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These jars are filled with vegetables, lamb or chicken, and then sent to an oven where they slow cook to almost melting

Zucchini and Eggplants stuffed with rice and minced meat, along with rolled Vine leaves with the same stuffing, slow cooked in either yogurt based or tomatoes based sauce. And we are not saying that it is one of the top 10 things to ever happen to humanity, but if the list was a little longer it will be right after Mansaf

Traditionally served in a large platter meant for communal eating, mansaf is a dish of tender meat layered with paper-thin flatbread and great piles of aromatic rice. The meal is garnished with toasted nuts, then eaten with more flatbread and bowls of jameed, a tangy yogurt sauce. Celebrated as Jordan's national dish, mansaf has deep roots in the Bedouin kitchen, and like the nomadic tribes of the Levant.

Chicken, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served hence the name, Maqlouba which means upside down. Served with yogurt and traditional salad.

It’s a mix of meat like lamb and chicken, rice, potatoes and carrots, placed in a hole in the ground, which is filled with flaming coals. The hole is then covered, and after a few hours, the meat and rice are all smoked, steamed, and grilled, all at the same time!