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Melon baal canaf ( melons with wings )

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Categories: Central Asian, Fruits, Poultry, Wings, Yemenite
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Ingredients:
3 smallCantaloupes
1/3 cupOil
3 cupRaw chicken or turkey meat
-- chopped
1 tspSalt
2 cupGreen onions, chopped
1/3 cupParsley, chopped
1/4 cupFresh lemon juice
2 cupCooked rice
Procedures:
1Cut each melon in half; remove seeds.
2Scoop out pulp and reserve.
3Heat oil in a skillet and saute chicken or turkey.
4Add salt and continue to saute until poultry is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
5Blend in green onions, parsley and lemon juice; continue cooking until onions are soft.
6Remove from flame and cool.
7Add rice to cooled chicken mixture; stuff melon cavities.
8Chop up 1 cup of reserved melon pulp and place on top.
9Put stuffed melons into an ovenproof dish; bake at 350°F. for 20 minutes.
10Serve hot.
11The authors write: "melon baal canaf is a dish that is said to disappear as soon as it is placed on the table, as though it had wings." from _the yemenite cookbook_ by zion levi and hani agabria.
12New york: seaver books, 198Pg.
13100.
14Isbn 0-8050-0394-0.
15Electronic format by cathy harned.
 
 
 
 

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