Finely-Chopped Mulukhia
By: Mimi Cooks
Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 5:13am

Ingredients




2 pounds fresh Mulukhia or 2 packets (½ kg each) frozen-1 diced onion- Minced fresh garlic-Diced 3 Tablespoons Cooking oil
6 cloves Minced garlic
3 1/2 cups Water or chicken broth. You may use beef or Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

1 Sauté diced onions in oil 2 Add crushed garlic and fry until it gets to be golden color 3 Add cilantro and fry with the onions and garlic. 4 Add Mulukhia and stir around-Add hot water or chicken broth. Some people use beef or lamb broth. 5 Add salt and black pepper 6 Boil over and Skim the froth 7 Simmer for about 15 minutes, do not over cook it, otherwise it will turn dark green and this is not a desirable color for it.

About


Mulukhia is a Jute planet. Its name in English is "Jews mellow".
Mulukhia is a leafy summer vegetable that is extremely popular throughout the Middle East. It is available fresh, dry, and frozen. Only the leaves are edible. When using fresh Mulukhia, pick the leaves, rinse several times, and then spread out to dry before chopping or cooking whole leaves.
The main addition to Mulukhia that gives it its distinguished taste is fried garlic with oil, sometimes with added fresh cilantro, and this is called (Ta'lya).
Egyptians cook it usually chopped. They add little tomatoes to it. They are famous for cooking it with rabbit meat. Egyptians also swear that the best Mulukhia is the one that is cooked with shrimps!
Syrians and Lebanese cook it (Burani) which is whole leaves, un-chopped. Palestinians and Jordanians cook it both ways, chopped or/and Burani.
There are two ways of preparing fresh Mulukhia, chopped or whole leaves.
The Chopped method:
-chop it with a special curved knife which has two handles on both sides. Go back and forth with the knife on the leaves until they are finely chopped, but you may use the food processor to chop.