Maqluba
| Alternative names | Maaluba, maqlouba, maqlooba, maqloubeh, makluba, maklouba, makloubeh, magluba, maglouba |
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| Course | Meal |
| Place of origin | Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Israel, Iraq |
| Region or state | Levant, Mesopotamia |
| Associated cuisine | Levantine (Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian), Iraqi |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Meat, rice, and vegetables (tomato, cauliflower, potato, eggplant) |
Maqluba (also attested by a variety of other spellings in English; Arabic: مَقْلُوبَة, romanized: maqlūba, lit. 'upside-down') is a traditional Levantine dish, a variety of Pilaf that is popular across Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Iraq. It consists of meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served, hence the name.
The earliest mention of the dish is found in a 13th-century cookbook, Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh (The Book of Dishes), written by Muhammad Baghdadi during the Abbasid Caliphate.