not invented.
- Ghee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual125/161 explicit ghee confirms Milk.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried coriander, form unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual131 dry coriander ambiguous seed/leaf, no guessed whole or ground seed.
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual133 broad form, not forced powder.
- Cardamom powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual135 explicitly powder, no pod colour guessed.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Saudi Arabia
- Saudi ArabiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Najdi Cuisine
- Najdi CuisineCatalogue link pending review