Rfissa
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| Type | Tharid |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Morocco |
| Main ingredients | msemmen, chicken, lentils, fenugreek, ras el-hanout |
| 901[1] kcal (3,770 kJ) | |
| Other information | Sodium 1,437 mg, protein 37 g, vitamin A 6%, calcium 7%, vitamin C 12%, iron 50% [1] |
Rfissa[a] is a Moroccan dish that is served during various traditional celebrations.[3]
It traditionally includes chicken, lentils, fenugreek seeds (helba in Arabic), msemmen, meloui or day-old bread, and the spice blend ras el-hanout.[4]
It is traditional to serve rfissa to a woman who has just given birth, as fenugreek is purported to be beneficial for women that are recovering from childbirth.[5]
Rfissa is derived from tharid (ثريد), a traditional Arab dish said to have been the Prophet Muhammad's favorite dish.[5] The name rfissa goes back to the medieval rafis meaning dough kneaded with butter and dusted with sugar.[6]
This dish did not appear in Moroccan cookbooks until the 1990s.[5] The cultural historian Anny Gaul suggests that this might be due to the fact that rfissa is related to rural culinary traditions, whereas the people writing cookbooks for a long time were mostly Fessi elites.[7]
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[edit]- 1 2 "Calories in Moroccan Dish Rfissa - Calories and Nutrition Facts - MyFitnessPal.com". www.myfitnesspal.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ↑ https://maroc.ma/amz/%E2%B5%9C%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0-%E2%B5%8F-%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%8E%E2%B5%96%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%B1/%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%A2%E2%B4%B7%E2%B4%B0-%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%94%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%BD%E2%B5%8E%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8E/%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%94%E2%B4%BC%E2%B5%89%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0
- ↑ "Rfissa Moroccan Chicken With Lentils) Recipe - Food.com". 16 May 2023.
- ↑ "Rfissa Recipe - Moroccan Chicken and Lentils Over Shredded Pastry". Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- 1 2 3 Jamal, Ayoub El (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ↑ Al-Tujībī, Ibn Razīn (2023-08-08). The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa. Translated by Newman, Daniel L. Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0-86356-997-5.
- ↑ Idrissi, Abdelbaar Mounadi (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ Arabic: رفيسة
Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵔⵔⴼⵉⵙⴰ[2]
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