Green Molokhia

Name: Green Molokhia
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 kg fresh molokhia leaves; 800 g fatty meat (or 1 kg bones (original: 4 uqiyas)); 1 head garlic; 1 tsp ground coriander; 0.75 cup lemon juice

Fresh molokhia leaves are wilted in a garlic-and-coriander taqliya, then simmered in meat broth and sharpened at the end with lemon. It is a full main dish rather than a side.

Prep 40 min · Cook 70 min · Total 110 min · Difficulty: medium

Servings

Ingredients

2 kg

fresh molokhia leaves

800 g

fatty meat — or 1 kg bones (original: 4 uqiyas)

1 head

garlic

1 tsp

ground coriander

3/4 cup

lemon juice

Method

Cook the meat and bones first so you have a strong broth, then clean and chop the fresh molokhia leaves.

Wilt the leaves with ghee, garlic, and coriander, add strained broth, then return the meat to the pot. Finish with lemon and the remaining garlic before serving with rice.

Notes

The page keeps back part of the broth specifically for the rice served alongside.

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