Palestinian Couscous (Maftool)

Maftoul (Upside Down Palestinian Couscous): As a tribute to our beautiful heritage.
Maftoul is made of wheat, where the wheat is boiled, dried in the sun and cracked, and hand-rolled in organic whole wheat flour, then steamed and sun-dried again.
Palestinian women make the couscous by hand following traditional methods.
Ingredients:
• 1 chicken
• 2 Cups of Maftool
• 3 cups of chicken broth
• 1 tomato
• 1 jalapeno
• 1 eggplant
• 1 carrot
• 1 tbsp chicken seasoning
• 1 tbsp Maklooba spice
• 1 tbsp Arabic 7 spice
• 1 tbsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Pepper
• 1 Onion for broth flavor
• 3 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 can of chickpeas
Maftool Ingredients
• 1 tbsp Maklouba spice
• 1 tbsp Cumin
• 1 tbsp Turmeric
• 1 tbsp Arabic 7 spice
• 1 tbsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Pepper
• 1/2 can of chick peas
Steps:
1. In a pot, add oil on medium heat and sauté onions
2. Add the chicken (cleaned and drained)
3. Add the spices for the chicken
4. Sauté chicken for a few minutes then put to the side
5. Cut up your egg plant and carrots into slices then fry and put to the side
6. Add ingredients to maftool in a bowl and mix
7. In a pot add olive oil, then layer with chopped tomato, chopped jalapeño chickpeas, eggplant, carrots, seasoned chicken and maftool
8. In a pot take 3 cups of chicken broth and 3 tbsp of tomato paste to a boil
9. Add your chicken broth to your layered pot of maftool (make sure it is at the same level as the maftool)
10. Put on medium heat and cover for about 15min or until a little liquid is left
11. Lastly, flip your pot into a dish and Enjoy!