Rfissa

Rfissa
Type	Tharid
Place of origin	Morocco
Main ingredients	msemmen, chicken, lentils, fenugreek, ras el-hanout
Food energy; (per serving)	901 kcal (3,770 kJ)
Other information	Sodium 1,437 mg, protein 37 g, vitamin A 6%, calcium 7%, vitamin C 12%, iron 50%
	Media: Rfissa;

Rfissa^a is a Moroccan dish that is served during various traditional celebrations.³

It traditionally includes chicken, lentils, fenugreek seeds (helba in Arabic), msemmen, meloui or day-old bread, and the spice blend ras el-hanout.⁴

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.⁵

Rfissa is derived from tharid (ثريد), a traditional Arab dish said to have been the Prophet Muhammad's favorite dish.⁵ The name rfissa goes back to the medieval rafis meaning dough kneaded with butter and dusted with sugar.⁶

This dish did not appear in Moroccan cookbooks until the 1990s.⁵ 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 Fessi elites.⁷

References

"Calories in Moroccan Dish Rfissa - Calories and Nutrition Facts - MyFitnessPal.com". www.myfitnesspal.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
https://maroc.ma/amz/%E2%B5%9C%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0-%E2%B5%8F-%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%8E%E2%B5%96%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%B1/%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%A2%E2%B4%B7%E2%B4%B0-%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%94%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%BD%E2%B5%8E%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8E/%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%94%E2%B4%BC%E2%B5%89%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0
"Rfissa Moroccan Chicken With Lentils) Recipe - Food.com". 16 May 2023.
"Rfissa Recipe - Moroccan Chicken and Lentils Over Shredded Pastry". Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
Jamal, Ayoub El (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
Al-Tujībī, Ibn Razīn (2023-08-08). The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa. Translated by Newman, Daniel L. Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0-86356-997-5.
Idrissi, Abdelbaar Mounadi (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

Arabic: رفيسة
Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵔⵔⴼⵉⵙⴰ²

[myfitnesspal.com-1] "Calories in Moroccan Dish Rfissa - Calories and Nutrition Facts - MyFitnessPal.com". www.myfitnesspal.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2014-09-11.

[2] ttps://maroc.ma/amz/%E2%B5%9C%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0-%E2%B5%8F-%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%8E%E2%B5%96%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%B1/%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%A2%E2%B4%B7%E2%B4%B0-%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%94%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%BD%E2%B5%8E%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8E/%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%94%E2%B4%BC%E2%B5%89%E2%B5%99%E2%B4%B0

[4] "Rfissa Moroccan Chicken With Lentils) Recipe - Food.com". 16 May 2023.

[5] "Rfissa Recipe - Moroccan Chicken and Lentils Over Shredded Pastry". Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2014-09-11.

[:0-6] Jamal, Ayoub El (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

[7] Al-Tujībī, Ibn Razīn (2023-08-08). The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa. Translated by Newman, Daniel L. Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0-86356-997-5.

[8] Idrissi, Abdelbaar Mounadi (2018-12-18). "Anny Gaul: "The Cuisine of the City of Tetouan"". Tangier American Legation Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

[3] Arabic: رفيسة
Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵔⵔⴼⵉⵙⴰ²

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