Rziza (Rezzat el Qadi)
rziza : magnaedje al mwin
Description and itinerary setting
Rziza is a hand-threaded laminated pancake whose fine strands coil into a round resembling a woven turban. ” Flour, water and salt form an elastic dough; the maker draws it into hair-thin ribbons, winds them around the hand, flattens the coil and cooks it in butter and oil. Warm rziza can be served with honey for breakfast, yet it also absorbs the lentil-and-chicken sauce of winter rfissa. That double life makes it commercially useful as both a bakery item and a culinary technique class.
Ingredients and raw materials
Core
- wheat flour
- water
- salt
- oil or butter
Optional or maker-specific
- fine semolina
- honey
How it is made
- Knead a highly elastic dough, oil it and rest until it can be drawn without snapping.
- Pull or cut into very fine strands, coat lightly with fat and wind the threads around the hand into a coil.
- Flatten carefully and pan-cook on moderate heat, turning until the layered round is golden and set.
Cultural accounts
The documented name “judge’s turban” describes rziza’s visual form rather than an origin legend. Regional references place it particularly in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Casablanca-Settat.
मेज़ और मिट्टी
नक़्शे पर जड़ें
- शहर या क़स्बा
- Rabat-Sale-Kenitra and Casablanca-Settat traditions
- क्षेत्र
- Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
मेज़ और मिट्टी
मोरक्को की मेज़ पर
- पाक परिवार
- Moroccan-traditional
क्षेत्र का मानचित्र
किसी स्थानीय व्यक्ति के साथ इसे पकाएँ, चखें या खाएँ
अभी तक कोई भागीदार ऑफ़र संलग्न नहीं है।
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Rabat-Sale-Kenitra and Casablanca-Settat traditions · Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
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