Msabbaha
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| Alternative names | Musabbaha, mashausha |
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| Course | Hors d'oeuvre |
| Main ingredients | Chickpeas, cumin, parsley, lemon juice |
 Cookbook: Msabbaha  Media: Msabbaha | |
Msabbaha (Arabic: مسبحة, also romanized musabbaha, lit. meaning "swimming") is a variation of hummus popular in the Levant.[1] In the Galilee it is also known as mashausha.[2]
Ingredients
The main difference between msabbaha and hummus is the texture. In contrast with hummus, the chickpeas here remain whole.[3] Like hummus, it is eaten with fresh pita bread.
The base of the dish is balila: warm cooked chickpeas in their own water with a little added cumin, chopped parsley and lemon juice. Pine nuts fried in olive oil or samneh (clarified butter) are sometimes poured over the balila.[1] Other ingredients include tahini and minced garlic.
A variation of msabbaha popular in Damascus today serves chickpeas and tahina with melted butter, pomegranate or lemon juice, and pistachios or pine nuts.[4] In Israeli restaurants, where it is known as masabacha, a hot sauce is sometimes served on the side; it is often considered a "gourmet" version of hummus by Israelis who buy the latter prepackaged.[5]
References
- 1 2 Sufian Mustafa (June 2003). "Sons of Hummus" (PDF). This Week in Palestine. p. 43. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Gil Marks (2010). Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. Wiley. ISBN 9780470943540.
- ↑ Shooky Galili (May 31, 2007). "Land of hummus and pita (a hummus glossary)". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ↑ James Grehan (2007). Everyday life & consumer culture in 18th-century Damascus. University of Washington Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780295801636.
- ↑ Haim Handworker (May 12, 2004). זה לא סתם חומוס, זה הומוס [This isn't just hummus, this is hummus]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-03-07.
