Rfissa

Rfissa (Arabic: رفيسة) is an Arab Moroccan dish and is served during various traditional celebrations.[2]

Rfissa
TypeTharid
Place of originMorocco
Main ingredientsmsemmen, chicken, lentils, fenugreek, ras el hanout
Food energy
(per serving)
901[1] kcal
Other informationSodium 1,437 mg, protein 37 g, vitamin A 6%, calcium 7%, vitamin C 12%, iron 50% [1]

It is traditionally served with chicken and lentils and fenugreek seeds (tifiḍas in Amazigh, helba in Arabic), msemmen, meloui or day-old bread, and the spices blend ras el hanout.[3]

It is traditional to serve rfissa to a woman who has just given birth, as fenugreek is purported to be beneficial for women that are recovering from childbirth.[4]

Rfissa is derived from tharid (ثريد), a traditional Arab dish said to have been the Prophet Muhammad's favorite dish.[4]

This dish did not appear in Moroccan cookbooks until the 1990s.[4] The cultural historian Anny Gaul suggests that this might be due to the fact that rfissa is related to rural culinary traditions, whereas the people writing cookbooks for a long time were mostly Fesi elites.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Calories in Moroccan Dish Rfissa - Calories and Nutrition Facts - MyFitnessPal.com". www.myfitnesspal.com.
  2. "Rfissa Moroccan Chicken With Lentils) Recipe - Food.com". 16 May 2023.
  3. "Rfissa Recipe - Moroccan Chicken and Lentils Over Shredded Pastry".
  4. Jamal, Ayoub El (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  5. Idrissi, Abdelbaar Mounadi (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-28.


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