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هندبة بالزيت / Hinda b al-zayt (Palestinian wild greens with olive oil)
“هندبة” (“hindba”), “هِنْدِبَاء” (“hindibāʔ”), or هِنْدَب (“hindab”) is an Arabic word referring to chicory, wild endive, or dandelion greens.
Two Palestinian dishes are commonly made using hindba. One isهندبة بزيت (hinda b zayt), hindba with [olive] oil, which combines blanched greens with browned onion, lemon juice, and (of course) olive oil. Lebanese hindba is similar, consisting of greens prepared in the same way, but topped with sliced, caramelised onions. The other preparation of hindba is with a dressing made with tahina (tahini), lemon juice, chili, and sometimes garlic or yoghurt.
This recipe is for hindba with onion and olive oil. The dish is simple to make but has a lot going on, flavor-wise. Slow frying renders the onions tender, sweet, and jammy, balancing out the slight bitterness of the greens. The rich, peppery, fruity taste of good olive oil rounds out the earthiness of chicory, while lemon juice provides brightness and lift.
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Ingredients:
2 bunches (130g) chicory or dandelion leaves
1 large yellow onion, chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
Olive oil
Salt, to taste
Instructions:
1. Boil chicory in salted water for 5-7 minutes, until tender, then drain. (This water is potable, but probably too bitter to be palatable.)
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-low. Add onion and a pinch of salt and fry until softened and golden brown, 10-15 minutes.
3. Squeeze the water out of the chicory leaves and chop into about 1/2" (1cm) pieces. Add to the pan and fry until wilted.
4. Taste and adjust salt. Add lemon juice to taste.
Serve hot or cold, topped with good olive oil. Eat hindba by scooping it up with khubbiz al-kmaj (pita).
Identifying chicory:
Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is also in the Astaraceae family. Stems are grooved and slightly hairy; woody and branched; multiple flowers usually grow along one stalk. Leaves are smooth or irregularly toothed, pointed at the tip, and may have different appearances at different parts of the plant. The leaf midribs are green or reddish. The leaves you want are the larger ones growing in a bunch towards the base of the stem.
This plant has some leaves with larger teeth.
Smaller, lanceolate leaves grow in alternate sides along the stem.
Flowers are light blue to lavender and finely toothed; there are two rows of darker bracts in the center of each flower.
In the fall, the leaves often remain while the flowers and stalks have died, leaving a brown, branching, skeletal structure behind.
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