Orange Blossom Water

Last year I posted Yalanji (stuffed grape leaves), and today’s post is about Yabraq which is also stuffed grape leaves, the differences between Yalanji and Yabraq are:

Yalanji: The filling is rice and vegetables, the size of the grape leaf that is used is large, and the rolled leaves look thick.

Yabraq: The filling is rice and meat, and cooked in lemon juice, the size of the grape leaf  that is used is medium and small, and the rolled leaves look thin and tall like cigarettes.

Let’s make Yabraq:

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This dish is also known as Mujaddarah or Mjaddarah. It consists of cooked lentils together with rice or bulgur wheat, then garnished with onions.

Today’s recipe is about the two types, Mjaddaret Al-Aruz which means rice mjaddarah, and Mjaddaret Al-Burghul which means bulgur mjaddarah.

Mjaddarah is served with salad, or yogurt, or eggplant pickles, or a sauce called “Zreqa”. Zreq is prepared from pomegranate molasses and this sauce is served  with Mjaddarah only, it is known in some Syrian cities, I’ll share with you the recipe in this post.

Let’s make Mjaddaret Al-Aruz and Mjaddaret Al-Burghul:

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The idea of this dish is similar to Fasouliyeh Bez-Zeit, but here whole fava bean pods are used instead of green beans.

Foul is the Arabic word for fava beans, Zeit is the Arabic word for oil.

Let’s make Foul Akhdar Bez-Zeit:

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